Marine environmental vulnerability and cumulative risk profiles to support ecosystem-based adaptive maritime spatial planning
| Autor: | Leena Laamanen, Kristjan Herkül, Anneliis Peterson, Jonne Kotta, Juho Lappalainen, Riku Varjopuro, Kirsi Kostamo, Robert Aps, Roland Cormier, Külli Lokko |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Ecology business.industry 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ta1172 fungi Environmental resource management Vulnerability Aquatic Science Oceanography 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Cumulative risk Geography Ecosystem business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Spatial planning |
| Zdroj: | ICES Journal of Marine Science. 75:2488-2500 |
| ISSN: | 1095-9289 1054-3139 |
| Popis: | Human use of marine and coastal areas is increasing worldwide, resulting in conflicts between different interests for marine space, overexploitation of marine resources, and environmental degradation. In this study we developed a methodology that combines assessments of marine environmental vulnerability and cumulative human pressures to support the processes of ecosystem-based adaptive maritime spatial planning. The methodology is built on the spatially explicit marine environmental vulnerability profile (EVP) that is an aggregated product of the distribution of essential nature values (habitat-forming benthic macroalgal and invertebrate species, benthic species richness, birds and seals as top marine predators) and their sensitivities to disturbances. The marine environmental cumulative risk profile (ERP) combines the EVP and the HELCOM Baltic Sea Pressure Index (BSPI), the latter representing the spatial distribution of intensities of cumulative anthropogenic pressures. The ERP identifies areas where environmental risks are the highest due to both long recoveries of the biota and high intensities of human pressures. This methodology can be used in any other sea areas by modifying the list of nature values, their sensitivity to disturbances, and the intensities of human pressure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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