A critical review of environmental management of the 'not so Great'Barrier Reef

J Brodie, J Waterhouse - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Recent estimates put average coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) at about 20–
30%. This is estimated to be a large reduction since the 1960s. The Great Barrier Reef …

The intrinsic vulnerability to fishing of coral reef fishes and their differential recovery in fishery closures

RA Abesamis, AL Green, GR Russ… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2014‏ - Springer
Coral reef fishes differ in their intrinsic vulnerability to fishing and rates of population
recovery after cessation of fishing. We reviewed life history-based predictions about the …

Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: a globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves

LJ McCook, T Ayling, M Cappo, JH Choat… - Proceedings of the …, 2010‏ - pnas.org
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) provides a globally significant demonstration of the
effectiveness of large-scale networks of marine reserves in contributing to integrated …

Changes in algal, coral and fish assemblages along water quality gradients on the inshore Great Barrier Reef

K Fabricius, G De'ath, L McCook, E Turak… - Marine pollution …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Macroalgae, hard corals, octocorals, and fish were surveyed on 10 to 13 inshore coral reefs
of the Great Barrier Reef, along a water quality gradient in two regions with contrasting …

Is adaptive management hel** to solve fisheries problems?

CJ Walters - AMBIO: A journal of the human environment, 2007‏ - BioOne
Adaptive management has been widely recommended as a way to deal with extreme
uncertainty in natural resource and environmental decision making. The core concept in …

Predators drive community structure in coral reef fish assemblages

AE Boaden, MJ Kingsford - Ecosphere, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The importance of top‐down effects in structuring ecological communities has been widely
debated by ecologists. One way in which to examine these processes is to study the …

Marine reserves contribute half of the larval supply to a coral reef fishery

M Bode, S Choukroun, MJ Emslie, HB Harrison… - Science …, 2025‏ - science.org
Marine reserves deliver impressive increases in the abundance and size of exploited
species on protected reefs, but larval dispersal makes it difficult to estimate their wider …

Evidence of partial migration in a large coastal predator: opportunistic foraging and reproduction as key drivers?

M Espinoza, MR Heupel, AJ Tobin, CA Simpfendorfer - PloS one, 2016‏ - journals.plos.org
Understanding animal movement decisions that involve migration is critical for evaluating
population connectivity, and thus persistence. Recent work on sharks has shown that often …

No-take marine reserves increase abundance and biomass of reef fish on inshore fringing reefs of the Great Barrier Reef

DH Williamson, GR Russ, AM Ayling - Environmental Conservation, 2004‏ - cambridge.org
The application of no-take marine reserve status to an area is expected to increase
abundance and average size of individuals of species targeted by fisheries. The majority of …

Priority species to support the functional integrity of coral reefs

K Wolfe, K Anthony, RC Babcock, L Bay… - … and marine biology, 2020‏ - library.oapen.org
Ecosystem-based management on coral reefs has historically focused on biodiversity
conservation through the establishment of marine reserves, but it is increasingly recognised …