Environmental impacts of the deep-water oil and gas industry: a review to guide management strategies

EE Cordes, DOB Jones, TA Schlacher… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The industrialization of the deep sea is expanding worldwide. Increasing oil and gas
exploration activities in the absence of sufficient baseline data in deep-sea ecosystems has …

Larval dispersal and movement patterns of coral reef fishes, and implications for marine reserve network design

AL Green, AP Maypa, GR Almany… - Biological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Well‐designed and effectively managed networks of marine reserves can be effective tools
for both fisheries management and biodiversity conservation. Connectivity, the demographic …

Designing marine reserve networks for both conservation and fisheries management

SD Gaines, C White, MH Carr… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Marine protected areas (MPAs) that exclude fishing have been shown repeatedly to
enhance the abundance, size, and diversity of species. These benefits, however, mean little …

[HTML][HTML] Larval export from marine reserves and the recruitment benefit for fish and fisheries

HB Harrison, DH Williamson, RD Evans, GR Almany… - Current biology, 2012 - cell.com
Marine reserves, areas closed to all forms of fishing, continue to be advocated and
implemented to supplement fisheries and conserve populations [1–4]. However, although …

Population genetics, demographic connectivity, and the design of marine reserves

SR Palumbi - Ecological applications, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic analyses of marine population structure often find only slight geographic
differentiation in species with high dispersal potential. Interpreting the significance of this …

Ecological effects of full and partial protection in the crowded Mediterranean Sea: a regional meta-analysis

S Giakoumi, C Scianna, J Plass-Johnson, F Micheli… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a cornerstone of marine conservation. Globally, the
number and coverage of MPAs are increasing, but MPA implementation lags in many …

Marine reserves: size and age do matter

J Claudet, CW Osenberg, L Benedetti‐Cecchi… - Ecology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Marine reserves are widely used throughout the world to prevent overfishing and conserve
biodiversity, but uncertainties remain about their optimal design. The effects of marine …

Plugging a hole in the ocean: the emerging science of marine reserves

J Lubchenco, SR Palumbi, SD Gaines… - Ecological applications, 2003 - JSTOR
Rapid and radical degradation of the world's oceans is triggering increasing calls for more
effective approaches to protect, maintain, and restore marine ecosystems (Allison et al …

Life history and ecology of seahorses: implications for conservation and management

SJ Foster, ACJ Vincent - Journal of fish biology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first synthesis of the life history and ecology of seahorses, compare
relationships for seahorses with other marine teleosts and identify research needs …

Paradigm shifts in marine fisheries genetics: ugly hypotheses slain by beautiful facts

L Hauser, GR Carvalho - Fish and Fisheries, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
By providing new approaches to the investigation of demographic and evolutionary
dynamics of wild populations, molecular genetics has led to fundamental changes in our …