Social-ecological alignment and ecological conditions in coral reefs

The relationships between people can have important consequences for the systems they depend on. Here the authors show that when coral reef fishers face commons dilemmas, the formation of cooperative communication with competitors can lead to positive gains in reef fish biomass and functional richne...

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Main Authors: Michele L. Barnes, Örjan Bodin, Tim R. McClanahan, John N. Kittinger, Andrew S. Hoey, Orou G. Gaoue, Nicholas A. J. Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09994-1