scholarly journals Citizen science monitoring of marine protected areas: Case studies and recommendations for integration into monitoring programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. e12470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Freiwald ◽  
Ryan Meyer ◽  
Jennifer E. Caselle ◽  
Carol A. Blanchette ◽  
Kevin Hovel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Monitoring Programs

scholarly journals Introduction: an empirical framework for deconstructing the realities of governing marine protected areas

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter JS Jones ◽  
Elizabeth M De Santo ◽  
Wanfei Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Governance Strategies ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Empirical Framework

Debates surrounding governance strategies for marine protected areas (MPAs) have to date largely focused on top-down, bottom-up or market-based approaches. Whilst co-management approaches for governing MPAs are widely accepted as a way forward for combining these three strategies, many interpretations of this concept exist and it is applied in many different ways in MPAs in different contexts. This study aimed to explore governance through a case-study approach based on a specifically developed empirical framework – the marine protected area governance (MPAG) analysis framework – to increase understanding of how to combine the three governance approaches. A dialogue with MPA practitioners in 20 case studies helped shape the MPAG analysis framework as it developed, and an international workshop was held on ‘Governing MPAs’, bringing the practitioners together to compare results and further develop the framework. This paper provides an overview of the topic and research methodology and briefly introduces the case studies further explored in this special issue

What Stakeholders Think About Marine Protected Areas: Case Studies from Spain

Human Ecology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svein Jentoft ◽  
Jose J. Pascual-Fernandez ◽  
Raquel De la Cruz Modino ◽  
Manuel Gonzalez-Ramallal ◽  
Ratana Chuenpagdee
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Marine Protected Areas

scholarly journals Quantifying the statistical power of monitoring programs for marine protected areas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas R. Perkins ◽  
Michael Prall ◽  
Avishek Chakraborty ◽  
J. Wilson White ◽  
Marissa L. Baskett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Statistical Power ◽  
Monitoring Programs

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.

Fishing inside or outside? A case studies analysis of potential spillover effect from marine protected areas, using food web models

2014 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 383-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Colléter ◽  
Didier Gascuel ◽  
Camille Albouy ◽  
Patrice Francour ◽  
Luis Tito de Morais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Spillover Effect

scholarly journals Investigating the distribution and regional occurrence of anthropogenic litter in English marine protected areas using 25 years of citizen-science beach clean data

2020 ◽  
Vol 263 ◽  
pp. 114365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Nelms ◽  
Lauren Eyles ◽  
Brendan J. Godley ◽  
Peter B. Richardson ◽  
Hazel Selley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Marine Protected Areas

scholarly journals Designing Monitoring Programs for Marine Protected Areas Within an Evidence Based Decision Making Paradigm

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith R. Hayes ◽  
Geoffrey R. Hosack ◽  
Emma Lawrence ◽  
Paul Hedge ◽  
Neville S. Barrett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Monitoring Programs ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making
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