BACKGROUND Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are places in the ocean that receive
protection to safeguard biodiversity from abatable threats. Confusion exists about the …

Humanity will soon define a new era for nature—one that seeks to transform decades of
underwhelming responses to the global biodiversity crisis. Area-based conservation efforts …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly being promoted as an ocean-based climate
solution. However, such claims remain controversial because of the diffuse and poorly …

With marine biodiversity declining globally at accelerating rates, maximising the
effectiveness of conservation has become a key goal for local, national and international …

Large marine protected areas are increasingly being established to meet global
conservation targets and promote sustainable use of resources. Although the factors …

Larval dispersal is a critically important yet enigmatic process in marine ecology, evolution,
and conservation. Determining the distance and direction that tiny larvae travel in the open …

Well-managed and enforced no-take marine reserves generate important larval subsidies to
neighboring habitats and thereby contribute to the long-term sustainability of fisheries …

Coral reef ecosystems are under increasing pressure from local and regional stressors and
a changing climate. Current management focuses on reducing stressors to allow for natural …

An influential paradigm in coral reef ecology is that fishing causes trophic cascades through
reef fish assemblages, resulting in reduced herbivory and thus benthic phase shifts from …

Larval dispersal is a critical yet enigmatic process in the persistence and productivity of
marine metapopulations. Empirical data on larval dispersal remain scarce, hindering the use …