title: Ten principles from evolutionary ecology essential for effective marine conservation.
abstract: Sustainably managing marine species is crucial for the future health of the human population. Yet there are diverse perspectives concerning which species can be exploited sustainably, and how best to do so. Motivated by recent debates in the published literature over marine conservation challenges, we review ten principles connecting life-history traits, population growth rate, and density-dependent population regulation. We introduce a framework for categorizing life histories, POSE (Precocial-Opportunistic-Survivor-Episodic), which illustrates how a species' life-history traits determine a population's compensatory capacity. We show why considering the evolutionary context that has shaped life histories is crucial to sustainable management. We then review recent work that connects our framework to specific opportunities where the life-history traits of marine species can be used to improve current conservation practices.
authors.affiliation: Earth to Ocean Research Group Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada; Center for Stock Assessment Research University of California Santa Cruz California 95064.
authors.forename: Holly K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kindsvater
authors.affiliation: Center for Stock Assessment Research University of California Santa Cruz California 95064; Department of Biology University of Bergen Bergen 5020 Norway.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mangel
authors.affiliation: Earth to Ocean Research Group Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.affiliation: Earth to Ocean Research Group Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada.
authors.forename: Nicholas K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Dulvy
keywords: Conservation; demography; extinction risk; fish; life‐history theory; management; reference points; sustainability