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From: Marine protected areas do not prevent marine heatwave-induced fish community structure changes in a temperate transition zone

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The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and the Marine Protected Area (MPA) network are shown in a composite 2009 sea surface temperature grid, a thermally typical year. Typically, the islands span a strong east–west gradient in sea surface temperature due to their location at the confluence of the California Current and the California countercurrent. This variable environment was replaced with a more uniformly warm SST regime during the 2014–2016 marine heatwave. PISCO long-term kelp forest monitoring sites are shown as black dots. Map was created using ArcGIS 10.7.1 (https://desktop.arcgis.com/).

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