Background A principal function of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is to “perform regular and timely assessments of …

… been effectively enforced for at least five years, and draw upon studies of more limited fisheries
closures that provide insight into how fully protected reserves can work (Gell and Roberts …

Fisheries for demersal reef fishes in tropical and warm-temperate regions are typically
multispecific and the fish are harvested using a wide variety of methods (Munro and Williams, …

… Roberts provides clear and comprehensive directions for any … Roberts offer good suggestions
on how to use the computer … Roberts provides on the ethics of writing a dissertation is a …

Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse of shallow water marine ecosystems but are
being degraded worldwide by human activities and climate warming. Analyses of the …

… tape was placed across the reef, and all fish observed within a 5-m radius of the center of
the tape were counted for 15 min and their lengths estimated visually to the nearest centimeter. …

… In general, low-frequency passive tags have an effective range of approximately 30 cm,
high-frequency passive tags around 1 m and UHF passive tags from 3 to 5 m. Where greater …

Surface current patterns were used to map dispersal routes of pelagic larvae from 18 coral
reef sites in the Caribbean. The sites varied, both as sources and recipients of larvae, by an …

… The scale used in this study was appropriate to fish, the finest resolution being 1 cm. This
was also approxi mately the finest level of detail which could be resolved accurately from the …

Aim Pulmonary rehabilitation has established itself as a key management strategy in people
with chronic respiratory disease. The role of pulmonary rehabilitation has recently been …