Habitat collapse due to overgrazing threatens turtle conservation in marine protected areas

Are Coastal Protected Areas Always Effective in Achieving Population Recovery for Nesting Sea Turtles?

(2013) Ronel Nel et al.   PLoS One

Global analysis of satellite tracking data shows that adult green turtles are significantly aggregated in Marine Protected Areas

(2012) Rebecca Scott et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Marine megaherbivore grazing may increase seagrass tolerance to high nutrient loads

(2011) Marjolijn J. A. Christianen et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Managing for extinction? Conflicting conservation objectives in a large marine reserve

(2011) Leah R. Gerber et al.   Conservation Letters

Implications of conserving an ecosystem modifier: Increasing green turtle ( Chelonia mydas ) densities substantially alters seagrass meadows

(2010) Aparna Lal et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Effects of excluding sea turtle herbivores from a seagrass bed: Overgrazing may have led to loss of seagrass meadows in Bermuda

(2010) JW Fourqurean et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Designing marine reserve networks for both conservation and fisheries management

(2010) S. D. Gaines et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of social aggregations and protected areas in killer whale conservation: The mixed blessing of critical habitat

(2009) Rob Williams et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems

(2009) M. Waycott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Encouraging outlook for recovery of a once severely exploited marine megaherbivore

(2008) Milani Chaloupka et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines

(2008) Michael R. Heithaus et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION