Weak biodiversity connectivity in the European network of no-take marine protected areas
| Autor: | Eliza Fragkopoulou, Miguel Gandra, B. Horta e Costa, David Abecasis, Jorge Assis, Ester A. Serrão |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Conservation of Natural Resources
Environmental Engineering 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Climate Change Ecology (disciplines) Species distribution Biodiversity Environmental Sciences & Ecology 010501 environmental sciences Biodiversity conservation 01 natural sciences Marine protected areas Animals Environmental Chemistry Ecosystem Marine biodiversity Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Connectivity biology business.industry Marine reserve Environmental resource management Biophysical modelling Networks of marine protected areas Anthozoa biology.organism_classification Pollution Geography Seagrass Biological dispersal Marine protected area business |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 0048-9697 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145664 |
| Popis: | The need for international cooperation in marine resource management and conservation has been reflected in the increasing number of agreements aiming for effective and well-connected networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). However, the extent to which individual MPAs are connected remains mostly unknown. Here, we use a biophysical model tuned with empirical data on species dispersal ecology to predict connectivity of a vast spectrum of biodiversity in the European network of marine reserves (i.e., no-take MPAs). Our results highlight the correlation between empirical propagule duration data and connectivity potential and show weak network connectivity and strong isolation for major ecological groups, resulting from the lack of direct connectivity corridors between reserves over vast regions. The particularly high isolation predicted for ecosystemstructuring species (e.g., corals, sponges, macroalgae and seagrass) might potentially undermine biodiversity conservation efforts if local retention is insufficient and unmanaged populations are at risk. Isolation might also be problematic for populations' persistence in the light of climate change and expected species range shifts. Our findings provide novel insights for management directives, highlighting the location of regions requiring additional marine reserves to function as stepping-stone connectivity corridors. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; MAR2020 program through project REDAMP [MAR01.04.02-FEAMP-0015]; Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) of Portugal Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [SFRH/BSAB/150485/2020] info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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