Are the scientific foundations of temperate marine reserves too warm and hard?

Caveen, A. J.; Sweeting, C. J.; Willis, T. J.; Polunin, N. V.C.

Abstract

The scientific literature (including some of the most high-profile papers) on the ecological and fisheries effects of permanent no-take marine reserves is dominated by examples from hard tropical and warm temperate ecosystems. It appears to have been tacitly assumed that inference from these studies can directly inform expectations of marine reserve effects in cooler temperate and cold temperate waters. Trends in peer-reviewed studies indicate that the empirical basis for this assumption is tenuous because of a relative lack of research effort in cooler seas, and differences between tropical and temperate regions in ecology, seasonality, the nature of fisheries and prevailing governance regimes. © Copyright Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2012.

Citation

Caveen, A. J., Sweeting, C. J., Willis, T. J., & Polunin, N. V. (2012). Are the scientific foundations of temperate marine reserves too warm and hard?. Environmental Conservation, 39(3), 199-203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892912000033

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 6, 2012
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Apr 12, 2022
• Journal: Environmental Conservation
• Print ISSN: 0376-8929
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-4387
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 199-203
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892912000033
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3964525