Rebuilding marine life

Carlos M Duarte^{1

2

3}, Susana Agusti⁴, Edward Barbier⁵, Gregory L Britten⁶, Juan Carlos Castilla⁷, Jean-Pierre Gattuso^{8

9

10}, Robinson W Fulweiler^{11

12}, Terry P Hughes¹³, Nancy Knowlton¹⁴, Catherine E Lovelock¹⁵, Heike K Lotze¹⁶, Milica Predragovic⁴, Elvira Poloczanska¹⁷, Callum Roberts¹⁸, Boris Worm¹⁶

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¹ Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. carlos.duarte@kaust.edu.sa.
² Arctic Research Centre, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. carlos.duarte@kaust.edu.sa.
³ Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. carlos.duarte@kaust.edu.sa.
⁴ Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
⁶ Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁷ Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas and Centro Interdisciplinario de Cambio Global, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁸ Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.
⁹ Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Sciences Po, Paris, France.
¹⁰ Monegasque Association on Ocean Acidification, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Monaco, Monaco.
¹¹ Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
¹² Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
¹³ Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁴ National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁵ School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹⁷ Alfred Wegener Institute, Integrative Ecophysiology, Bremerhaven, Germany.
¹⁸ Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK.

PMID: 32238939
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2146-7

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Rebuilding marine life

Carlos M Duarte et al. Nature. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;580(7801):39-51.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2146-7. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. carlos.duarte@kaust.edu.sa.
² Arctic Research Centre, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. carlos.duarte@kaust.edu.sa.
³ Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. carlos.duarte@kaust.edu.sa.
⁴ Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
⁶ Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁷ Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas and Centro Interdisciplinario de Cambio Global, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁸ Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.
⁹ Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Sciences Po, Paris, France.
¹⁰ Monegasque Association on Ocean Acidification, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Monaco, Monaco.
¹¹ Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
¹² Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
¹³ Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁴ National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁵ School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹⁷ Alfred Wegener Institute, Integrative Ecophysiology, Bremerhaven, Germany.
¹⁸ Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK.

PMID: 32238939
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2146-7

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Author Correction: Rebuilding marine life.
Duarte CM, Agusti S, Barbier E, Britten GL, Castilla JC, Gattuso JP, Fulweiler RW, Hughes TP, Knowlton N, Lovelock CE, Lotze HK, Predragovic M, Poloczanska E, Roberts C, Worm B. Duarte CM, et al. Nature. 2021 May;593(7857):E1-E2. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03271-2. Nature. 2021. PMID: 33864053 No abstract available.

Abstract

Sustainable Development Goal 14 of the United Nations aims to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development". Achieving this goal will require rebuilding the marine life-support systems that deliver the many benefits that society receives from a healthy ocean. Here we document the recovery of marine populations, habitats and ecosystems following past conservation interventions. Recovery rates across studies suggest that substantial recovery of the abundance, structure and function of marine life could be achieved by 2050, if major pressures-including climate change-are mitigated. Rebuilding marine life represents a doable Grand Challenge for humanity, an ethical obligation and a smart economic objective to achieve a sustainable future.

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