Local drivers of change in Southern Ocean ecosystems: Human activities and policy implications
| Autor: | Claire M. Waluda, Catherine L. Waller, M Brasier, David K. A. Barnes, Kevin A. Hughes, Jennifer A. Jackson, Huw J. Griffiths, Susie M. Grant, Andrew J. Constable, Mike Double, Simon A. Morley |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Pollution Marine conservation 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Evolution media_common.quotation_subject Fishing Climate change 01 natural sciences QH359-425 pollution Ecosystem 14. Life underwater Southern Ocean non-indigenous species fishing QH540-549.5 Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Ecology business.industry 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Corporate governance Environmental resource management fungi 15. Life on land climate change Geography 13. Climate action Scale (social sciences) tourism business human activities Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 9 (2021) |
| Popis: | Local drivers are human activities or processes that occur in specific locations, and cause physical or ecological change at the local or regional scale. Here, we consider marine and land-derived pollution, non-indigenous species, tourism and other human visits, exploitation of marine resources, recovery of marine mammals, and coastal change as a result of ice loss, in terms of their historic and current extent, and their interactions with the Southern Ocean environment. We summarise projected increases or decreases in the influence of local drivers, and projected changes to their geographic range, concluding that the influence of non-indigenous species, fishing, and the recovery of marine mammals are predicted to increase in the future across the Southern Ocean. Local drivers can be managed regionally, and we identify existing governance frameworks as part of the Antarctic Treaty System and other instruments which may be employed to mitigate or limit their impacts on Southern Ocean ecosystems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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