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Shifting seas, shifting boundaries: Dynamic marine protected area designs for a changing climate
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e0241771 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020.
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Abstract
- Marine protected areas (MPAs) are valuable tools for marine conservation that aim to limit human impacts on marine systems and protect valuable species or habitats. However, as species distributions shift due to ocean warming, acidification, and oxygen depletion from climate change, the areas originally designated under MPAs may bear little resemblance to their past state. Different approaches have been suggested for coping with species on the move in conservation. Here, we test the effectiveness of different MPA designs, including dynamic, network, and different directional orientations on protecting shifting species under climate change through ecosystem modeling in a theoretical ecosystem. Our findings suggest that dynamic MPAs may benefit some species (e.g., whiting and anchovy) and fishing fleets, and these benefits can inform the design or adaptation of MPAs worldwide. In addition, we find that it is important to design MPAs with specific goals and to account for the effects of released fishing pressure and species interactions in MPA design.
- Subjects :
- Marine conservation
Atmospheric Science
Ecological Metrics
Science
Climate Change
Effects of global warming on oceans
Population Dynamics
Fishing
Fisheries
Marine and Aquatic Sciences
Climate change
Marine Biology
Aquaculture
Ecosystems
Predator-Prey Dynamics
Ecosystem model
Animals
Humans
Marine Fish
Ecosystem
Biomass
Climatology
Multidisciplinary
Ecology
Population Biology
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
fungi
Organisms
Biology and Life Sciences
Computational Biology
Eukaryota
Agriculture
Fishery
Fish
Habitat
Vertebrates
Earth Sciences
Medicine
Environmental science
Marine protected area
Ecosystem Modeling
Zoology
Ecosystem Functioning
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLOS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....38645a318252b57ab4f03943e988fb7d