@article{Caldwell2024,
Title = {Protection efforts have resulted in ~10% of existing fish biomass on coral reefs},
Author = {Caldwell, Iain R. and McClanahan, Tim R. and Oddenyo, Remy M. and Graham, Nicholas A.J. and Beger, Maria and Vigliola, Laurent and Sandin, Stuart A. and Friedlander, Alan M. and Randriamanantsoa, Bemahafaly and Wantiez, Laurent and Green, Alison L. and Humphries, Austin T. and Hardt, Marah J. and Caselle, Jennifer E. and Feary, David A. and Karkarey, Rucha and Jadot, Catherine and Hoey, Andrew S. and Eurich, Jacob G. and Wilson, Shaun K. and Crane, Nicole L. and Tupper, Mark and Ferse, Sebastian C.A. and Maire, Eva and Mouillot, Davi and Cinner, Joshua E.},
Editor = {},
Journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
Year = {2024},
Pages = {e2308605121},
Volume = {121},
Doi = {10.1073/pnas.2308605121},
Abstract = {The amount of ocean protected from fishing and other human impacts has often been used as a metric of conservation progress. However, protection efforts (including both fishing restrictions and fully protected marine protected areas) have highly variable outcomes that depend on local conditions, which makes it difficult to quantify what coral reef protection efforts to date have actually achieved at a global scale. Here, we develop a predictive model of how local conditions influence conservation outcomes on ~2,600 coral reef sites across 44 ecoregions, which we used to quantify how much more fish biomass there is on coral reefs compared to a modeled scenario with no protection. Under the assumptions of our model, our study reveals that without existing protection efforts there would be ~10% less fish biomass among surveyed coral reefs. Thus, we estimate that coral reef protection efforts have led approximately 1 in every 10 kg of existing fish biomass.},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Caldwell, Iain R.
AU - McClanahan, Tim R.
AU - Oddenyo, Remy M.
AU - Graham, Nicholas A.J.
AU - Beger, Maria
AU - Vigliola, Laurent
AU - Sandin, Stuart A.
AU - Friedlander, Alan M.
AU - Randriamanantsoa, Bemahafaly
AU - Wantiez, Laurent
AU - Green, Alison L.
AU - Humphries, Austin T.
AU - Hardt, Marah J.
AU - Caselle, Jennifer E.
AU - Feary, David A.
AU - Karkarey, Rucha
AU - Jadot, Catherine
AU - Hoey, Andrew S.
AU - Eurich, Jacob G.
AU - Wilson, Shaun K.
AU - Crane, Nicole L.
AU - Tupper, Mark
AU - Ferse, Sebastian C.A.
AU - Maire, Eva
AU - Mouillot, Davi
AU - Cinner, Joshua E.
TI - Protection efforts have resulted in ~10% of existing fish biomass on coral reefs
T2 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PY - 2024
SP - e2308605121
VL - 121
DO - 10.1073/pnas.2308605121
AB - The amount of ocean protected from fishing and other human impacts has often been used as a metric of conservation progress. However, protection efforts (including both fishing restrictions and fully protected marine protected areas) have highly variable outcomes that depend on local conditions, which makes it difficult to quantify what coral reef protection efforts to date have actually achieved at a global scale. Here, we develop a predictive model of how local conditions influence conservation outcomes on ~2,600 coral reef sites across 44 ecoregions, which we used to quantify how much more fish biomass there is on coral reefs compared to a modeled scenario with no protection. Under the assumptions of our model, our study reveals that without existing protection efforts there would be ~10% less fish biomass among surveyed coral reefs. Thus, we estimate that coral reef protection efforts have led approximately 1 in every 10 kg of existing fish biomass.
ER -
