Researchers are constantly adding to the literature of Marine Protected Areas. This section features newly released or published research and information of significance to the MPA community.

A new article to be published in the journal Conservation Letters finds that a large no-take marine reserve may be less expensive to manage than a marine protected area that allows for multiple uses within its boundaries.

Ban NC, Adams V, Pressey RL, Hicks J. 2011. Promise and problems for estimating management costs of marine protected areas. Conservation Letters: In Press.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00171.x

An article recently published in the journal Ecological Applications finds that no-take marine reserves can increase the diversity of species living both inside and outside its boundaries.

Russ GR, Alcala AC. 2011. Enhanced biodiversity beyond marine reserve boundaries: The cup spillith over. Ecological Applications 21(1):241-250.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/09-1197.1

A new article to be published in the journal Marine Biology finds that a no-take marine reserve in Scotland is showing significant conservation benefits only two years after it was established.

Howarth L, Wood H, Turner A, Beukers-Stewart B. 2011. Complex habitat boosts scallop recruitment in a fully protected marine reserve. Marine Biology: In Press.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1690-y

An article recently published in the journal Revista De Biologia Tropical finds that both the diversity and the abundance of fish inside the Playa Blanca Marine Reserve in Costa Rica have increased since the reserve was established.

Myers MC, Wagner J, Vaughan C. 2011. Long-term comparison of the fish community in a Costa Rican rocky shore marine reserve. Revista De Biología Tropical 59(1):233-246.
http://www.ots.ac.cr/tropiweb/intpages/vols/vol59-1.html

A new article to be published in the journal Biological Conservation finds that two marine protected areas in Papua New Guinea that are managed and enforced by local communities have significantly increased the abundance of fish inside their borders.

Hamilton RJ, Potuku T, Montambault JR. Community-based conservation results in the recovery of reef fish spawning aggregations in the Coral Triangle. Biological Conservation: In Press, Corrected Proof.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.024