Effect of the creation of a marine protected area on populations of Coral Trout in the coral triangle region
| Autor: | Connie Fay Komilus, Saleem Mustafa, Fung Chen Chung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Ecology biology Plectropomus Coral reef fish 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Marine reserve Aquatic Science biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Coral Triangle Fishery Animal Science and Zoology Marine protected area Aquaculture of coral Coral reef protection Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Coral trout |
| Zdroj: | Regional Studies in Marine Science. 10:1-9 |
| ISSN: | 2352-4855 |
| Popis: | Reef fish respond differently to reserve protection. The abundance and biomass of sedentary species and those with limited mobility should be higher inside the marine reserve and decline with increased distance from the center of the reserve. Reserve protection reduces fishing mortality and allows recovery or maintains fish population abundance within the reserve. We assessed the effects of protection on reef fish, including three species of Coral Trout (Plectropomus spp.), and hard coral cover at a marine reserve surrounding Lankayan Island, Sabah Malaysia, after 11 years of a ‘no-take’ policy. Underwater visual census conducted at 8 closed sites and 4 open sites indicated that total reef fish biomass and abundance, and Plectropomus spp. biomass were significantly higher inside the reserve. Eleven years of no-take policy appears to maintain Plectropomus spp. biomass up to 5 km from the reserve center. Hard coral cover influenced reef fish abundance and biomass but it did not affect the presence of Plectropomus spp. Our findings suggest that the effectiveness of a no-take marine reserve not only requires consideration of ecological connectivity, reserve size and location, but also socio-economic factors including compliance, enforcement availability and community participation to achieve greater benefits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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