Siting marine protected areas based on habitat quality and extent provides the greatest benefit to spatially structured metapopulations

• Main Authors: Cabral, Reniel B., Gaines, Steven D., Lim, May T., Atrigenio, Michael P., Mamauag, Samuel S., Pedemonte, Gerold C., Aliño, Porfirio M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Marine parks and reserves; Marine habitats; Marine habitat conservation; Marine Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11476
• Institution: De La Salle University

Connectivity and its role in the persistence and sustainability of marine metapopulations are attracting increased attention from the scientific community and coastal resource managers. Whether protection should prioritize the connectivity structure or demographic characteristics of a given patch is...