Louis W. Botsford

TL;DR: Paleoecological, archaeological, and historical data show that time lags of decades to centuries occurred between the onset of overfishing and consequent changes in ecological communities, because unfished species of similar trophic level assumed the ecological roles of over-fished species until they too were overfished or died of epidemic diseases related to overcrowding as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, a more holistic approach incorporating interspecific interactions and physical environmental influences would contribute to greater sustainability by reducing the uncertainty in predictions and transforming the management process to reduce the influence of pressure for greater harvest holds more immediate promise.

TL;DR: In this article, a more holistic approach incorporating interspecific interactions and physical environmental influences would contribute to greater sustainability by reducing the uncertainty in predictions and transforming the management process to reduce the influence of pressure for greater harvest holds more immediate promise.

TL;DR: Marine reserves are a promising tool for fisheries management and conservation of biodiversity, but they are not a panacea for fishery management problems as discussed by the authors, and their successful use requires a case-by-case understanding of the spatial structure of impacted fisheries, ecosystems and human communities.

TL;DR: This work attempts to distill existing results into general principles useful to designers of marine reserves, and provides general guidelines for design that will allow more rapid progress in future modeling studies.