Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes

M. Aaron MacNeil (), Nicholas A. J. Graham, Joshua E. Cinner, Shaun K. Wilson, Ivor D. Williams, Joseph Maina, Steven Newman, Alan M. Friedlander, Stacy Jupiter, Nicholas V. C. Polunin and Tim R. McClanahan
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M. Aaron MacNeil: Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3 Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia
Nicholas A. J. Graham: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Joshua E. Cinner: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Shaun K. Wilson: Kensington, Perth, Western Australia 6151, Australia
Ivor D. Williams: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818, USA
Joseph Maina: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED), University of Queensland, Brisbane, St Lucia, Queensland 4074, Australia
Steven Newman: School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University
Alan M. Friedlander: Fisheries Ecology Research Lab, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Stacy Jupiter: Wildlife Conservation Society, Marine Programs, Bronx, New York 10460, USA
Nicholas V. C. Polunin: School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University
Tim R. McClanahan: Wildlife Conservation Society, Marine Programs, Bronx, New York 10460, USA

Nature, 2015, vol. 520, issue 7547, 341-344

Abstract: A study of the recovery potential of over 800 of the world's coral reefs shows that 83% of fished reefs are missing more than half their expected biomass, with severe consequences for key ecosystem functions; protection from fishing would allow full recovery in 35 years on average, but in 59 years for the most degraded reefs.

Date: 2015
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