Regimes of chlorophyll-a in the Coral Sea: implications for evaluating adequacy of marine protected areas

Welch, Heather; Pressey, Robert L.; Heron, Scott F.; Ceccarelli, Daniela M.; Hobday, Alistair J.

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Regimes of chlorophyll-a in the Coral Sea: implications for evaluating adequacy of marine protected areas

2016
By Welch, Heather ; Pressey, Robert L. ; Heron, Scott F. ; ...

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Ecography
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Welch, Heather ; Pressey, Robert L. ; Heron, Scott F. ; Ceccarelli, Daniela M. ; Hobday, Alistair J.
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
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Spatial management of the highly dynamic pelagic realm, and the highly mobile species it supports, requires dynamic processes to be incorporated into reserve design. To achieve this, planners need information on how these processes vary across space and time, and how this variation relates to species of conservation interest. This study presents a new method of quantifying variability that captures both between- and within-year changes in variables of interest. We applied this method to remotely-sensed chlorophyll-a in the Coral Sea to find five distinct regimes of variation that serve as surrogates for assemblages of species of conservation interest.
Keywords:

Chlorophyll Design And Construction Evaluation Marine Parks And Reserves Design And Construction Marine Parks And Reserves
Source:

Ecography, 39(3): 289-304
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01450
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Journal Article
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Coral Sea
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