Anthropogenic activities are eroding biodiversity and its contributions to nature and people worldwide. Yet, the dual imperative to protect nature and sustain human well-being raises potential trade-offs that remain to be quantified. Using standardized fish surveys across 1,237 tropical reefs worldwide, we converted the presence and abundance data of 1,024 species into 29 fish community contributions that primarily benefit either nature or people. We show that “nature-for-nature” contributions are mostly positively correlated with total fish biomass, while “nature-for-people” contributions are more independent. Trade-offs among contributions are not the rule, with some tropical fish communities simultaneously providing high levels of different contributions. High mean contributions have been found in all tropical oceans, so sustaining healthy tropical reefs while promoting human well-being seems achievable within most countries, rather than mutually exclusive. Our framework offers an opportunity to explore different management strategies and pathways on tropical reefs between the use and the sparing of nature toward more favorable and sustainable ecological and social futures.
Flandrin U., Mouillot D., Albouy C., Bejarano S., Casajus N., Cinner J., Edgar G., Ghilardi M., Leprieur F., Loiseau N., MacNeil A., Maire E., McLean M., Parravicini V., Pellissier L., Schiettekatte N., Stuart-Smith R.D., Villéger S. and Mouquet N. (2024) Fish communities can simultaneously contribute to nature and people across the world’s tropical reefs. One Earth 7(10): 1772-1785. 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.09.011
@article{Flandrin2024,
Title = {Fish communities can simultaneously contribute to nature and people across the world’s tropical reefs},
Author = {Flandrin, Ulysse and Mouillot, David and Albouy, Camille and Bejarano, Sonia and Casajus, Nicolas and Cinner, Joshua and Edgar, Graham and Ghilardi, Mattia and Leprieur, Fabien and Loiseau, Nicolas and MacNeil, Aaron and Maire, Eva and McLean, Matthew and Parravicini, Valeriano and Pellissier, Loïc and Schiettekatte, Nina and Stuart-Smith, Rick D. and Villéger, Sébastien and Mouquet, Nicolas},
Editor = {},
Journal = {One Earth},
Year = {2024},
Pages = {1772-1785},
Volume = {7},
Doi = {10.1016/j.oneear.2024.09.011},
Abstract = {Anthropogenic activities are eroding biodiversity and its contributions to nature and people worldwide. Yet, the dual imperative to protect nature and sustain human well-being raises potential trade-offs that remain to be quantified. Using standardized fish surveys across 1,237 tropical reefs worldwide, we converted the presence and abundance data of 1,024 species into 29 fish community contributions that primarily benefit either nature or people. We show that “nature-for-nature” contributions are mostly positively correlated with total fish biomass, while “nature-for-people” contributions are more independent. Trade-offs among contributions are not the rule, with some tropical fish communities simultaneously providing high levels of different contributions. High mean contributions have been found in all tropical oceans, so sustaining healthy tropical reefs while promoting human well-being seems achievable within most countries, rather than mutually exclusive. Our framework offers an opportunity to explore different management strategies and pathways on tropical reefs between the use and the sparing of nature toward more favorable and sustainable ecological and social futures.},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Flandrin, Ulysse
AU - Mouillot, David
AU - Albouy, Camille
AU - Bejarano, Sonia
AU - Casajus, Nicolas
AU - Cinner, Joshua
AU - Edgar, Graham
AU - Ghilardi, Mattia
AU - Leprieur, Fabien
AU - Loiseau, Nicolas
AU - MacNeil, Aaron
AU - Maire, Eva
AU - McLean, Matthew
AU - Parravicini, Valeriano
AU - Pellissier, Loïc
AU - Schiettekatte, Nina
AU - Stuart-Smith, Rick D.
AU - Villéger, Sébastien
AU - Mouquet, Nicolas
TI - Fish communities can simultaneously contribute to nature and people across the world’s tropical reefs
T2 - One Earth
PY - 2024
SP - 1772-1785
VL - 7
DO - 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.09.011
AB - Anthropogenic activities are eroding biodiversity and its contributions to nature and people worldwide. Yet, the dual imperative to protect nature and sustain human well-being raises potential trade-offs that remain to be quantified. Using standardized fish surveys across 1,237 tropical reefs worldwide, we converted the presence and abundance data of 1,024 species into 29 fish community contributions that primarily benefit either nature or people. We show that “nature-for-nature” contributions are mostly positively correlated with total fish biomass, while “nature-for-people” contributions are more independent. Trade-offs among contributions are not the rule, with some tropical fish communities simultaneously providing high levels of different contributions. High mean contributions have been found in all tropical oceans, so sustaining healthy tropical reefs while promoting human well-being seems achievable within most countries, rather than mutually exclusive. Our framework offers an opportunity to explore different management strategies and pathways on tropical reefs between the use and the sparing of nature toward more favorable and sustainable ecological and social futures.
ER -
