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TI Assessing the effects of marine protected area (MPA) on a reef fish assemblage in a northwestern Mediterranean marine reserve: Identifying community-based indicators
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AF CLAUDET, Joachim
   PELLETIER, Dominique
   JOUVENEL, J.Y
   BACHET, F
   GALZIN, R
AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:1;
FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;2:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;3:;4:;5:;
C1 EPHE, CNRS, IFREMER, UMR 8046, F-66860 Perpignan, France.
   IFREMER, Dept EMH, F-44311 Nantes 03, France.
   P2A Dev, F-34110 Mireval, France.
   Parc Marin Cote Bleue, F-13960 Sausset Les Pins, France.
C2 EPHE, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   P2A DEV, FRANCE
   PARC MARIN COTE BLEUE, FRANCE
SI NANTES
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
IF 2.854
TC 157
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1702.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Northwestern Mediterranean;Reef fish assemblage;Multivariate regression trees;Permutational multivariate analysis of variance;Ecological indicator;Marine protected area;Impact assessment
AB Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly envisaged as a tool to manage coastal ecosystems and fisheries. Assessment of their performance with respect to management objectives is therefore important. A number of WAS provided conservation benefits for fished species. Observed benefits do not apply to all species at all times, and responses to protection are also highly variable among fish taxa. Among the many empirical studies on marine reserves, only a few designs considered 'before and after data' and spatial variation. In this paper, we are interested in assessing the effect of a no-take reserve on the reef fish assemblage in a northwestern Mediterranean example. Data were obtained from a three-year survey using underwater visual censuses (UVC), before and after MPA establishment. Permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) and multivariate regression trees (MRT) were used to evaluate the effects of reserve protection on the reef fish assemblage, while accounting for habitat. Modelled biological responses were abundances and diversity indices calculated at different levels of the assemblage. Significant effects were found for many of these metrics. in addition to PERMANOVA, univariate models provided more insight into the magnitude and direction of effects. The most sensitive metrics were related to large species and species targeted by fishing. These results may be used to choose the metrics that are more suitable as community-based indicators of MPA impact in the perspective of monitoring programs. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY 2006
PD JUN
SO Biological Conservation
SN 0006-3207
PU Elsevier
VL 130
IS 3
UT 000238427800005
BP 349
EP 369
DI 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.12.030
ID 1702
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