Enric Sala

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Top predators provide insurance against climate change
    Enric Sala
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0202, USA
    Trends Ecol Evol 21:479-80. 2006
  2. ncbi Community-wide distribution of predator-prey interaction strength in kelp forests
    Enric Sala
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0202, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:3678-83. 2002
  3. ncbi A general model for designing networks of marine reserves
    Enric Sala
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
    Science 298:1991-3. 2002
  4. ncbi Large recovery of fish biomass in a no-take marine reserve
    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza
    Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e23601. 2011
  5. ncbi Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields
    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0202, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:10456-9. 2008
  6. ncbi Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands
    Stuart A Sandin
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
    PLoS ONE 3:e1548. 2008
  7. ncbi Long-term effectiveness of a multi-use marine protected area on reef fish assemblages and fisheries landings
    Alexis N Rife
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0202, USA
    J Environ Manage 117:276-83. 2013
  8. ncbi Structure of Caribbean coral reef communities across a large gradient of fish biomass
    Marah J H Newman
    Ecol Lett 9:1216-27. 2006
  9. ncbi Viability analysis of reef fish populations based on limited demographic information
    Jeffrey Wielgus
    School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 4501, USA
    Conserv Biol 21:447-54. 2007
  10. ncbi Interaction strength combinations and the overfishing of a marine food web
    Jordi Bascompte
    Integrative Ecology Group, Estacion Biologica de Donana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Apartado Postal 1056, E 41080 Seville, Spain
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:5443-7. 2005

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Top predators provide insurance against climate change
    Enric Sala
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0202, USA
    Trends Ecol Evol 21:479-80. 2006
    ..Restoring top predators to their natural environment could provide insurance against undesired effects of climate change on ecological communities...
  2. ncbi Community-wide distribution of predator-prey interaction strength in kelp forests
    Enric Sala
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0202, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:3678-83. 2002
    ....
  3. ncbi A general model for designing networks of marine reserves
    Enric Sala
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
    Science 298:1991-3. 2002
    ..A network covering 40% of rocky reef habitat can fulfill many conservation goals while reducing social conflict. This quantitative approach provides a powerful tool for decision-makers tasked with siting marine reserves...
  4. ncbi Large recovery of fish biomass in a no-take marine reserve
    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza
    Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e23601. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields
    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0202, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:10456-9. 2008
    ..Our valuation of the services provided by mangroves may prove useful in making appropriate decisions for a more efficient and sustainable use of wetlands...
  6. ncbi Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands
    Stuart A Sandin
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
    PLoS ONE 3:e1548. 2008
    ..Thus, protection from overfishing and pollution appears to increase the resilience of reef ecosystems to the effects of global warming...
  7. ncbi Long-term effectiveness of a multi-use marine protected area on reef fish assemblages and fisheries landings
    Alexis N Rife
    Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0202, USA
    J Environ Manage 117:276-83. 2013
    ..These recommendations can be applied to all multi-use MPAs in Mexico where ecosystem recovery is not occurring despite maintenance of fish stocks...
  8. ncbi Structure of Caribbean coral reef communities across a large gradient of fish biomass
    Marah J H Newman
    Ecol Lett 9:1216-27. 2006
    ..Increased herbivorous fish biomass was correlated with a decrease in fleshy algal biomass but corals have not yet recovered...
  9. ncbi Viability analysis of reef fish populations based on limited demographic information
    Jeffrey Wielgus
    School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 4501, USA
    Conserv Biol 21:447-54. 2007
    ....
  10. ncbi Interaction strength combinations and the overfishing of a marine food web
    Jordi Bascompte
    Integrative Ecology Group, Estacion Biologica de Donana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Apartado Postal 1056, E 41080 Seville, Spain
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:5443-7. 2005
    ..However, fishing selectively removes predators that are overrepresented in strongly interacting chains. Hence, the potential for strong community-wide effects remains a threat...
  11. ncbi Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services
    Boris Worm
    Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4J1
    Science 314:787-90. 2006
    ..Yet available data suggest that at this point, these trends are still reversible...
  12. ncbi A decision framework for the adaptive management of an exploited species with implications for marine reserves
    Leah R Gerber
    Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287 4501, USA
    Conserv Biol 21:1594-602. 2007
    ..Our decision framework may be used to identify the minimum number of years of data needed before a management decision about reserve establishment could be made that is reasonably likely to meet its management objectives...
  13. ncbi Indirect effects of algae on coral: algae-mediated, microbe-induced coral mortality
    Jennifer E Smith
    Ecol Lett 9:835-45. 2006
    ....
  14. ncbi Microbial ecology of four coral atolls in the Northern Line Islands
    Elizabeth A Dinsdale
    Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
    PLoS ONE 3:e1584. 2008
    ..Obtaining the microbial data set, from atolls is particularly important given the association of microbes in the ongoing degradation of coral reef ecosystems worldwide...
  15. ncbi Global trajectories of the long-term decline of coral reef ecosystems
    John M Pandolfi
    Department of Paleobiology, MRC 121, National Museum of Natural History, Post Office Box 37012, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013 7012, USA
    Science 301:955-8. 2003
    ..All reefs were substantially degraded long before outbreaks of coral disease and bleaching. Regardless of these new threats, reefs will not survive without immediate protection from human exploitation over large spatial scales...