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13. Mediterranean rocky reefs in the Anthropocene: Present status and future concerns

Author

Bevilacqua, S., Airoldi, L., Ballesteros, E., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Boero, F., Bulleri, F., Cebrian, E., Cerrano, C., Claudet, J., Colloca, F., Coppari, M., Di Franco, A., Fraschetti, S., Garrabou, J., Guarnieri, G., Guerranti, C., Guidetti, P., Halpern, B. S., Katsanevakis, S., Mangano, M. C., Micheli, F., Milazzo, M., Pusceddu, A., Renzi, M., Rilov, G., Sara, G., Terlizzi, A., Bevilacqua, S., Airoldi, L., Ballesteros, E., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Boero, F., Bulleri, F., Cebrian, E., Cerrano, C., Claudet, J., Colloca, F., Coppari, M., Di Franco, A., Fraschetti, S., Garrabou, J., Guarnieri, G., Guerranti, C., Guidetti, P., Halpern, B. S., Katsanevakis, S., Mangano, M. C., Micheli, F., Milazzo, M., Pusceddu, A., Renzi, M., Rilov, G., Sara, G., Terlizzi, A., Bevilacqua S., Airoldi L., Ballesteros E., Benedetti-Cecchi L., Boero F., Bulleri F., Cebrian E., Cerrano C., Claudet J., Colloca F., Coppari M., Di Franco A., Fraschetti S., Garrabou J., Guarnieri G., Guerranti C., Guidetti P., Halpern B.S., Katsanevakis S., Mangano M.C., Micheli F., Milazzo M., Pusceddu A., Renzi M., Rilov G., Sara G., and Terlizzi A.

Subjects
Conservation of Natural Resources, Bioconstruction, Fish assemblage, Coral Reefs, Algal forests, Bioconstructions, Coastal ecosystems, Conservation, Fish assemblages, Global change, Marine biodiversity, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Algal forest, Mediterranean Sea, Humans, Coastal ecosystem, Ecosystem
Abstract

Global change is striking harder and faster in the Mediterranean Sea than elsewhere, where high levels of human pressure and proneness to climate change interact in modifying the structure and disrupting regulative mechanisms of marine ecosystems. Rocky reefs are particularly exposed to such environmental changes with ongoing trends of degradation being impressive. Due to the variety of habitat types and associated marine biodiversity, rocky reefs are critical for the functioning of marine ecosystems, and their decline could profoundly affect the provision of essential goods and services which human populations in coastal areas rely upon. Here, we provide an up-to-date overview of the status of rocky reefs, trends in human-driven changes undermining their integrity, and current and upcoming management and conservation strategies, attempting a projection on what could be the future of this essential component of Mediterranean marine ecosystems.

Published
2021

18. Fish Traits and Marine Reserve Effects

Author

Claudet, J., Osenberg, C. W., Domenici, P., Badalamenti, F., Milazzo, M., Falcón, J. M., Bertocci, I., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., García-Charton, J.-A., Goñi, R., Borg, J. A., Forcada, A., de Lucia, A., Pérez-Ruzafa, Á., Afonso, P., Brito, A., Guala, I., Le Diréach, L., Sanchez-Jerez, P., Somerfield, P. J., and Planes, S.

Published
2010

19. Marine reserves: Fish life history and ecological traits matter

Author

Claudet, J., Osenberg, C. W., Domenici, P., Badalamenti, F., Milazzo, M., Falcón, J. M., Bertocci, I., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., García-Charton, J.-A., Goñi, R., Borg, J. A., Forcada, A., De Lucia, G. A., Pérez-Ruzafa, Á., Afonso, P., Brito, A., Guala, I., Le Diréach, L., Sanchez-Jerez, P., and Somerfield, P. J.

Published
2010

30. Strengthening Europe's Capability in Biological Ocean Observations

Author

Benedetti-Cecchi L., Crowe T., Boehme L., Boero F., Christensen A., Grémare A., Hernandez F., Kromkamp J.C., Nogueira Garcia E., Petihakis G., Robidart J., Sousa Pinto I., Zingone A., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Crowe, T., Boehme, L., Boero, F., Christensen, A., Grémare, A., Hernandez, F., Kromkamp, J. C., Nogueira García, E., Petihakis, G., Robidart, J., Sousa Pinto, I., and Zingone, A.

Subjects
Biodiversity, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Observation Systems
Abstract

This publication is primarily aimed at stakeholders involved in ocean observing, spanning diverse roles from commissioning, managing, funding and coordinating, to developing, implementing, or advising on, ocean observation programmes. Such programmes will have strategic and policy drivers but their main purpose may vary from predominantly researchdriven scientific purposes to environmental monitoring for providing data and reporting to legally-binding regulations or directives. The main focus is on European capabilities but set in a global context with the various actors spanning a variety of geographical scales from national to regional and European. Key stakeholder organizations include environmental or other agencies; marine research institutions, their researchers and operators; international and regional ocean observing initiatives and programmes; national, regional and European policy makers and their advisors; national stations for observations; etc.). It will also be of interest to the wider marine and maritime research and policy community. The main aim of the publication is to increase the relevance of current (and future) European biological ocean observation capacity to strengthen global efforts towards our understanding of the ocean and enhance marine biodiversity conservation, for maintaining a healthy ocean for healthy societies. This document explains why biological ocean observations are needed to assess progress against national and international conservation targets, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Blue Growth agenda and to contribute to key EU directives including the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). To achieve this, the publication highlights the need of biological ocean observations to reflect clearly defined hypotheses about potential causes of change, including the combined impacts of local and global drivers, and to support the management of our impacts on the ocean. Additionally, it calls for flexible biological ocean observing programmes to capture the relevant drivers operating at multiple spatial scales, by networking and integration of ongoing monitoring programmes, methodological standardization and appropriate policies of data integration and dissemination. It then presents key variables, elements and information products to inform on the status and trends of marine biodiversity.

Published
2018

32. A response to scientific and societal needs for marine biological observations [+ Corrigendum]

Author

Bax, N. J., Miloslavich, P., Muller-Karger, F. E., Allain, V., Appeltans, W., Batten, S. D., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Buttigieg, P. L., Chiba, S., Costa, D. P., Duffy, J. E., Dunn, D. C., Johnson, C. R., Kudela, R. M., Obura, D., Rebelo, L. M., Shin, Yunne-Jai, Simmons, S. E., and Tyack, P. L.

Subjects
ocean observing, GOOS, EOV, Sustainable Development Goals, UN Decade, capacity development, essential ocean variable
Abstract

Development of global ocean observing capacity for the biological EOVs is on the cusp of a step-change. Current capacity to automate data collection and processing and to integrate the resulting data streams with complementary data, openly available as FAIR data, is certain to dramatically increase the amount and quality of information and knowledge available to scientists and decision makers into the future. There is little doubt that scientists will continue to expand their understanding of what lives in the ocean, where it lives and how it is changing. However, whether this expanding information stream will inform policy and management or be incorporated into indicators for national reporting is more uncertain. Coordinated data collection including open sharing of data will help produce the consistent evidence-based messages that are valued by managers. The GODS Biology and Ecosystems Panel is working with other global initiatives to assist this coordination by defining and implementing Essential Ocean Variables. The biological EOVs have been defined, are being updated following community feedback, and their implementation is underway. In 2019, the coverage and precision of a global ocean observing system capable of addressing key questions for the next decade will be quantified, and its potential to support the goals of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development identified. Developing a global ocean observing system for biology and ecosystems requires parallel efforts in improving evidence-based monitoring of progress against international agreements and the open data, reporting and governance structures that would facilitate the uptake of improved information by decision makers.

Published
2019

33. Toward a coordinated global observing system for marine macrophytes

Author

Duffy, JE, Benedetti-Cecchi, L, Trinanes, JA, Muller-Karger, FE, Ambo-Rappe, R, Boström, C., Buschmann, AH, Byrnes, Jarrett E., Coles, RG, Creed, J, Cullen-Unsworth, L, Diaz-Pulido, G, Duarte, CM, Edgar, GJ, Fortes, MD, Goni, GJ, Hu, C, Huang, X, Hurd, CL, Konar, Brenda, Krause-Jensen, Dorte, Krumhansl, Kira A., McReadie, PI, Marsh, H, McKenzie, LJ, Mieszkowska, Nova, Miloslavich, Patricia, Montes, Enrique, Nakaoka, M, Norderhaug, Kjell Magnus, Nordlund, LM, Orth, RJ, Prathep, A, Putman, NF, Samper-Villarreal, J, Serrao, EA, Short, F, Pinto, Isabel Sousa, Steinberg, PD, Stuart-Smith, R, Unsworth, RKF, van Keulen, M, Van Tussenbroek, BI, Wang, M, Waycott, M, Weatherdon, LW, Wernberg, Thomas, and Yaakub, SM

Abstract

In coastal waters around the world, the dominant primary producers are benthic macrophytes, including seagrasses and macroalgae, that provide habitat structure and food for diverse and abundant biological communities and drive ecosystem processes. Seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests play key roles for coastal societies, contributing to fishery yields, storm protection, biogeochemical cycling and storage, and important cultural values. These socio-economically valuable services are threatened worldwide by human activities, with substantial areas of seagrass and macroalgal forests lost over the last half-century. Tracking the status and trends in marine macrophyte cover and quality is an emerging priority for ocean and coastal management, but doing so has been challenged by limited coordination across the numerous efforts to monitor macrophytes, which vary widely in goals, methodologies, scales, capacity, governance approaches, and data availability. Here, we present a consensus assessment and recommendations on the current state of and opportunities for advancing global marine macrophyte observations, integrating contributions from a community of researchers with broad geographic and disciplinary expertise. With the increasing scale of human impacts, the time is ripe to harmonize marine macrophyte observations by building on existing networks and identifying a core set of common metrics and approaches in sampling design, field measurements, governance, capacity building, and data management. We recommend a tiered observation system, with improvement of remote sensing and remote underwater imaging to expand capacity to capture broad-scale extent at intervals of several years, coordinated with stratified in situ sampling annually to characterize the key variables of cover and taxonomic or functional group composition, and to provide ground-truth. A robust networked system of macrophyte observations will be facilitated by establishing best practices, including standard protocols, documentation, and sharing of resources at all stages of workflow, and secure archiving of open-access data. Because such a network is necessarily distributed, sustaining it depends on close engagement of local stakeholders and focusing on building and long-term maintenance of local capacity, particularly in the developing world. Realizing these recommendations will produce more effective, efficient, and responsive observing, a more accurate global picture of change in vegetated coastal systems, and stronger international capacity for sustaining observations.

Published
2019

36. Strengthening Europe's Capability in Biological Ocean Observations. Future Science Brief 3

Author

Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (Lisandro), Crowe, T, Boehme, L, Boero, F, Christensen, A, Grémare, A, Hernández, F., Kromkamp, J.C., Nogueira, E. (Enrique), Petihakis, George, Robidart, J, Sousa-Pinto, I. (Isabel), Zingone, A. (Adriana), Muñiz Piniella, A, Kellet, P, Larkin, K, and Heymans, J.J.

Subjects
Medio Marino y Protección Ambiental, Sede Central IEO
Published
2018

37. Strengthening Europe's capability in biological ocean observations

Author

Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Crowe, T., Boehme, L., Boero, F., Christensen, A., Grémare, A., Hernandez, F., Kromkamp, J.C., Nogueira García, E., Petihakis, G., Robidart, J., Sousa Pinto, I., Zingone, A., Larkin, K., Muñiz Piniella, A., Kellett, P., and Heymans, S.J.J.

Published
2018

38. BioTIME : a database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene [data paper]

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Dornelas, M., Antao, L. H., Moyes, F., Bates, A. E., Magurran, A. E., Adam, D., Akhmetzhanova, A. A., Appeltans, W., Arcos, J. M., Arnold, H., Ayyappan, N., Badihi, G., Baird, A. H., Barbosa, M., Barreto, T. E., Baessler, C., Bellgrove, A., Belmaker, J., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Bett, B. J., Bjorkman, A. D., Blazewicz, M., Blowes, S. A., Bloch, C. P., Bonebrake, T. C., Boyd, S., Bradford, M., Brooks, A. J., Brown, J. H., Bruelheide, H., Budy, P., Carvalho, F., Castaneda-Moya, E., Chen, C. A., Chamblee, J. F., Chase, T. J., Collier, L., Collinge, S. K., Condit, R., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Cotano, U., Crow, S. K., Damasceno, G., Davies, C. H., Davis, R. A., Day, F. P., Degraer, S., Doherty, T. S., Dunn, T. E., Durigan, G., Duffy, J. E., Edelist, D., Edgar, G. J., Elahi, R., Elmendorf, S. C., Enemar, A., Ernest, S. K. M., Escribano, R., Estiarte, M., Evans, B. S., Fan, T. Y., Farah, F. T., Fernandes, L. L., Farneda, F. Z., Fidelis, A., Fitt, R., Fosaa, A. M., Franco, G. A. C., Frank, G. E., Fraser, W. R., Garcia, H., Gatti, R. C., Givan, O., Gorgone-Barbosa, E., Gould, W. A., Gries, C., Grossman, G. D., Gutierrez, J. R., Hale, S., Harmon, M. E., Harte, J., Haskins, G., Henshaw, D. L., Hermanutz, L., Hidalgo, P., Higuchi, P., Hoey, A., Hoey, G., Hofgaard, A., Holeck, K., Hollister, R. D., Holmes, R., Hoogenboom, M., Hsieh, C. H., Hubbell, S. P., Huettmann, F., Huffard, C. L., Hurlbert, A. H., Ivanauskas, N. M., Janik, D., Jandt, U., Jazdzewska, A., Johannessen, T., Johnstone, J., Jones, J., Jones, F. A. M., Kang, J., Kartawijaya, T., Keeley, C., Kelt, D. A., Kinnear, R., Klanderud, K., Knutsen, H., Koenig, C. C., Kortz, A. R., Kral, K., Kuhnz, L. A., Kuo, C. Y., Kushner, D. J., Laguionie-Marchais, C., Lancaster, L. T., Lee, C., Lefcheck, J. S., Levesque, E., Lightfoot, D., Lloret, F., Lloyd, J. D., Lopez-Baucells, A., Louzao, M., Madin, J. S., Magnusson, B., Malamud, S., Matthews, I., McFarland, K. P., McGill, B., McKnight, D., McLarney, W. O., Meador, J., Meserve, P. L., Metcalfe, D. J., Meyer, C. F. J., Michelsen, A., Milchakova, N., Moens, T., Moland, E., Moore, J., Moreira, C. M., Mueller, J., Murphy, G., Myers-Smith, I. H., Myster, R. W., Naumov, A., Neat, F., Nelson, J. A., Nelson, M., Newton, S. F., Norden, N., Oliver, J. C., Olsen, E. M., Onipchenko, V. G., Pabis, K., Pabst, R. J., Paquette, A., Pardede, S., Paterson, D. M., and Pélissier, Raphaël

Subjects
spatial, temporal, turnover, species richness, global, biodiversity
Abstract

Motivation: The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These data enable users to calculate temporal trends in biodiversity within and amongst assemblages using a broad range of metrics. BioTIME is being developed as a community-led open-source database of biodiversity time series. Our goal is to accelerate and facilitate quantitative analysis of temporal patterns of biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Main types of variables included: The database contains 8,777,413 species abundance records, from assemblages consistently sampled for a minimum of 2 years, which need not necessarily be consecutive. In addition, the database contains metadata relating to sampling methodology and contextual information about each record. Spatial location and grain: BioTIME is a global database of 547,161 unique sampling locations spanning the marine, freshwater and terrestrial realms. Grain size varies across datasets from 0.0000000158 km(2) (158 cm(2)) to 100 km(2) (1,000,000,000,000 cm(2)). Time period and grainBio: TIME records span from 1874 to 2016. The minimal temporal grain across all datasets in BioTIME is a year. Major taxa and level of measurement: BioTIME includes data from 44,440 species across the plant and animal kingdoms, ranging from plants, plankton and terrestrial invertebrates to small and large vertebrates.

Published
2018

39. Distribution of bioconstructor coralline algae of the genus Lithophyllum along the Italian shores

Author

Falace A, Pezzolesi L, Kaleb S, Alvito A, Donnarummmma L, Di Stefano F, Abbiati M, Badalamenti F, Bavestrello G, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Boero F, Cannas R, Cerrano C, Mastrototaro F, Chimienti G, Ponti M, Russo GF, Sandulli R, Rindi F, and Falace A, Pezzolesi L, Kaleb S, Alvito A, Donnarummmma L, Di Stefano F, Abbiati M, Badalamenti F, Bavestrello G, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Boero F, Cannas R, Cerrano C, Mastrototaro F, Chimienti G, Ponti M, Russo GF, Sandulli R, Rindi F

Subjects
benthos, bioconstructors, coralline algae, ecosystem engineers, Lithophyllum
Abstract

In the Mediterranean biogenic habitat built by coralline algae (orders Corallinales, Hapalidiales and Sporolithales) show a great diversity and a large bathymetric extent. The genus Lithophyllum is the most species-diverse coralline genus. and plays a key role in the formation of extensive bioconstructions, as the coralligenous concretions in the circalittoral and the “trottoirs” in the mid littoral. As part of a large-scale investigation of the marine bioconstructions of the Italian shores, we account here some results on the distribution, diversity and ecology for L. byssoides, L. cabiochae and L. stictaeforme.

Published
2016

41. Taxonomic vs functional patterns across European marine benthic habitats: using research infrastructures (LIFEWATCH, ESFRI) in large-scale ecology

Author

Arvanitidis, C., Pavloudi, C., Faulwetter, S., Keklikoglou, K., Vasileiadou, K., Chatzinikolaou, E., Rousou, M., Mavraki, D., Nikolopoulou, M., Bailly, N., Oulas, A., Patkos, T., Varsos, K., Lagnel, J., Gougousis, A., Bekiari, C., Doerr, M., Panteri, E., Minadakis, N., Pattakos, N., Kotta, J., Orav-Kotta, H., Bachelet, G., Lavesque, N., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., dal Bello, M., Bojanic, N., Como, S., Coppa, S., Magni, P., Coughlan, J., Crowe, T., Degraer, S., De La Pena, J.A.J., Guinda, X., Puente, A., Kirienko Fernandes de Matos, V., Ribeiro, P., Espinosa, F., Kerckhof, F., Jankowska, E., Weslawski, J.M., Peleg, O., Rilov, G., Perez-Ruzafa, A., Ruginis, T., Jourde, J., Leclerc, J.-C., Simon, N., Pedrotti, M.L., Silva, T., Sousa Pinto, I., Rubal, M., Troncoso, J.S., Warzocha, J., van Avesaath, P., Frost, M., and Hummel, H.

Published
2016

43. Hard bottoms

Author

BIANCHI C. N, PRONZATO R, CATTANEO VIETTI R, BENEDETTI CECCHI L, MORRI C, PANSINI M, CHEMELLO R, MILAZZO M, PEIRANO A, SALVATI E, BENZONI F, CALCINAI B, CERRANO C, BAVESTRELLO G., FRASCHETTI, Simonetta, TERLIZZI, Antonio, GAMBI M.C., DAPPIANO M., BIANCHI C., N, Pronzato, R, CATTANEO VIETTI, R, BENEDETTI CECCHI, L, Morri, C, Pansini, M, Chemello, R, Milazzo, M, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Terlizzi, Antonio, Peirano, A, Salvati, E, Benzoni, F, Calcinai, B, Cerrano, C, and Bavestrello, G.

Published
2004

45. Hard bottoms. In: Mediterranean marine benthos: a manual of methods for its sampling and study

Author

Bianchi, CN, Pronzato, R, Cattaneo-Vietti, R, Benedetti Cecchi, L, Morri, C, Pansini, M, Chemello, R, MILAZZO, MARIO MARCELLO, Fraschetti, S, Terlizzi, A, Peirano, A, Salvati, E, Benzoni, F, Calcinai, B, Cerrano, C, Bavestrello, G, Bianchi, C, Pronzato, R, Cattaneo-Vietti, R, Benedetti Cecchi, L, Morri, C, Pansini, M, Chemello, R, Milazzo, M, Fraschetti, S, Terlizzi, A, Peirano, A, Salvati, E, Benzoni, F, Calcinai, B, Cerrano, C, and Bavestrello, G

Subjects
Hard bottoms, sampling methods, BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA, BIO/05 - ZOOLOGIA
Published
2003

47. Marine reserves: size and age do matter

Author

15.Claudet J., Osenberg C.W., Benedetti-Cecchi L., Domenici P., Garcia-Charton J.A., Perez-Ruzafa A., Badalamenti F., Bayle-Sempere J., Brito A., Bulleri F., Culioli J.M., Dimech M., Falcon J.M., Guala I., Milazzo M., Sanchez-Meca J., Somerfield P.J., Stobart B., Vandeperre F., Valle C., Planes S. (2008) - Marine reserves: size, age do matter., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Biología Marina, Biologie et écologie tropicale et méditerranéenne [2007-2010] (BETM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (DiSTeBA), Università del Salento [Lecce], Department of Zoology, University of Florida [Gainesville] (UF), Dipartimento di Biologia, University of Pisa - Università di Pisa, International Marine Centre (Fondazione IMC), International Marine Centre, CNR Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Departamento Ecologia e Hidrologia, Universidad de Murcia, Laboratorio di Ecologia (CNR-IAMC), CNRS-IAMC, Marine Biology Unit, Universidad de Alicante, Grupo de Investigacion (BIOECOMAC), Universidad de La Laguna [Tenerife - SP] (ULL), Réserve Naturelle des Bouches de Bonifacio, Office Environnement Corse, Department of Biology, University of Malta [Malta], Dipartimento di Ecologia, Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Centro Oceanografico de Baleares (IEO), Centro Oceanografico de Baleares, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of Azores, CLAUDET, J, OSENBERG, CW, L BENEDETTI-CECCHI, P DOMENICI, J-A GARCÍA-CHARTON, Á PÉREZ-RUZAFA, F BADALAMENTI, J BAYLE-SEMPERE, A BRITO, F BULLERI, J-M CULIOLI, M DIMECH, J M FALCÓN, GUALA, I, MILAZZO, M, J SÁNCHEZ-MECA, P J SOMERFIELD, B STOBART, F VANDEPERRE, C VALLE, and PLANES,S

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Time Factors, marine reserve age, marine protected area, marine reserve size, Marine protected area, Biodiversity, Asymmetrical analysis of variance, Conservation of Energy Resources, Fish stock, 01 natural sciences, Marine reserve network, Environmental protection, fish assemblages, Zoología, Coastal marine ecosystems, Commercial species, Atlantic Ocean, Marine reserve design, marine reserve design, Nature reserve, Marine reserve age, Ecology, Marine reserve, Fishes, asymmetrical analysis of variance, weighted meta-analysis, Europe, coastal marine ecosystems, Fisheries, marine reserve network, Fish assemblages, 010603 evolutionary biology, Mediterranean Sea, Weighted meta-analysis, Animals, 14. Life underwater, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, commercial species, Overfishing, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Marine reserve size, 15. Life on land, Ecología, 13. Climate action, Environmental science, Species richness, heterogeneity, Heterogeneity, Protected area
Abstract

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 reserves are heterogeneous. Despite theoretical findings, empirical studies have previously found no effect of size on the effectiveness of marine reserves in protecting commercial fish stocks. Using 58 datasets from 19 European marine reserves, we show that reserve size and age do matter: Increasing the size of the no-take zone increases the density of commercial fishes within the reserve compared with outside; whereas the size of the buffer zone has the opposite effect. Moreover, positive effects of marine reserve on commercial fish species and species richness are linked to the time elapsed since the establishment of the protection scheme. The reserve size-dependency of the response to protection has strong implications for the spatial management of coastal areas because marine reserves are used for spatial zoning. This work has been carried out with financial support from the Commission of the European Community, specific RTD programme "Specific Support to Policies", SSP-2003-006539 "European Marine Protected Areas as Tools for Fisheries Management and Conservation (EMPAFISH)".

Published
2008
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48. Hard bottoms

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Bianchi, Carlo, Pronzato, Roberto, Cattaneo Vietti, R., Benedetti Cecchi, L., Morri, Carla, Pansini, Maurizio, Chemello, R., Milazzo, M., Fraschetti, S., Terlizzi, A., Peirano, A., Salvati, E., Benzoni, F., Calcinai, B., Cerrano, C., and Bavestrello, Giorgio

Published
2004

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