Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Changing role of coral reef marine reserves in a warming climate

  • Nicholas A. J. Graham,
  • James P. W. Robinson,
  • Sarah E. Smith,
  • Rodney Govinden,
  • Gilberte Gendron,
  • Shaun K. Wilson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15863-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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It is unclear whether rapid climate change will alter the effectiveness of marine reserves. Here Graham et al. use a 20-year time-series from the Seychelles to show that marine reserves may not prevent climate-driven shifts in community composition, and that ecological responses to reserves are substantially altered.