ReviewNature2020
Rebuilding marine life.
Review in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 141 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
141 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessing the success of marine ecosystem restoration using meta-analysis.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of ecosystem services associated with oyster restoration.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2023Pooled it
- OpenWater Hub: An open-source hardware platform for marine robotics support and water quality data acquisition.HardwareX · 2026Article
- Earth-observation variables identify temperature-centered protein-family covariation across macroalgal genomes.iScience · 2026Article
- Changes in breeding periodicity of a long-lived vertebrate over 30 years.Royal Society open science · 2026Article
- Acoustic telemetry for marine animal and environmental monitoring: Technologies, challenges, and emerging trends.Fundamental research · 2026Review
- Quality Assessment in Frozen Seafood: Advances in Sensing Technologies and Artificial Intelligence.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Global impacts of drifting fish aggregating devices on marine protected areas.Science advances · 2026Article
- Oceanographic regime and foraging behaviour structure compound-specific PFAS variability in arctic-atlantic guillemots.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2026Article
- Minimising Risks of Reduced Genetic Diversity in Marine Restoration.Evolutionary applications · 2026Article
- Global blue carbon losses from salt marshes exceed restoration gains.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Characterising ecosystem service provision by two morphologically distinct kelp species (Laminaria hyperborea and Saccharina latissima) and the biophysical drivers shaping these services: a systematic map protocol.Environmental evidence · 2026Article
- Microhabitat Patchiness Structures Benthic Biodiversity in the Western Antarctic Peninsula.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
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- In situ growth rates of cold-water corals fouling oceanographic moorings in the Central Mediterranean Sea.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Open-Coast Eelgrass (Estuaries and coasts : journal of the Estuarine Research Federation · 2026Article
- No-take marine reserves boost the resilience of commercial fish from the catastrophic effects of a volcanic eruption.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Assessing barriers to ecosystem-based adaptation: Application to tropical islands.Cambridge prisms. Coastal futures · 2026Article
- Ocean heat determines benthic trajectories on artificial as well as natural submarine substrata.Scientific reports · 2025Article
81 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
15 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Sustainable Development Goal 14 of the United Nations aims to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development". Achieving this goal will require rebuilding the marine life-support systems that deliver the many benefits that society receives from a healthy ocean. Here we document the recovery of marine populations, habitats and ecosystems following past conservation interventions. Recovery rates across studies suggest that substantial recovery of the abundance, structure and function of marine life could be achieved by 2050, if major pressures-including climate change-are mitigated. Rebuilding marine life represents a doable Grand Challenge for humanity, an ethical obligation and a smart economic objective to achieve a sustainable future.
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