Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-20, 13:45authored byCinner, JE, Zamborain-Mason, J, Gurney, GG, Graham, NAJ, MacNeil, MA, Hoey, AS, Mora, C, Villeger, S, Maire, E, McClanahan, TR, Maina, JM, Kittenger, KN, Hicks, CC, D'agata, S, Huchery, C, Barnes, ML, Feary, DA, Williams, ID, Kulbicki, M, Vigliola, L, Wantiez, L, Graham EdgarGraham Edgar, Richard Stuart-SmithRichard Stuart-Smith, Sandin, SA, Green, AL, Beger, M, Friedlander, AM, Wilson, SK, Brokovich, E, Brooks, AJ, Cruz-Motta, JJ, Booth, DJ, Chabanet, P, Tupper, M, Ferse, SCA, Sumaila, UR, Hardt, MJ, Mouillot, D
The worldwide decline of coral reefs necessitates targeting management solutions that can sustain reefs and the livelihoods of the people who depend on them. However, little is known about the context in which different reef management tools can help to achieve multiple social and ecological goals. Because of nonlinearities in the likelihood of achieving combined fisheries, ecological function, and biodiversity goals along a gradient of human pressure, relatively small changes in the context in which management is implemented could have substantial impacts on whether these goals are likely to be met. Critically, management can provide substantial conservation benefits to most reefs for fisheries and ecological function, but not biodiversity goals, given their degraded state and the levels of human pressure they face.
History
Publication title
Science
Volume
368
Issue
6488
Pagination
307-311
ISSN
0036-8075
Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Publisher
Amer Assoc Advancement Science
Place of publication
1200 New York Ave, Nw, Washington, USA, Dc, 20005
Rights statement
Copyright 2020 The Authors
Repository Status
Restricted
Socio-economic Objectives
Marine biodiversity; Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems