scholarly journals Abiotic surrogates for temperate rocky reef biodiversity: implications for marine protected areas

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Rees ◽  
Alan Jordan ◽  
Owen F. Price ◽  
Melinda A. Coleman ◽  
Andrew R. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Rocky Reef ◽  
Temperate Rocky Reef

scholarly journals Benthic Diversity of Sessile Organisms in Rocky Reef Habitats of Coastal Brazil: An Insight into the Implementation of Marine Protected Areas

2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (12) ◽  
pp. 404-412
Author(s):  
Ralf Riedel ◽  
Fernando Castro-Cardoso ◽  
Gabriel Correal ◽  
Mauricio Mata
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Rocky Reef ◽  
Sessile Organisms ◽  
Insight Into

An evaluation of Sea Search as a citizen science programme in Marine Protected Areas

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Koss ◽  
K. Miller ◽  
G. Wescott ◽  
A. Bellgrove ◽  
A. Boxshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Rocky Shore ◽  
Rocky Reef ◽  
Training Requirements ◽  
Intertidal Rocky Shore ◽  
Science Programme ◽  
Significant Difference

Citizen science involves collaboration between multi-sector agencies and the public to address a natural resource management issue. The Sea Search citizen science programme involves community groups in monitoring and collecting subtidal rocky reef and intertidal rocky shore data in Victorian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Australia. In this study we compared volunteer and scientifically collected data and the volunteer motivation for participation in the Sea Search programme. Intertidal rocky shore volunteer-collected data was found to be typically comparable to data collected by scientists for species richness and diversity measures. For subtidal monitoring there was also no significant difference for species richness recorded by scientists and volunteers. However, low statistical power suggest only large changes could be detected due to reduced data replication. Generally volunteers recorded lower species diversity for biological groups compared to scientists, albeit not significant. Species abundance measures for algae species were significantly different between volunteers and scientists. These results suggest difficulty in identification and abundance measurements by volunteers and the need for additional training requirements necessary for surveying algae assemblages. The subtidal monitoring results also highlight the difficulties of collecting data in exposed rocky reef habitats with weather conditions and volunteer diver availability constraining sampling effort. The prime motivation for volunteer participation in Sea Search was to assist with scientific research followed closely by wanting to work close to nature. This study revealed two important themes for volunteer engagement in Sea Search: 1) volunteer training and participation and, 2) usability of volunteer collected data for MPA managers. Volunteer-collected data through the Sea Search citizen science programme has the potential to provide useable data to assist in informed management practices of Victoria?s MPAs, but requires the support and commitment from all partners involved.

scholarly journals Response of Rocky Reef Top Predators (Serranidae: Epinephelinae) in and Around Marine Protected Areas in the Western Mediterranean Sea

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e98206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Werner Hackradt ◽  
José Antonio García-Charton ◽  
Mireille Harmelin-Vivien ◽  
Ángel Pérez-Ruzafa ◽  
Laurence Le Diréach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Rocky Reef ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Top Predators

Spatial and habitat-related patterns of temperate reef fish assemblages: implications for the design of Marine Protected Areas

2002 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda G. Curley ◽  
Michael J. Kingsford ◽  
Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Rocky Reef ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Temperate Reef ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Temperate Reef Fish ◽  
Rocky Reef Fish

Patterns of rocky reef fish assemblages (composition and relative abundance of species) were examined to provide data on the design of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which aim to protect these organisms. A hierarchical design was used to investigate changes in fish assemblages at scales of metres to kilometres along-shore, and among reef habitat types within two 10-km areas on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia. Influences of physical and biological attributes of a reef on assemblages of fish were also examined. The greatest variation in fish assemblages occurred at scales of 2–6 km along-shore. Eighty percent of species recorded were found within a 6-km section of coastline. The most predictable differences in assemblages were found between reef habitats (urchin-grazed barrens, Ecklonia forest and sponge habitat), and between depths. Marine Protected Areas should ideally incorporate all available habitats over the entire depth range at which they occur. This may require MPAs larger than 2–6 km, or multiple MPAs that have been specifically located to include these features, as representation of habitats was found to vary at scales of kilometres to tens of kilometres along shore.

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