Table 1 Example evidence review map supporting tables (a) list of reviews assessed as relevant for inclusion, with review score and the identifier assigned to each individual review (either a number for meta-analyses, or a letter for narrative syntheses), (b) scope of meta-analyses that examine broad questions: region, taxa, MPA characteristic and outcome measure, and (c) scope of narrative syntheses that examine the specific question: broad focus and region.

1

Meta-analytical reference 1

2

Meta-analytical reference 2

a

Narrative reference a

b

Narrative reference b

Region

Global

3, 6–9, 11–14, 16, 17

Tropicalⁱ

8, 10

Taxa

Fish^{ii, iii, iv}

1–3, 5, 6, 8, 10–18

Invertebrate^{ii, iii, iv}

6, 8, 15, 16, 18

MPA characteristic

Size^{i, vi}

1–3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18

Age^v

1–3, 5, 7, 10–13, 15, 17, 18

Outcome measure

Abundance

1–18

Biomass^{vii, viii, ix}

4–8, 17, 18

Region

Global

b, c, f, h, i

b, e, f, g, h, i

Temperate

d

d

Tropical

a