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Global marine protected areas do not secure the evolutionary history of tropical corals and fishes

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  • D. Mouillot

    (UMR 9190 MARBEC, IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM, Université de Montpellier
    Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University)

  • V. Parravicini

    (CRIOBE, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Labex ‘Corail’, University of Perpignan)

  • D. R. Bellwood

    (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University)

  • F. Leprieur

    (UMR 9190 MARBEC, IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM, Université de Montpellier)

  • D. Huang

    (National University of Singapore)

  • P. F. Cowman

    (Yale University)

  • C. Albouy

    (chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski)

  • T. P. Hughes

    (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University)

  • W. Thuiller

    (Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine (LECA), Univ. Grenoble Alpes
    Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine (LECA), CNRS)

  • F. Guilhaumon

    (UMR 9190 MARBEC, IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM, Université de Montpellier)

Abstract

Although coral reefs support the largest concentrations of marine biodiversity worldwide, the extent to which the global system of marine-protected areas (MPAs) represents individual species and the breadth of evolutionary history across the Tree of Life has never been quantified. Here we show that only 5.7% of scleractinian coral species and 21.7% of labrid fish species reach the minimum protection target of 10% of their geographic ranges within MPAs. We also estimate that the current global MPA system secures only 1.7% of the Tree of Life for corals, and 17.6% for fishes. Regionally, the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific show the greatest deficit of protection for corals while for fishes this deficit is located primarily in the Western Indian Ocean and in the Central Pacific. Our results call for a global coordinated expansion of current conservation efforts to fully secure the Tree of Life on coral reefs.

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  • D. Mouillot & V. Parravicini & D. R. Bellwood & F. Leprieur & D. Huang & P. F. Cowman & C. Albouy & T. P. Hughes & W. Thuiller & F. Guilhaumon, 2016. "Global marine protected areas do not secure the evolutionary history of tropical corals and fishes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-8, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms10359
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10359
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