Evaluating the influence of marine protected areas on surf zone fish

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dc.citation.volumeEarly View
dc.contributor.authorMarraffini ML
dc.contributor.authorHamilton SL
dc.contributor.authorMarin Jarrin JR
dc.contributor.authorLadd M
dc.contributor.authorKoval G
dc.contributor.authorMadden JR
dc.contributor.authorMangino I
dc.contributor.authorParker LM
dc.contributor.authorEmery KA
dc.contributor.authorTerhaar K
dc.contributor.authorHubbard DM
dc.contributor.authorMiller RJ
dc.contributor.authorDugan JE
dc.coverage.spatialUnited States
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-20T23:03:25Z
dc.date.available2024-10-20T23:03:25Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-21
dc.description.abstractMarine protected areas (MPAs) globally serve conservation and fisheries management goals, generating positive effects in some marine ecosystems. Surf zones and sandy beaches, critical ecotones bridging land and sea, play a pivotal role in the life cycles of numerous fish species and serve as prime areas for subsistence and recreational fishing. Despite their significance, these areas remain understudied when evaluating the effects of MPAs. We compared surf zone fish assemblages inside and outside MPAs across 3 bioregions in California (USA). Using seines and baited remote underwater videos (BRUVs), we found differences in surf zone fish inside and outside MPAs in one region. Inside south region MPAs, we observed higher abundance (Tukey's honest significant difference [HSD] = 0.83, p = 0.0001) and richness (HSD = 0.22, p = 0.0001) in BRUVs and greater biomass (HSD = 0.32, p = 0.0002) in seine surveys compared with reference sites. Selected live-bearing, fished taxa were positively affected by MPAs. Elasmobranchs displayed greater abundance in BRUV surveys and higher biomass in seine surveys inside south region MPAs (HSD = 0.35, p = 0.0003 and HSD = 0.23, p = 0.008, respectively). Although we observed no overall MPA signal for Embiotocidae, abundances of juvenile and large adult barred surfperch (Amphistichus argenteus), the most abundant fished species, were higher inside MPAs (K-S test D = 0.19, p < 0.0001). Influence of habitat characteristics on MPA performance indicated surf zone width was positively associated with fish abundance and biomass but negatively associated with richness. The south region had the largest positive effect size on all MPA performance metrics. Our findings underscored the variability in species richness and composition across regions and survey methods that significantly affected differences observed inside and outside MPAs. A comprehensive assessment of MPA performance should consider specific taxa, their distribution, and the effects of habitat factors and geography.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.edition.edition2024
dc.format.paginatione14296-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38770838
dc.identifier.citationMarraffini ML, Hamilton SL, Marin Jarrin JR, Ladd M, Koval G, Madden JR, Mangino I, Parker LM, Emery KA, Terhaar K, Hubbard DM, Miller RJ, Dugan JE. (2024). Evaluating the influence of marine protected areas on surf zone fish.. Conserv Biol. Early View. (pp. e14296-).
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cobi.14296
dc.identifier.eissn1523-1739
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0888-8892
dc.identifier.numbere14296
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71772
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology
dc.publisher.urihttps://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.14296
dc.relation.isPartOfConserv Biol
dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectBRUVs
dc.subjectbeach seines
dc.subjectchinchorro playero
dc.subjectcommunity composition
dc.subjectcomposición de la comunidad
dc.subjectmarine protected areas
dc.subjectpeces de la zona de rompientes
dc.subjectsurf zone fish
dc.subjectáreas marinas protegidas
dc.titleEvaluating the influence of marine protected areas on surf zone fish
dc.typeJournal article
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