Vitamine ENA: A framework for the development of ecosystem-based indicators for decision makers

Autor: Diana Giebels, Ulrike Schückel, Izaskun Preciado, Nathalie Niquil, Nina Larissa Arroyo, Aurore Raoux, Georges Safi, Samuele Tecchio, Johanna J. Heymans, Victor N. de Jonge
Přispěvatelé: Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Normandie Université (NU), Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam] (Erasmus MC), Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Málaga., Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière (M2C), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The Schleswig-Holstein Agency for Coastal Defence [Tönning, Allemagne], SINAY - Maritime Data Solutions, Department of Public Administration and Sociology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Ocean and Coastal Management
Ocean and Coastal Management, Elsevier, 2019, 174, pp.116-130. ⟨10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.03.005⟩
Ocean and Coastal Management, 2019, 174, pp.116-130. ⟨10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.03.005⟩
Ocean & Coastal Management, 174, 116-130. Elsevier
ISSN: 0964-5691
Popis: (IF 2.60 [2018]; Q1); International audience; The Water Framework Directive (article 2, paragraph 21) as well as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, Descriptor 4) stress the need for assessing the quality of the structure and the functioning of ecosystems. The MSFD also underlines the urgent need for development, testing, and validation of ecosystem state indicators. Holistic function-based criteria and indicators as provided by Ecological Network Analysis (ENA) could be used to define and assess the ‘Good Environmental Status’ of marine ecosystems. This approach also feeds Ecosystem Based Management (EBM). ENA generally analyses the fluxes' quality of a single medium such as here the carbon fluxes in a food web and produces a number of useful metrics that indicate, inter alia, the total carbon flow through the system, the quality of the functioning of the system or the trophic efficiency of system. A short list of indices [i.e. Detritivory over Herbivory ratio (D/H), Connectance Index (CI), Transfer Efficiency (TE) over trophic levels, System Omnivory Index (SOI), Finn's Cycling Index (FCI), relative Redundancy (R/DC), Average Mutual Information (AMI) and Interaction Strength (IS)] is proposed for practical use. This paper presents a first framework for OSPAR Regional Sea Convention food web indicators based on ENA. These are presented here focusing on their applicability and what is needed for implementation, illustrating their potential use by case studies.
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