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Principles for the design of marine reserves

The theory underlying the design of marine reserves, whether the goal is to preserve biodiversity or to manage fisheries, is still in its infancy. For both of these goals, there is a need for general principles on which to base marine reserve design, and because of the paucity of empirical experience, these principles must be based on models. However, most of the theoretical studies to date have been specific to a single situation, with few attempts to deduce general principles. Here we attempt to distill existing results into general principles useful to designers of marine reserves.

Comparing marine and terrestrial ecosystems: Implications for the design of coastal marine reserves

Avoiding current oversights in marine reserve design

Dispersal potential of marine invertebrates in diverse habitats

The impact of marine reserves: Do reserves work and does reserve size matter?

Comparing designs of marine reserves for fisheries and for biodiversity

Considerations in estimating larval dispersal distances from oceanographic data

Propagule dispersal distance and the size and spacing of marine reserves

The spatial distribution of non-native plant invaders in a pine-eucalypt landscape mosaic in south-eastern Australia

Assessing spatial PVA models of arboreal marsupials using significance tests and Bayesian statistics