Assessing dispersal patterns of fish propagules from an effective mediterranean marine protected area.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Antonio Di Franco, Giovanni Coppini, José Martin Pujolar, Giulio A De Leo, Marino Gatto, Vladyslav Lyubartsev, Paco Melià, Lorenzo Zane, Paolo Guidetti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Torre; White Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052108; https://doaj.org/article/e623d446ee544d949fa42279b10ca879

Successfully enforced marine protected areas (MPAs) have been widely demonstrated to allow, within their boundaries, the recovery of exploited species and beyond their boundaries, the spillover of juvenile and adult fish. Little evidence is available about the so-called 'recruitment subsidy...