ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017
Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change.
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- Global Marine Fishery Stock Productivity Under Climate Change.Global change biology · 2026Article
- The Geography of Mediterranean Benthic Communities Under Climate Change.Global change biology · 2026Article
- No-take marine reserves boost the resilience of commercial fish from the catastrophic effects of a volcanic eruption.PloS one · 2026Article
- Identifying South African marine protected areas at risk from marine heatwaves and cold-spells.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Identifying global marine climate refugia through a conservative approach to ocean biodiversity preservation.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Current Marine Protected Areas Conserve Fish Spawning Aggregations Under Climate Change due to Habitat Refugia.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Measuring biological effectiveness across a very large, coherent network of coastal marine protected areas.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025Article
- Contrasting Population Trajectories of Temperate Reef Fishes and Invertebrates Following Seasonal and Multi-Decadal Temperature Change.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Scaling up ocean conservation through recognition of key biodiversity areas in the Southern Ocean from multispecies tracking data.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025Article
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- Marine Protected Areas That Preserve Trophic Cascades Promote Resilience of Kelp Forests to Marine Heatwaves.Global change biology · 2024Article
- Combining environmental DNA and visual surveys can inform conservation planning for coral reefs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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Abstract
Strong decreases in greenhouse gas emissions are required to meet the reduction trajectory resolved within the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, even these decreases will not avert serious stress and damage to life on Earth, and additional steps are needed to boost the resilience of ecosystems, safeguard their wildlife, and protect their capacity to supply vital goods and services. We discuss how well-managed marine reserves may help marine ecosystems and people adapt to five prominent impacts of climate change: acidification, sea-level rise, intensification of storms, shifts in species distribution, and decreased productivity and oxygen availability, as well as their cumulative effects. We explore the role of managed ecosystems in mitigating climate change by promoting carbon sequestration and storage and by buffering against uncertainty in management, environmental fluctuations, directional change, and extreme events. We highlight both strengths and limitations and conclude that marine reserves are a viable low-tech, cost-effective adaptation strategy that would yield multiple cobenefits from local to global scales, improving the outlook for the environment and people into the future.
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