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Trajectories of spiny lobster Jasus edwardsii recovery in New Zealand marine reserves: is settlement a driver?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2012

DEBBIE J. FREEMAN ,
ALISON B. MACDIARMID ,
RICHARD B. TAYLOR ,
ROBERT J. DAVIDSON ,
ROGER V. GRACE ,
TIM R. HAGGITT ,
SHANE KELLY  and
NICK T. SHEARS
DEBBIE J. FREEMAN*
Affiliation:
University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, PO Box 349, Warkworth 0941, New Zealand Department of Conservation, PO Box 10-420, Wellington 6143, New Zealand
ALISON B. MACDIARMID
Affiliation:
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, PO Box 14-901, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6241, New Zealand
RICHARD B. TAYLOR
Affiliation:
University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, PO Box 349, Warkworth 0941, New Zealand
ROBERT J. DAVIDSON
Affiliation:
Davidson Environmental Ltd, PO Box 958, Nelson 7040, New Zealand
ROGER V. GRACE
Affiliation:
Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, c/o 539 Rockell Road, RD1, Hikurangi, Whangarei 0181, New Zealand
TIM R. HAGGITT
Affiliation:
Coastal and Aquatic Systems Ltd, PO Box 54, Leigh 0947, New Zealand
SHANE KELLY
Affiliation:
Coast and Catchment Ltd, 3 The Brae, Maraetai Beach, Manukau City 2018, New Zealand
NICK T. SHEARS
Affiliation:
University of Auckland, Department of Statistics, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
*
*Correspondence: Dr Debbie Freeman, Department of Conservation, PO Box 10-420, Wellington 6143, New Zealand e-mail: dfreeman@doc.govt.nz
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Summary

Monitoring species’ response in marine protected areas is important for informing both the management of those areas and the establishment of additional protected areas. Populations of spiny lobsters Jasus edwardsii were monitored in eight New Zealand marine reserves for up to 34 years. The populations displayed highly variable responses to protection. While a few showed rapid (within 1–2 years of protection) increases in abundance, others showed little response even after a decade of protection. Some reserves displayed little initial recovery, then a sudden increase following several years of protection, while others displayed significant declines in abundance following initial recovery. Marine reserves located in areas with initially high densities of juveniles tended to have rapid recovery, but aspects of reserve design had no significant influence on the recovery rate. Variability among recovery trajectories also suggests that supply-side dynamics may be a key driver of lobster recovery. Densities of legal-sized lobsters were positively correlated with reserve age, but the abundance of juvenile lobsters increased in all but one reserve, indicating enhanced recruitment, survival and/or movement of juvenile lobsters into reserves. It is important to consider the placement of reserves, with respect to potential levels of larval supply, when establishing marine reserves for either conservation or fisheries management purposes and for evaluating their effectiveness.

Keywords

lobstersmarine protected areasmarine reservesNew Zealand
Type
THEMATIC SECTION: Temperate Marine Protected Areas
Information
Environmental Conservation , Volume 39 , Issue 3: Thematic section. Temperate Marine Protected Areas , September 2012 , pp. 295 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2012

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