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Increased Disease Calls for a Cost-Benefits Review of Marine Reserves
Marine reserves (or No-Take Zones) are implemented to protect species and habitats, with the aim of restoring a balanced ecosystem. Although the benefits of marine reserves are commonly monitored, there is a lack of insight into the potential detriments of such highly protected waters. High populati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23240047 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051615 |
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author | Wootton, Emma C. Woolmer, Andrew P. Vogan, Claire L. Pope, Edward C. Hamilton, Kristina M. Rowley, Andrew F. |
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description | Marine reserves (or No-Take Zones) are implemented to protect species and habitats, with the aim of restoring a balanced ecosystem. Although the benefits of marine reserves are commonly monitored, there is a lack of insight into the potential detriments of such highly protected waters. High population densities attained within reserves may induce negative impacts such as unfavourable trophic cascades and disease outbreaks. Hence, we investigated the health of lobster populations in the UK’s Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) at Lundy Island. Comparisons were made between the fished, Refuge Zone (RZ) and the un-fished, No-Take Zone (NTZ; marine reserve). We show ostensibly positive effects such as increased lobster abundance and size within the NTZ; however, we also demonstrate apparent negative effects such as increased injury and shell disease. Our findings suggest that robust cost-benefit analyses of marine reserves could improve marine reserve efficacy and subsequent management strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-35198722012-12-13 Increased Disease Calls for a Cost-Benefits Review of Marine Reserves Wootton, Emma C. Woolmer, Andrew P. Vogan, Claire L. Pope, Edward C. Hamilton, Kristina M. Rowley, Andrew F. PLoS One Research Article Marine reserves (or No-Take Zones) are implemented to protect species and habitats, with the aim of restoring a balanced ecosystem. Although the benefits of marine reserves are commonly monitored, there is a lack of insight into the potential detriments of such highly protected waters. High population densities attained within reserves may induce negative impacts such as unfavourable trophic cascades and disease outbreaks. Hence, we investigated the health of lobster populations in the UK’s Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) at Lundy Island. Comparisons were made between the fished, Refuge Zone (RZ) and the un-fished, No-Take Zone (NTZ; marine reserve). We show ostensibly positive effects such as increased lobster abundance and size within the NTZ; however, we also demonstrate apparent negative effects such as increased injury and shell disease. Our findings suggest that robust cost-benefit analyses of marine reserves could improve marine reserve efficacy and subsequent management strategies. Public Library of Science 2012-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3519872/ /pubmed/23240047 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051615 Text en © 2012 Wootton et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Wootton, Emma C. Woolmer, Andrew P. Vogan, Claire L. Pope, Edward C. Hamilton, Kristina M. Rowley, Andrew F. Increased Disease Calls for a Cost-Benefits Review of Marine Reserves |
title | Increased Disease Calls for a Cost-Benefits Review of Marine Reserves |
title_full | Increased Disease Calls for a Cost-Benefits Review of Marine Reserves |
title_fullStr | Increased Disease Calls for a Cost-Benefits Review of Marine Reserves |
title_full_unstemmed | Increased Disease Calls for a Cost-Benefits Review of Marine Reserves |
title_short | Increased Disease Calls for a Cost-Benefits Review of Marine Reserves |
title_sort | increased disease calls for a cost-benefits review of marine reserves |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23240047 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051615 |
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