@article{fdi:010049403,
  title = {{U}se of habitats as surrogates of biodiversity for efficient coral reef conservation planning in {P}acific {O}cean {I}slands},
  author = {{D}alleau, {M}ayeul and {A}ndr{\'e}fou{\¨e}t, {S}erge and {W}abnitz, {C}. {C}. {C}. and {P}ayri, {C}laude and {W}antiez, {L}. and {P}ichon, {M}. and {F}riedman, {K}. and {V}igliola, {L}aurent and {B}enzoni, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}arine protected areas ({MPA}s) have been highlighted as a means toward effective conservation of coral reefs. {N}ew strategies are required to more effectively select {MPA} locations and increase the pace of their implementation. {M}any criteria exist to design {MPA} networks, but generally, it is recommended that networks conserve a diversity of species selected for, among other attributes, their representativeness, rarity, or endemicity. {B}ecause knowledge of species' spatial distribution remains scarce, efficient surrogates are urgently needed. {W}e used five different levels of habitat maps and six spatial scales of analysis to identify under which circumstances habitat data used to design {MPA} networks for {W}allis {I}sland provided better representation of species than random choice alone. {P}rotected-area site selections were derived from a rarity-complementarity algorithm. {H}abitat surrogacy was tested for commercial fish species, all fish species, commercially harvested invertebrates, corals, and algae species. {E}fficiency of habitat surrogacy varied by species group, type of habitat map, and spatial scale of analysis. {M}aps with the highest habitat thematic complexity provided better surrogates than simpler maps and were more robust to changes in spatial scales. {S}urrogates were most efficient for commercial fishes, corals, and algae but not for commercial invertebrates. {C}onversely, other measurements of species-habitat associations, such as richness congruence and composition similarities provided weak results. {W}e provide, in part, a habitat-mapping methodology for designation of {MPA}s for {P}acific {O}cean islands that are characterized by habitat zonations similar to {W}allis. {G}iven the increasing availability and affordability of space-borne imagery to map habitats, our approach could appreciably facilitate and improve current approaches to coral reef conservation and enhance {MPA} implementation.},
  keywords = {accumulation curves ; biodiversity surrogacy ; marine protected area ; {M}illennium {C}oral {R}eef {M}apping {P}roject ; remote sensing ; richness ; congruence ; {W}allis},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}onservation {B}iology},
  volume = {24},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {541--552},
  ISSN = {0888-8892},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01394.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049403},
}