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2019

Since 2012, 18 old and new community-based Mexican TURF-reserves gained legal recognition thanks to a regulation passed in 2012; their effectiveness has not been formally evaluated. We combine causal inference techniques and the Social-Ecological Systems framework to provide a holistic evaluation of community-based TURF-reserves in three coastal communities in Mexico. We find that, overall, reserves have not yet achieved their stated goals of increasing the density of lobster and other benthic invertebrates, nor increasing lobster catches.
PONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0221660, 2019
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To conserve marine biodiversity, we must first understand the spatial distribution and status of at‐risk biodiversity. We combined range maps and conservation status for 5,291 marine species to map the global distribution of extinction risk of marine biodiversity.
Cons. Let. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12651, 2019
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Improving management of invasive lionfish populations requires accurate total biomass estimates, which depend on accurate estimates of allometric growth; sedentary species like lionfish often exhibit high levels of spatial variation in life history characteristics. We show that the use of ex situ parameter values resultes in total biomass estimates between 76.2% and 140% of true observed biomass, and up to a threefold under- or overestimation of total weight for an individual organism.
PeerJ. DOI:10.7717/peerj.6667, 2019
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All Biodiversity By-catch Big Data Climate change Conservation Fisheries Giant Sea Bass Global Fishing Watch Invasive Species Lionfish Marine Ecology Marine Reserves Oceanography

Fisheries & Marine reserves

Pragmatic solutions for fish and fishers

Global Fishing Watch

Big Data to solve Big problems

Giant Sea Bass

Natural history of the king of kelp forests

Invasive Lionfish

Understanding the ecological implications of an invation

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(2019). An interdisciplinary evaluation of community-based TURF-reserves. PONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0221660.

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(2019). Mapping status and conservation of global at‐risk marine biodiversity. Cons. Let. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12651.

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(2019). Spatial variation in allometric growth of invasive lionfish has management implications. PeerJ. DOI:10.7717/peerj.6667.

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(2018). Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in the temperate and tropical western Atlantic. Biol Inv. DOI 10.1007/s10530-018-1720-5.

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(2018). A user-friendly tool to evaluate the effectiveness of no-take marine reserves. PLoS ONE. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0191821.

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(2016). Occurrence of Holacanthus clarionensis (Pomacanthidae), Stegastes leucorus, and Stegastes acapulcoensis (Pomacentridae) at Magdalena Bay, B.C.S., Mexico. Mar Biodivers Rec. 9:49. DOI 10.1186/s41200-016-0062-1.

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(2015). Analysis of null sets (zero catch) made by the Mexican tuna purse seine fleet (2000–2013). Cienc Mar. 41(2):85–92. DOI 10.7773/cm.v41i2.2471.

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(2015). The nearshore fishes of the Cedros Archipelago and their biogeographic affinities. CalCOFI REPORTS. 56.

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(2014). Brief description of prey selectivity and ontogenetic changes in the diet of the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans (Actinopterygii, Scorpaenidae) in the Mexican Caribbean. PanamJAS. 9(2):131-135.

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(2018). Los Bosques Sumergidos de México. Biodiversitas.

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(2017). Buscando al gigante de los bosques de kelp en las aguas de Baja California: el mero gigante. Mediterranews. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.17855.82082.

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(2017). Searching for the Giants of the Kelp Forest in Mexican Waters: the Giant Sea Bass. Mediterranews. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.23098.70089.

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(2016). Fishers teaching fishers. Brenlife.

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(2015). 2015 El Niño threatens tuna fishery. Brenlife.

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(2015). Effects of short-term marine reserves on grouper and bass populations. dataMares. DOI 10.13022/M33K52.

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(2014). Counting fish in the kelp forests of Baja California. dataMares. DOI 10.13022/M3BC7X.

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