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Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world

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posted on 2023-05-20, 13:45 authored by Cinner, 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.

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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

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Copyright 2020 The Authors

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Marine biodiversity; Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems

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