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Using reef fish movement to inform marine reserve design
Author(s) -
Weeks Rebecca,
Green Alison L.,
Joseph Eugene,
Peterson Nate,
Terk Elizabeth
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of applied ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.503
H-Index - 181
eISSN - 1365-2664
pISSN - 0021-8901
DOI - 10.1111/1365-2664.12736
Subject(s) - coral reef fish , reef , marine reserve , fishery , marine protected area , fish <actinopterygii> , movement (music) , environmental science , geography , oceanography , ecology , biology , habitat , geology , philosophy , aesthetics
A central tenet of protected area design is that conservation areas must be adequate to ensure the persistence of the features that they aim to conserve. These features might include species, populations, communities and/or environmental processes. Protected area adequacy entails both good design (e.g. size, configuration, replication) and management effectiveness (e.g. level of protection, compliance with regulations). With respect to design, guidelines recommend that protected area size be informed by species’ home ranges, as individuals that move beyond protected area boundaries are exposed to threats and are thus only partially protected (Kramer & Chapman 1999). This is especially important for species that are directly exploited, as are many coral reef-associated fishes