Document of bibliographic reference 245309

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

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AS

Title

Redefining thermal regimes to design reserves for coral reefs in the face of climate change

Abstract

Reef managers cannot fight global warming through mitigation at local scale, but they can use information on thermal patterns to plan for reserve networks that maximize the probability of persistence of their reef system. Here we assess previous methods for the design of reserves for climate change and present a new approach to prioritize areas for conservation that leverages the most desirable properties of previous approaches. The new method moves the science of reserve design for climate change a step forwards by: (1) recognizing the role of seasonal acclimation in increasing the limits of environmental tolerance of corals and ameliorating the bleaching response; (2) using the best proxy for acclimatization currently available; (3) including information from several bleaching events, which frequency is likely to increase in the future; (4) assessing relevant variability at country scales, where most management plans are carried out. We demonstrate the method in Honduras, where a reassessment of the marine spatial plan is in progress.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000343731200062

Bibliographic citation

Chollett, I.; Enriquez, S.; Mumby, P.J. (2014). Redefining thermal regimes to design reserves for coral reefs in the face of climate change. PLoS One 9(10): e110634. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110634

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true

Access rights

open access

Is accessible for free

true