MPA Files
Links to MPAs
Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
Center for Marine Biodiversity & Conservation
Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Convention Biological Diversity
Ecosistemas Protegidos en Puerto Rico CEDUCAR
Ecosystem Based Management (NCEAS)
MPA database (Sea Around Us Project)
MPAs: fisheries, Oceanography & Society
Pew Institute for Ocean Science
SCUBA Divers & Reef Management
Social Science Methods for Marine Protected Areas
Surfrider: Tres Palmas, Puerto Rico
Blog Links
- Agregaciones Reproductivas de Peces: Caribe y Golfo de México
- Avalúo y Técnologías de Aprendizaje
- Coral Reef Report
- Directorio Blogs Puerto Rico
- Earth Blog
- Oceana
- Science Blog
- Shifting Baselines
- Sociedad y Conocimiento
Links related to MPAs
- Caribbean MPAs
- Caribbean MPAs by REEFBASE
- Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
- CEDUCAPR
- Center for Marine Biodiversity & Conservation
- CHAMP Listserver
- Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo
- COMPASS MPAs
- Conservation Finance: MPAs
- Convention Biological Diversity
- CORE
- Ecosistemas Protegidos en Puerto Rico CEDUCAR
- Ecosystem Based Management (NCEAS)
- EPA_Pollution Runoff
- FISHBASE
- ICRI
- IOC-UNESCO
- Island Resources Foundation
- IUCN Publications
- Living Oceans Society
- MarineBio
- MARVIVA
- MPA database (Sea Around Us Project)
- MPA News
- MPAs: fisheries, Oceanography & Society
- Ocean Conserve
- Ocean Life Institute
- Oceans Alive
- ONEFISH
- Pew Institute for Ocean Science
- PISCO: Marine Reserves
- Portal Oceánico
- REEFBASE
- RESALLIANCE
- Reservas Marinas
- SAM (Mesoamerican Reef)
- SCUBA Divers & Reef Management
- Sea Grant Puerto Rico
- SeaWeb
- Social Science Methods for Marine Protected Areas
- Surfrider: Tres Palmas, Puerto Rico
- The Enchanted Braid: Reviews
- The Ocean Conservancy: MPAs
- The Oceanography Society
- The School for Field Studies
- UN: Atlas of the Oceans
- US MPAs
- White Water to Blue Water
MPAs in the wider Caribbean
- Bacalar Chico, Belize
- Buck Island USVI
- Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo (Colombia)
- Dominica Marine Reserves
- Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary
- Glovers Reef: Belize
- Hol Chan Marine Reserve:Belize
- Laughingbird Caye (Belize)
- Parque Nacional Archipiélago Los Roques: Venezuela
- Parques Nacionales y Reservas Marinas (Honduras)
- Reserva Bahía de Jobos, Puerto Rico
- Reserva Marina de la Biosfera Banco Chinchorro: México
- Soufriere MMA: St.Lucia
- St. Barth’s Marine Reserve
On-line Publications on MPAs (in PDF version)
- The fishery effects of marine reserves and fishery closures (1.3 Mb)
- Alcala (2001) Marine reservas as tools for fishery management and biodiversity conservation
- Caribbean MPAs and pro-poor management
- Caribbean MPAs: Ecology and Socioeconomics (119 kb)
- Co-Management in the Caribbean (263 kb)
- Coastal Sprawl: Urban design effecs on Aquatic ecosystems (1659 kb)
- Colombian Caribbean: Biodiversity Mapping
- Conserving through MPAs (by Jack Sobel) html version
- Coral Reefs Protected Areas: A Guide for Management (430 kb)
- Durban Accord
- Economics and MPAs (by J.A. Dixon) html version
- FAO: Fisheries Information
- Final Report US Commision on Ocean Policy
- Fisheries and Mgmt in Caribbean MPAs: Dominican Republic
- Fishery Co-Management: A Practical Handbook. 2005. Pomeroy and Rivera
- Fully Protected Marine Reserves
- Guidelines for Marine Proteced Areas (7.2 mb)
- How is your MPA doing?
- How long should marine reserves be monitored for and why?
- Incorporating MPAs into Coastal Management (3 mb)
- Managing small-scale fisheries (html)
- Managing Small-Scale Fisheries. Berkes etal. 2001
- Marine Reserves (6.94 Mb)
- Marine Reserves (by J. Bohnsack) html version
- Marine Reserves: a tool for Mgmt & Conservation (3 mb)
- MPA Training of Trainers Manual (word)
- MPAs to Coastal Management (1 Mb)
- MPAs: benefits and costs for islands (3.97 mb)
- MPAs: Economic & Social Implications
- Philippines: Co-management & MPAs
- Reef Conservation and MPAs: Dominican Republic
- W.J. Ballantine’s Publications
Other Links
- Action BioScience
- Census of Marine Life
- EcoEarth
- EnviroLink
- Environmental News Network
- SciDevNet
- Worldwatch Institute: Nature: Oceans
Peer-reviewed publications (PDF)
- Agardy_etal.2003. Dangerous targets? unresolved issues and ideological classes on MPAs
- Appeldoorn&Lindeman.2003. Caribbean Marine Reserves. Gulf Carib Res
- Balmford_etal(2004). The Worldwide coast of marine protected areas. PNAS
- Bohnsack (1999) Incorporating no-take marine reserves into precautionary management. NOAA Tech Memo.
- Christie D.R. (2004) Marine reserves, the public trust doctrine and intergenerational equity
- Cote_etal.2001.Effects of marine reserves on fish populations: a meta-analysis. J Fish Biol
- Friedlander_etal.2003. Designing effective MPAs in Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, Colombia. Cons Biol
- Gell & Roberts (2003) Benefits beyond boundaries: the fishery effects of marine reserves. TREE
- Grafton&Kompas (2005) Uncertainity and the adaptive management of marine reserves. Marine Policy
- Green&Donnelly.2003. Recreational SCUBA diving in Caribbean MPAs. Ambio
- Halpern&Warner.2002.Marine Reserves have rapid and lasting effects. Ecology Letters
- Halpern&Warner.2003.Matching marine reserve design to reserve objectives. Royal Society
- Hilborn_etal(2004) When can marine reserves improve fisheries management? Ocean & Coastal Mgmt
- Hughes et al (2005) New paradigms for supporting the resilience of marine ecosystems. TREE
- Jameson_etal.2002.The three screen doors: can be marine "protected" areas effective? Mar Poll Bull
- Jones et al (2004). Coral decline threatens fish biodiversity in marine reserves. PNAS
- Lindeman_etal.2000.Essential fish habitats and protected areas. Bull Mar Sci
- Mosquera_etal. 2000.Conservation benefits of marine reserves for fish populations. Anim Cons
- Palumbi (2004) Marine reserves and oceans neighborhoods: the spatial scal of marine populations and their management. Annu Rev Environ Resour
- Roberts et al. (2005) The role of marine reserves in achieving sustainable fisheries. Phil Trans R Soc B
- Roberts_etal(2001) Effects of marine reserves on adjacent fisheries. Science
- Rudd_etal(2003). Policy analysis for tropical marine reserves: Challenges and directions. Fish & Fisheries
- Sala_etal.2002.A model for designing networks of marine reserves. Science
- Sale_etal.2005.Science gaps impede using no-take marine reserves. Trends Ecol Evol
- Science of Marine Reserves. 2003. Ecol Appl. Supplement
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