Community change within a Caribbean coral reef Marine Protected Area following two decades of local management.

Structural change in both the habitat and reef-associated fish assemblages within spatially managed coral reefs can provide key insights into the benefits and limitations of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). While MPA zoning effects on particular target species are well reported, we are yet to fully re...

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Autores principales:	Mae M Noble, Gregoor van Laake, Michael L Berumen, Christopher J Fulton
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:060b1f19fb2d4fad841563e2d69675642021-11-18T08:01:32ZCommunity change within a Caribbean coral reef Marine Protected Area following two decades of local management.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0054069https://doaj.org/article/060b1f19fb2d4fad841563e2d69675642013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23342078/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Structural change in both the habitat and reef-associated fish assemblages within spatially managed coral reefs can provide key insights into the benefits and limitations of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). While MPA zoning effects on particular target species are well reported, we are yet to fully resolve the various affects of spatial management on the structure of coral reef communities over decadal time scales. Here, we document mixed affects of MPA zoning on fish density, biomass and species richness over the 21 years since establishment of the Saba Marine Park (SMP). Although we found significantly greater biomass and species richness of reef-associated fishes within shallow habitats (5 meters depth) closed to fishing, this did not hold for deeper (15 m) habitats, and there was a widespread decline (38% decrease) in live hard coral cover and a 68% loss of carnivorous reef fishes across all zones of the SMP from the 1990s to 2008. Given the importance of live coral for the maintenance and replenishment of reef fishes, and the likely role of chronic disturbance in driving coral decline across the region, we explore how local spatial management can help protect coral reef ecosystems within the context of large-scale environmental pressures and disturbances outside the purview of local MPA management.Mae M NobleGregoor van LaakeMichael L BerumenChristopher J FultonPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 1, p e54069 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Mae M Noble Gregoor van Laake Michael L Berumen Christopher J Fulton Community change within a Caribbean coral reef Marine Protected Area following two decades of local management.
description	Structural change in both the habitat and reef-associated fish assemblages within spatially managed coral reefs can provide key insights into the benefits and limitations of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). While MPA zoning effects on particular target species are well reported, we are yet to fully resolve the various affects of spatial management on the structure of coral reef communities over decadal time scales. Here, we document mixed affects of MPA zoning on fish density, biomass and species richness over the 21 years since establishment of the Saba Marine Park (SMP). Although we found significantly greater biomass and species richness of reef-associated fishes within shallow habitats (5 meters depth) closed to fishing, this did not hold for deeper (15 m) habitats, and there was a widespread decline (38% decrease) in live hard coral cover and a 68% loss of carnivorous reef fishes across all zones of the SMP from the 1990s to 2008. Given the importance of live coral for the maintenance and replenishment of reef fishes, and the likely role of chronic disturbance in driving coral decline across the region, we explore how local spatial management can help protect coral reef ecosystems within the context of large-scale environmental pressures and disturbances outside the purview of local MPA management.
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title	Community change within a Caribbean coral reef Marine Protected Area following two decades of local management.
title_short	Community change within a Caribbean coral reef Marine Protected Area following two decades of local management.
title_full	Community change within a Caribbean coral reef Marine Protected Area following two decades of local management.
title_fullStr	Community change within a Caribbean coral reef Marine Protected Area following two decades of local management.
title_full_unstemmed	Community change within a Caribbean coral reef Marine Protected Area following two decades of local management.
title_sort	community change within a caribbean coral reef marine protected area following two decades of local management.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/060b1f19fb2d4fad841563e2d6967564
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Community change within a Caribbean coral reef Marine Protected Area following two decades of local management.

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