Marine partially protected areas: drivers of ecological effectiveness
Abstract
The number of marine protected areas ( MPA s) has grown exponentially worldwide over the past decade in order to meet international targets. Most of these protected areas allow extraction of resources and are therefore designated as “partially protected areas” ( PPA s). However, the effectiveness of PPA s remains unclear due to the high variability of use types permitted. Here, we carried out what we believe to be the first global meta‐analysis of PPA s using a regulation‐based classification system for MPA s to assess their ecological effectiveness. This novel classification allows for unambiguous differentiation between areas according to allowed use, which is the key feature determining PPA performance. Highly and moderately regulated areas exhibited higher biomass and abundance of commercial fish species, whereas fish abundance and biomass in weakly regulated areas differed little from unprotected areas. Notably, the effectiveness of moderately regulated areas can be enhanced by the presence of an adjacent fully protected area. We concluded that limited and well‐regulated uses in PPA s and the presence of an adjacent fully protected area confer ecological benefits, from which socioeconomic advantages are derived.
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- MARE Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre ISPA – Instituto Universitário Lisbon Portugal
- MARE Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre ISPA – Instituto Universitário Lisbon Portugal, Centre of Marine Sciences, CCMAR University of Algarve Campus de Gambelas Faro Portugal
- National Center for Scientific Research, PSL Université Paris, CRIOBE, USR 3278 CNRS‐EPHE‐UPVD Maison des Océans Paris France, Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL Moorea French Polynesia
- Centre of Marine Sciences, CCMAR University of Algarve Campus de Gambelas Faro Portugal
- MARE Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre ISPA – Instituto Universitário Lisbon Portugal, Centre of Marine Sciences, CCMAR University of Algarve Campus de Gambelas Faro Portugal, National Center for Scientific Research, PSL Université Paris, CRIOBE, USR 3278 CNRS‐EPHE‐UPVD Maison des Océans Paris France, Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL Moorea French Polynesia
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- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1463173
- Resource Type:
- Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Journal Volume: 16 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1540-9295
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Zupan, Mirta, Fragkopoulou, Eliza, Claudet, Joachim, Erzini, Karim, Horta e Costa, Bárbara, and Gonçalves, Emanuel J. Marine partially protected areas: drivers of ecological effectiveness. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1002/fee.1934.
Zupan, Mirta, Fragkopoulou, Eliza, Claudet, Joachim, Erzini, Karim, Horta e Costa, Bárbara, & Gonçalves, Emanuel J. Marine partially protected areas: drivers of ecological effectiveness. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1934
Zupan, Mirta, Fragkopoulou, Eliza, Claudet, Joachim, Erzini, Karim, Horta e Costa, Bárbara, and Gonçalves, Emanuel J. Thu .
"Marine partially protected areas: drivers of ecological effectiveness". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1934.
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title = {Marine partially protected areas: drivers of ecological effectiveness},
author = {Zupan, Mirta and Fragkopoulou, Eliza and Claudet, Joachim and Erzini, Karim and Horta e Costa, Bárbara and Gonçalves, Emanuel J.},
abstractNote = {The number of marine protected areas ( MPA s) has grown exponentially worldwide over the past decade in order to meet international targets. Most of these protected areas allow extraction of resources and are therefore designated as “partially protected areas” ( PPA s). However, the effectiveness of PPA s remains unclear due to the high variability of use types permitted. Here, we carried out what we believe to be the first global meta‐analysis of PPA s using a regulation‐based classification system for MPA s to assess their ecological effectiveness. This novel classification allows for unambiguous differentiation between areas according to allowed use, which is the key feature determining PPA performance. Highly and moderately regulated areas exhibited higher biomass and abundance of commercial fish species, whereas fish abundance and biomass in weakly regulated areas differed little from unprotected areas. Notably, the effectiveness of moderately regulated areas can be enhanced by the presence of an adjacent fully protected area. We concluded that limited and well‐regulated uses in PPA s and the presence of an adjacent fully protected area confer ecological benefits, from which socioeconomic advantages are derived.},
doi = {10.1002/fee.1934},
journal = {Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment},
number = 7,
volume = 16,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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