Biodiversity Monitoring in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas: Scientific and Methodological Challenges DOI Creative Commons
Carlo Nike Bianchi, Annalisa Azzola, Silvia Cocito

и другие.

Diversity, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 14(1), С. 43 - 43

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2022

Biodiversity is a portmanteau word to indicate the variety of life at all levels from genes ecosystems, but it often simplistically equated species richness; ecodiversity has thus been coined address habitat variety. represents core natural capital, and as such needs be quantified followed over time. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are major tool for biodiversity conservation sea. Monitoring both diversity in MPAs therefore mandatory must include inventory periodic surveillance activities. In case inventories, ideal would census habitats, while latter goal can within reach, former seems unattainable. Species should commeasured investigation effort, based on mapping. Both inventories may profit suitability spatial modelling. Periodic actions privilege conspicuous priority habitats. Efficient descriptor taxa ecological indices recommended evaluate environmental status. While obvious that activities carried out with regular recurrence, diachronic mapping rarely out. Time series prime importance detect marine ecosystem change even absence direct human impacts.

Язык: Английский

Geography and geographical knowledge contribute decisively to all Sustainable Development Goals targets DOI Creative Commons
Paulo Pereira, Wenwu Zhao

Geography and sustainability, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100267 - 100267

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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The many pathways of climate change affecting coastal ecosystems: a case study of western Vancouver Island, Canada DOI Creative Commons

Emie Woodburn,

Cathryn C. Murray,

Edward J. Gregr

и другие.

FACETS, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 10, С. 1 - 18

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Climate change threatens marine ecosystems with known effects on life, including changes in metabolic rates, survival, and community structure. Based a structured literature review, we developed conceptual “pathways of effects” model that summarizes how three stressors associated climate (warming, acidification, storms) affect functional species groups the West Coast Vancouver Island, Canada. We identified 155 distinct pathways from through 12 categories biological ranging biochemistry individual organisms to composition. Most were affected by several via many pathways, although studies generally considered only small fraction relevant pathways. These depended interest geographical location, highlighting importance local research. exert complex, sometimes contradictory vary across ecological scales. For example, some adversely laboratory appeared beneficial community-scale field studies. Pathways models are helpful tools summarize scientific Compiling them standardized databases would allow researchers practitioners search regions better support ecosystem-based management environmental impact assessment.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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Managing multiple pressures for cetaceans’ conservation with an Ecosystem-Based Marine Spatial Planning approach DOI Creative Commons
Roberto Carlucci, Elisabetta Manea, Pasquale Ricci

и другие.

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 287, С. 112240 - 112240

Опубликована: Март 18, 2021

Despite the recognized important ecological role that cetaceans play in marine environment, their protection is still scarcely enforced Mediterranean Sea even though this area strongly threatened by local human pressures and climate change. The piecemeal of knowledge related to cetaceans' ecology distribution basin undermines capacity addressing identifying effective conservation strategies. In study, an Ecosystem-Based Marine Spatial Planning (EB-MSP) approach applied assess on guide designation a Gulf Taranto, Northern Ionian (Central-eastern Sea). Taranto hosts different cetacean species accomplish phases life area. fact, gulf does not fall within any area-based management tools (ABMTs) for conservation. We pin down being eligible diverse ABMTs conservation, both legally non-legally binding. Through risk-based approach, study explores cause-effect relationships link activities exerted potential effects cetaceans, major drivers impacts. These were found be underwater noise, litter, ship collision, competition disturbance preys. draw some recommendations based sources available produced so far (i.e., empirical evidence, scientific grey literature, expert judgement) boost Finally, we stress need sectoral coordination applying EB-MSP valuing establishment ABMT Taranto.

Язык: Английский

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Evaluating the combined effect of climate and anthropogenic stressors on marine coastal ecosystems: Insights from a systematic review of cumulative impact assessment approaches DOI Creative Commons

Christian Simeoni,

Elisa Furlan, Hung Vuong Pham

и другие.

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 861, С. 160687 - 160687

Опубликована: Дек. 5, 2022

Cumulative impacts increasingly threaten marine and coastal ecosystems. To address this issue, the research community has invested efforts on designing testing different methodological approaches tools that apply cumulative impact appraisal schemes for a sound evaluation of complex interactions dynamics among multiple pressures affecting Through an iterative scientometric systematic literature review, paper provides state art assessment applications. It gives specific attention to cutting-edge explore model inter-relations climatic anthropogenic pressures, vulnerability resilience ecosystems these resulting changes in ecosystem services flow. Despite recent advances computer sciences rising availability big data environmental monitoring management, review evidenced implementation advanced system methods risk remains limited. Moreover, experts have only recently started integrating flow into frameworks, but more as general endpoint within overall process (e.g. bundle against impacts). The also highlights lack integrated able frame, explain, spatio-temporal ecosystems' response required under relevant EU legislation (e.g., Water Framework Marine Strategy Directives). Progress understanding impacts, exploiting functionalities sophisticated machine learning-based integration), will support decision-makers achievement sustainability objectives.

Язык: Английский

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Biodiversity Monitoring in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas: Scientific and Methodological Challenges DOI Creative Commons
Carlo Nike Bianchi, Annalisa Azzola, Silvia Cocito

и другие.

Diversity, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 14(1), С. 43 - 43

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2022

Biodiversity is a portmanteau word to indicate the variety of life at all levels from genes ecosystems, but it often simplistically equated species richness; ecodiversity has thus been coined address habitat variety. represents core natural capital, and as such needs be quantified followed over time. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are major tool for biodiversity conservation sea. Monitoring both diversity in MPAs therefore mandatory must include inventory periodic surveillance activities. In case inventories, ideal would census habitats, while latter goal can within reach, former seems unattainable. Species should commeasured investigation effort, based on mapping. Both inventories may profit suitability spatial modelling. Periodic actions privilege conspicuous priority habitats. Efficient descriptor taxa ecological indices recommended evaluate environmental status. While obvious that activities carried out with regular recurrence, diachronic mapping rarely out. Time series prime importance detect marine ecosystem change even absence direct human impacts.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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