A process to design a network of marine no-take areas: Lessons from the Great Barrier Reef

Fernandes, Leanne; Day, Jon C.; Kerrigan, Brigid; Breen, Dan; De’ath, Glenn; Mapstone, Bruce D.; Coles, Robert G.; Done, Terry; Marsh, Helene; Poiner, I. R.; Ward, Trevor; Williams, David; Kenchington, Richard

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2009.06.004

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“…The entire RAP planning program that led to the 2003 Zoning Plan was wide-ranging and comprehensive (Fernandes et al 2009;Day 2011). It was, at the time, the most comprehensive program of public participation for any planning task in the GBR and possibly in Australia, extending over four years and costing an estimated AUD$12 million (Osmond et al 2010).…”

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Effective Public Participation is Fundamental for Marine Conservation—Lessons from a Large-Scale MPA

Day

2017

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Effective Public Participation is Fundamental for Marine Conservation—Lessons from a Large-Scale MPA

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“…The spatial allocation of marine reserves in the GBR in 2004 was conducted with knowledge of the biophysical regime (Fernandes et al 2009). One of these principles was to maximise the use of environmental information to determine the configuration of no-take areas to form viable networks.…”

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“…One of these principles was to maximise the use of environmental information to determine the configuration of no-take areas to form viable networks. However, the requisite data was inadequate and the theoretical framework for accommodating the spatial configuration was lacking (Fernandes et al 2009). As a consequence, the reserve allocation process was primarily focused on the capture of representative biodiversity within a reserve system (Kerrigan et al 2010) without attention to metapopulation processes.…”

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Metapopulation mean life time within complex networks

Kininmonth¹,

Drechsler²,

Johst³

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Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Metapopulation dynamics depend on the exchange of individuals between populations across the landscape. The environment that the migrants must traverse is influenced by many forces, so the connections are often complicated pathways, which can be represented as a network. The structure of these networks will determine which populations will receive more migrants than other populations, and this in turn affects the lifetime of the metapopulation. We present a modification of the Drechsler (2009) formulae for the mean lifetime of a metapopulation based on network properties where the arrangement of the population connections is not limited to simple dispersal kernels. We provide a graph-theoretical framework for analysing the dispersal network and apply this model to the small-world network of the Great Barrier Reef as well as to conservation planning in general. Our results highlight that the topology of the dispersal network strongly influences the metapopulation mean lifetime. Metapopulation models and conservation planning need to include the capacity for basing interactions on complex topological structures. KEY WORDS: Metapopulation · Dispersal · Networks · Graph theoryResale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisher

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“…Networks offer the theoretical promise of achieving goals that single small protected areas cannot accomplish, such as protecting a broader variety of habitat types and facilitating connectivity among sites to sustain threatened populations. Processes to plan and implement networks of marine reserves have taken place in areas such as California (34,35), the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (36,37), and the Central Visayas Region in the Philippines (38, 39), the first two of which are the subject of contributions in this Special Feature. Additional networks are being implemented, planned, or discussed throughout the world.…”

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Evolving science of marine reserves: New developments and emerging research frontiers

Gaines

Lester

Grorud-Colvert

et al. 2010

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The field of marine reserve science has matured greatly over the last decade, moving beyond studies of single reserves and beyond perspectives from single disciplines. This Special Feature exemplifies recent advances in marine reserve research, showing insights gained from synthetic studies of reserve networks, long-term changes within reserves, integration of social and ecological science research, and balance between reserve design for conservation as well as fishery and other commercial objectives. This rich body of research helps to inform conservation planning for marine ecosystems but also poses new challenges for further study, including how to best design integrated fisheries management and conservation systems, how to effectively evaluate the performance of entire reserve networks, and how to examine the complex coupling between ecological and socioeconomic responses to reserve networks.conservation | ecosystem-based management | fisheries | marine protected areas | marine resource management

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A process to design a network of marine no-take areas: Lessons from the Great Barrier Reef

Cited by 46 publications

References 27 publications

Effective Public Participation is Fundamental for Marine Conservation—Lessons from a Large-Scale MPA

Effective Public Participation is Fundamental for Marine Conservation—Lessons from a Large-Scale MPA

Metapopulation mean life time within complex networks

Evolving science of marine reserves: New developments and emerging research frontiers

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