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August 2, 2024Conservation Science and PracticeOpen Access

Diving deep into the network: Quantifying protection effects across California's marine protected area network using a remotely operated vehicle

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NPNicholas R. PerkinsALAndrew LauermannMPMichael Prall

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Overview

A 17-year monitoring program demonstrates increased demersal fish abundance across mesophotic marine protected areas, highlighting the conservation benefits of deep-water protected networks.

Key Points

  • Focal demersal fish populations exhibited widespread abundance gains across mesophotic depths, with marine protected areas delivering distinct conservation benefits over reference sites.
  • Positive abundance trends occurred in all 4 statewide species assessments, and 18 of 22 regional assessments demonstrated significant marine protected area gains.
  • Spatial modeling of remotely operated vehicle surveys across 26 marine protected areas highlights that image-based tools effectively assess conservation across mesophotic depths.

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Perkins et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5daeeb6db643587570d17https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13190
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