Community biomass and life history benchmarks for coral reef fisheries

Artisanal fisheries on Kenya’s coral reefs: Decadal trends reveal management needs

(2017) Melita A. Samoilys et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Predatory fish depletion and recovery potential on Caribbean reefs

(2017) Abel Valdivia et al.   Science Advances

Resetting predator baselines in coral reef ecosystems

(2017) Darcy Bradley et al.   Scientific Reports

Seascape context and predators override water quality effects on inshore coral reef fish communities

(2016) Ben L. Gilby et al.   CORAL REEFS

Does unreported catch lead to overfishing?

(2016) Merrill B Rudd et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Similar impacts of fishing and environmental stress on calcifying organisms in Indian Ocean coral reefs

(2016) TR McClanahan et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

(2016) Joshua E. Cinner et al.   NATURE

Modeling Reef Fish Biomass, Recovery Potential, and Management Priorities in the Western Indian Ocean

(2016) Timothy R. McClanahan et al.   PLoS One

Biodiversity enhances reef fish biomass and resistance to climate change

(2016) J. Emmett Duffy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Natural bounds on herbivorous coral reef fishes

(2016) Adel Heenan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Catch reconstructions reveal that global marine fisheries catches are higher than reported and declining

(2016) Daniel Pauly et al.   Nature Communications

Harnessing fishery-independent indicators to aid management of data-poor fisheries: weighing habitat and fishing effects

(2016) Kirsty L. Nash et al.   Ecosphere

Similar impacts of fishing and environmental stress on calcifying organisms in Indian Ocean coral reefs

(2016) TR McClanahan et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Coral reef degradation is not correlated with local human population density

(2016) John F. Bruno et al.   Scientific Reports

Regional coral responses to climate disturbances and warming is predicted by multivariate stress model and not temperature threshold metrics

(2015) Timothy R. McClanahan et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Three decades of recurrent declines and recoveries in corals belie ongoing change in fish assemblages

(2015) T. Lamy et al.   CORAL REEFS

Thresholds in Caribbean coral reefs: implications for ecosystem-based fishery management

(2015) Kendra A. Karr et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Biogeography versus resource management: how do they compare when prioritizing the management of coral reef fish in the south-western Indian Ocean?

(2015) T. R. McClanahan   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes

(2015) M. Aaron MacNeil et al.   NATURE

Human, Oceanographic and Habitat Drivers of Central and Western Pacific Coral Reef Fish Assemblages

(2015) Ivor D. Williams et al.   PLoS One

Understanding the Spatio-Temporal Response of Coral Reef Fish Communities to Natural Disturbances: Insights from Beta-Diversity Decomposition

(2015) Thomas Lamy et al.   PLoS One

Marine reserve recovery rates towards a baseline are slower for reef fish community life histories than biomass

(2015) T. R. McClanahan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Environmental offsets, resilience and cost-effective conservation

(2015) L. R. Little et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Biomass-based targets and the management of multispecies coral reef fisheries

(2014) T. R. McClanahan et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Hierarchical and scale-dependent effects of fishing pressure and environment on the structure and size distribution of parrotfish communities

(2014) Brett M. Taylor et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Catch rates and income are associated with fisheries management restrictions and not an environmental disturbance, in a heavily exploited tropical fishery

(2014) TR McClanahan et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Coexistence of Low Coral Cover and High Fish Biomass at Farquhar Atoll, Seychelles

(2014) Alan M. Friedlander et al.   PLoS One

Alternative hypotheses to explain why biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships are concave-up in some natural ecosystems but concave-down in manipulative experiments

(2014) Camilo Mora et al.   Scientific Reports

The Last Call for Marine Wilderness?

(2013) Nicholas A. J. Graham et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Description and validation of production processes in the coral reef ecosystem model CAFFEE (Coral–Algae–Fish-Fisheries Ecosystem Energetics) with a fisheries closure and climatic disturbance

(2013) Carlos Ruiz Sebastián et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Fisheries: Does catch reflect abundance?

(2013) Daniel Pauly et al.   NATURE

Spawning biomass reference points for exploited marine fishes, incorporating taxonomic and body size information

(2012) James T. Thorson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Re-Creating Missing Population Baselines for Pacific Reef Sharks

(2012) MARC O. NADON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Assessing the effects of large mobile predators on ecosystem connectivity

(2012) Douglas J. McCauley et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Assessing Gear Modifications Needed to Optimize Yields in a Heavily Exploited, Multi-Species, Seagrass and Coral Reef Fishery

(2012) Christina C. Hicks et al.   PLoS One

The future of fish

(2012) Boris Worm et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Contrasting Global Trends in Marine Fishery Status Obtained from Catches and from Stock Assessments

(2011) TREVOR A. BRANCH et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Global Gradients of Coral Exposure to Environmental Stresses and Implications for Local Management

(2011) Joseph Maina et al.   PLoS One

Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries

(2011) T. R. McClanahan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of Fisheries Closures and Gear Restrictions on Fishing Income in a Kenyan Coral Reef

(2010) TIMOTHY R. McCLANAHAN   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

New insights into global patterns of ocean temperature anomalies: implications for coral reef health and management

(2010) Elizabeth R. Selig et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evidence for a depth refuge effect in artisanal coral reef fisheries

(2009) Elizabeth H.M. Tyler et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Effects of fisheries closure size, age, and history of compliance on coral reef fish communities in the western Indian Ocean

(2009) TR McClanahan et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Rebuilding Global Fisheries

(2009) B. Worm et al.   SCIENCE

Maintenance of fish diversity on disturbed coral reefs

(2008) S. K. Wilson et al.   CORAL REEFS

MALTHUSIAN OVERFISHING AND EFFORTS TO OVERCOME IT ON KENYAN CORAL REEFS

(2008) Tim R. McClanahan et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Exploitation and habitat degradation as agents of change within coral reef fish communities

(2008) S. K. WILSON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate Warming, Marine Protected Areas and the Ocean-Scale Integrity of Coral Reef Ecosystems

(2008) Nicholas A. J. Graham et al.   PLoS One

Modelling susceptibility of coral reefs to environmental stress using remote sensing data and GIS models

(2007) Joseph Maina et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING