Marine conservation planning for persistent coral reef communities: Incorporating connectivity and resilience

持久性珊瑚礁群落的海洋保护规划：纳入连通性和复原力

• 批准号: LP0774850
• 负责人: Prof Hugh Possingham
• 金额: $ 13.87万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-03-31 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0774850
• 关键词: Marine; conservation; planning; persistent; coral

Australia's biological diversity underpins much of our economic wealth - for example the remarkable diversity of coral reefs fuels a multibillion dollar tourism industry. However, despite substantial efforts to conserve marine ecosystems, Australian coral reefs are at increasing risk from climate change related catastrophes. To counteract this trend, we must choose marine reserve networks using methods that account for the dynamic nature of climate change and reef community responses to maximise the persistence of reef biodiversity. The new theory and methods will enable us to create more effective and economically efficient marine reserve systems.

澳大利亚的生物多样性支撑着我们的经济财富——例如，珊瑚礁的显著多样性推动了数十亿美元的旅游业。然而，尽管为保护海洋生态系统做出了大量努力，澳大利亚的珊瑚礁受到气候变化相关灾难的威胁越来越大。为了抵消这一趋势，我们必须使用考虑气候变化和珊瑚礁群落反应的动态性质的方法来选择海洋保护区网络，以最大限度地保持珊瑚礁生物多样性的持久性。新的理论和方法将使我们能够建立更有效和经济高效的海洋保护区系统。