Effective Dispersal of Caribbean Reef Fish is Smaller than Current Spacing Among Marine Protected Areas

Abstract The oceans are deteriorating at a fast pace. Conservation measures, such as Marine Protected Areas, are being implemented to relieve areas from local stressors and allow populations to restore to natural levels. Successful networks of MPAs operate if the space among MPAs is smaller than the...

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Main Authors: Diana M. Beltrán, Nikolaos V. Schizas, Richard S. Appeldoorn, Carlos Prada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04849-5