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Coral reef managers currently face the challenge of mitigating global stressors by enhancing local ecological resilience in a changing climate. Effective herbivore management is one tool that managers can use in order to maintain resilience in the midst of severe and frequent bleaching events. One recommended approach is to establish networks of herbivore management areas (HMAs), which prohibit the take of herbivorous reef fishes. However, there is a need to develop design principles to guide planning and implementation of these HMAs as a resilience-building tool. We refine available guidance from fully protected marine protected area (MPA) networksand developed a set of 11 biophysical design principles specifically...
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Coral reef ecosystems in Hawaii have suffered high rates of mortality following the recent mass bleaching event. In order to prevent phase shifts to degraded reefs, strategies to increase reef resilience following disturbance such as bleaching must be developed. Herbivore management has been identified as a priority management action to increase reef resilience, and the goals of this project were to 1) synthesize climate and herbivore management spatial data layers and 2) utilize Marxan to identify prioritized areas for herbivore management in west Hawaii and Maui Nui.1. The project team synthesized relevant climate and herbivore management spatial data layers from seven sources, and incorporated feedback from four...
This layer represents the heatmap output of the Marxan analysis for the resilience-based scenario. This layer was developed as part of a collaborative project between the University of Hawaii Manoa (Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative), Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources, and the Center for Ocean Solutions. Coral reefs in Hawaii are increasingly at risk due to climate change and other human impacts. Recent bleaching events caused mortality in many reefs around the islands, prompting state resource management agencies to form a plan to protect them and promote recovery. The goal of this project was to use Marxan spatial analysis software to identify reef locations that have the best chance to recover and thrive under...
This project develops a process to identify areas to build climate resilience following coral bleaching events by specifically focusing on the role of herbivorous fishes. These fish feed on algae, which can prevent its overgrowth on coral reefs. For this reason, establishing a network of herbivore management areas has been identified in Hawaii’s Coral Bleaching Recovery Plan as an important solution to increase a reef’s ability to recover. Marine spatial data was used to determine locations within the nearshore waters of Maui Nui and west Hawaii that could most effectively increase reef resilience through herbivore management.This project builds on previous efforts funded by the Office of Planning’s Coastal Zone...
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