The Science of The Total Environment,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
872, С. 162111 - 162111
Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2023
Tropical
deep
reefs
(>30
m)
are
biologically
and
ecologically
unique
ecosystems
with
a
higher
geographic
reach
to
shallow
(<30
reefs.
Yet
they
poorly
understood
rarely
considered
in
conservation
practices.
Here,
we
characterise
benthic
fish
communities
across
depth
gradient
(10-350
remote
coral
atolls
Seychelles,
Western
Indian
Ocean.
Using
taxonomic
trait-based
approaches
present
the
functional
composition
of
reef
communities,
distinct
traits
dominating
different
depths.
Depth-related
changes
community
metrics
(taxa
richness,
abundance
biomass)
diversity
(richness,
dispersion,
evenness)
indicate
complex
relationships
biological
components
(fish,
benthos)
that
differ
between
These
turn
translate
into
patterns
resilience
against
disturbance
or
species
invasions
depth.
Notably,
host
on
average
fewer
less
abundant
taxa
but
contribution
originality
scores,
some
which
concern.
Overall,
results
highlight
nature
requires
their
explicit
consideration
management
activities.
Coastal Engineering Proceedings,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
38, С. 244 - 244
Опубликована: Май 29, 2025
The
European
coasts
are
among
the
most
densely
populated
of
world,
with
natural
sand
dune
barriers
urbanised
and
replaced
by
traditional
hard
coastal
protection
structures.
Without
needed
measures
to
adapt,
number
people
exposed
floods
is
anticipated
increase
187
million
worldwide
end
21st
century.
In
Europe,
North
Sea,
Baltic
Atlantic
experience
substantial
flood
risks
from
sea-level
rise,
climate
extremes
also
expected
impact
southern
Europe
Mediterranean
(Vousdoukas
et
al.,
2017).
Future
management
surpasses
current
fixed
non-adaptive
setup:
Hybrid
Nature-based-Solutions
(abbreviated
as
NbS)
that
can
efficiently
integrate
static
infrastructure
dynamic
aeolian,
vegetated
sediments
currently
developed
along
urbanized
areas
sandy
coasts,
yet
still
at
small
scales.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2020,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 5, 2020
Abstract
Global
biodiversity
is
projected
to
further
decline
under
a
wide
range
of
future
socio-economic
development
pathways,
even
in
sustainability
oriented
scenarios.
This
raises
the
question
how
can
be
put
on
path
recovery,
core
challenge
for
CBD
post-2020
global
framework.
We
designed
two
contrasting,
ambitious
conservation
strategies,
‘Half
Earth’
(HE)
and
‘Sharing
Planet’
(SP),
evaluated
their
ability
restore
terrestrial
freshwater
provide
ecosystem
services
while
also
mitigating
climate
change
ensuring
food
security.
applied
integrated
assessment
framework
IMAGE
with
GLOBIO
model,
using
‘Middle
Road’
Shared
Socio-economic
Pathway
(SSP2)
its
human
population
growth
as
baseline.
found
that
both
strategies
result
reduction
loss
globally,
but
without
additional
measures
achieve
effective
mitigation
they
will
insufficient
biodiversity.
The
HE
strategy
performs
better
protection
(biodiversity
intactness
(MSA),
Red
List
Index,
geometric
mean
abundance)
currently
still
natural
regions,
reflecting
priorities.
SP
yields
more
improvements
human-used
areas,
aquatic
regulating
(pest
control,
pollination,
erosion
control),
regional
However,
‘conservation
only’
scenarios
show
considerable
increase
security
risks
(especially
Sub-Saharan
Africa)
compared
baseline
limited
temperature
increase.
Only
when
are
combined
efforts
actions
especially
agricultural
energy
system
into
portfolio
‘integrated
measures’,
restoring
current
values
or
some
improvement,
keeping
warming
below
degrees
Minimizing
wastes
reducing
consumption
animal
products
crucial.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
872, С. 162111 - 162111
Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2023
Tropical
deep
reefs
(>30
m)
are
biologically
and
ecologically
unique
ecosystems
with
a
higher
geographic
reach
to
shallow
(<30
reefs.
Yet
they
poorly
understood
rarely
considered
in
conservation
practices.
Here,
we
characterise
benthic
fish
communities
across
depth
gradient
(10-350
remote
coral
atolls
Seychelles,
Western
Indian
Ocean.
Using
taxonomic
trait-based
approaches
present
the
functional
composition
of
reef
communities,
distinct
traits
dominating
different
depths.
Depth-related
changes
community
metrics
(taxa
richness,
abundance
biomass)
diversity
(richness,
dispersion,
evenness)
indicate
complex
relationships
biological
components
(fish,
benthos)
that
differ
between
These
turn
translate
into
patterns
resilience
against
disturbance
or
species
invasions
depth.
Notably,
host
on
average
fewer
less
abundant
taxa
but
contribution
originality
scores,
some
which
concern.
Overall,
results
highlight
nature
requires
their
explicit
consideration
management
activities.
