Photo 1: Lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, among strawberry anemones, Corynactis californica, at Santa Rosa Island, South Point State Marine Reserve, Barbara County, California, USA. Image collected by the ROV Beagle, and operated Applied Research Exploration (MARE). credit: Dirk Rosen. 2: Yelloweye rockfish, Sebastes ruberrimus, Portuguese Ledge Monterey California. 3: wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocell...

REGIONAL EXTINCTION RISK AND CONSERVATION PRIORITIES FOR PERSIAN GULF MARINE BONY FISHES Jack R. Buchanan Old Dominion University, 2016 Advisor: Dr. Kent Carpenter Around the world, protected areas are the primary conservation measure used to combat biodiversity loss; however, these are often established without comprehensive species-specific information, leading to placement in areas that ofte...

Systems of marine spatial planning (MSP) are now being introduced in many countries, with the intention more rational arrangement maritime uses and interests. It would be expected that conservation, especially designation protected areas (MPAs), incorporated into MSP. In practice, however, MSP MPA often taking place parallel to each other, relatively little integration between them, partly beca...

Quantitative models of marine protected area (MPA) proposals can be used to compare outcomes given current biological knowledge. We used a model of a linear coastline, with 200 discrete cells each spanning 1.6 km of coast. This model is used to evaluate alternative proposals for marine protected area networks, predicting equilibrium changes in abundances and harvests while accounting for disper...