Comparing Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems: Implications for
the Design of Coastal MarineReservesAuthor(s): Mark H. Carr, Joseph
E. Neigel, James A. Estes, Sandy Andelman, Robert R.Warner and John
L. LargierSource: Ecological Applications, Vol. 13, No. 1,
Supplement: The Science of Marine Reserves(Feb., 2003), pp.
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COMPARINGMARINEANDTERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS:IMPLICATIONS
FORTHEDESIGNOFCOASTALMARINERESERVES MARKH.CARR,1 JOSEPH E.NEIGEL,2
JAMES A.ESTES,3 SANDYANDELMAN,4 ROBERT R.WARNER,5 ANDJOHN
L.LARGIER6
'DepartmentofEcologyandEvolutionaryBiology,andInstituteofMarineSciences,UniversityofCalifornia,
SantaCruz, California95064USA 2Department
ofBiology,UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette,Louisiana70504-2451USA
3U.S.GeologicalSurvey,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz,California95064USA
4NationalCenter
forEcologicalAnalysisandSynthesis,UniversityofCalifornia,
SantaBarbara,California93101-5504USA 5Department
ofEcology,Evolution,andMarineBiology,andMarineScienceInstitute,UniversityofCalifornia,
SantaBarbara,California93106USA 6Marine Life
ResearchGroup,ScrippsInstitutionofOceanography,UniversityofCalifornia,
SanDiego,California92093-0209USA Abstract.Conceptsand theoryfor the
designand applicationofterrestrial reservesis
basedonourunderstandingofenvironmental,ecological,andevolutionaryprocessesre-
sponsibleforbiologicaldiversityandsustainabilityofterrestrial
ecosystemsand howhu- mans haveinfluencedtheseprocesses.Howwellthis
terrestrial-based theory can be applied towardthedesignand
applicationofreservesinthecoastalmarineenvironmentdepends, inpart,
onthedegreeofsimilaritybetweenthesesystems.Severalmarked
differencesin ecologicaland
evolutionaryprocessesexistbetweenmarineand terrestrial ecosystemsas
ramificationsoffundamentaldifferencesintheirphysicalenvironments(i.e.,therelative
prevalenceofair and water)and contemporarypatterns
ofhumanimpacts.Mostnotably, thegreat extentand rate
ofdispersalofnutrients, materials, holoplanktonicorganisms,and
reproductivepropagulesofbenthicorganismsexpandscalesofconnectivityamongnear-
shorecommunitiesand ecosystems.Consequently,the"openness"ofmarine
populations, communities,and ecosystemsprobably has marked
influenceson their spatial, genetic,and trophicstructures and
dynamicsin waysexperiencedbyonlysometerrestrial species.Such
differencesappear tobeparticularlysignificantfor
thekindsoforganismsmostexploited and
targetedforprotectionincoastalmarineecosystems(fishesandmacroinvertebrates).
Theseand other differencesimplysomeuniquedesigncriteria and
applicationofreserveg
inthemarineenvironment.Inexplainingtheimplicationsofthesedifferencesformarine
reservedesignandapplication,weidentifymanyoftheenvironmentalandecological
processesanddesigncriterianecessaryforconsiderationinthedevelopmentoftheana-
lyticalapproachesdevelopedelsewhereinthisSpecialIssue.
Keywords:fisheries;marineconservation;marineprotectedareas;marinereserves;reserve
network design. INTRODUCTION Reservedesigntheoryhas
beendevelopedprimarily withterrestrial systemsand speciesin
mind,and most applicationsofreservedesigntheoryhavealsobeen
terrestrial (Souleand Terborgh 1999).Currently,