Publications by authors named "D Patrick Kilduff"
Article Synopsis
- Decision-makers are exploring management strategies to lessen the impact of climate change on ecosystems already affected by fishing, with a key focus on the potential role of marine reserves.
- The study investigates whether marine reserves can stabilize fish populations and fishery yields by enhancing reproduction of larger, longer-lived fish inside protected areas, thus providing resilience against environmental changes.
- Results indicate that fisheries with larger marine reserves show reduced biomass variability; however, this variability reduction in fishery yields only occurs when fishing rates exceed the maximum sustainable yield.
Changing central Pacific El Niños reduce stability of North American salmon survival rates.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
September 2015
Pacific salmon are a dominant component of the northeast Pacific ecosystem. Their status is of concern because salmon abundance is highly variable--including protected stocks, a recently closed fishery, and actively managed fisheries that provide substantial ecosystem services. Variable ocean conditions, such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), have influenced these fisheries, while diminished diversity of freshwater habitats have increased variability via the portfolio effect.
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