Small Marine Protected Areas in Fiji Provide Refuge for Reef Fish Assemblages, Feeding Groups, and Corals

The establishment of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) on coral reefs is a common management strategy for conserving the diversity, abundance, and biomass of reef organisms. Generally, well-managed and enforced MPAs can increase or maintain the diversity and function of the enclosed coral reef,...

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Published in:PloS one 2017-01, Vol.12 (1), p.e0170638-e0170638
Main Authors: Bonaldo, Roberta M, Pires, Mathias M, Guimarães, Junior, Paulo Roberto, Hoey, Andrew S, Hay, Mark E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abundance
Acanthuridae
Animals
Anthozoa
Biodiversity
Biology
Biology and Life Sciences
Biomass
Browsing
Chemical ecology
Commercial fishing
Conservation
Conservation of Natural Resources - methods
Coral Reefs
Corals
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Ecosystem
Ecosystem biology
Ecosystems
Feeding
Fiji
Fish
Fish populations
Fish reproduction
Fisheries
Fishes
Fishing
Foraging behavior
Grazing
Herbivores
Marine
Marine conservation
Marine protected areas
Protected areas
Protection and preservation
Reef fish
Replenishment
Seaweeds
Species richness
Studies
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Summary:The establishment of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) on coral reefs is a common management strategy for conserving the diversity, abundance, and biomass of reef organisms. Generally, well-managed and enforced MPAs can increase or maintain the diversity and function of the enclosed coral reef, with some of the benefits extending to adjacent non-protected reefs. A fundamental question in coral reef conservation is whether these benefits arise within small MPAs (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0170638