Assessing the state of the Barents Sea using indicators: how, when, and where?
Abstract Two end-to-end ecosystem models, NORWECOM.E2E and NoBa Atlantis, have been used to explore a selection of indicators from the Barents Sea Management plans (BSMP). The indicators included in the BSMP are a combination of simple (e.g. temperature, biomass, and abundance) and complex (e.g. tro...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/icesjms/fsab053 2023-05-15T15:38:42+02:00 Assessing the state of the Barents Sea using indicators: how, when, and where? Hansen, Cecilie van der Meeren, Gro I Loeng, Harald Skogen, Morten D Coll, Marta European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab053 http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/78/8/2983/40935187/fsab053.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY ICES Journal of Marine Science volume 78, issue 8, page 2983-2998 ISSN 1054-3139 1095-9289 Ecology Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2021 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab053 2022-04-15T06:20:13Z Abstract Two end-to-end ecosystem models, NORWECOM.E2E and NoBa Atlantis, have been used to explore a selection of indicators from the Barents Sea Management plans (BSMP). The indicators included in the BSMP are a combination of simple (e.g. temperature, biomass, and abundance) and complex (e.g. trophic level and biomass of functional groups). The abiotic indicators are found to serve more as a tool to report on climate trends rather than being ecological indicators. It is shown that the selected indicators give a good overview of the ecosystem state, but that overarching management targets and lack of connection between indicators and management actions makes it questionable if the indicator system is suitable for direct use in management as such. The lack of socio-economic and economic indicators prevents a holistic view of the system, and an inclusion of these in future management plans is recommended. The evaluated indicators perform well as an assessment of the ecosystem, but consistency and representativeness are extremely dependent on the time and in what area they are sampled. This conclusion strongly supports the inclusion of an observing system simulation experiment in management plans, to make sure that the observations represent the properties that the indicators need. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Oxford University Press (via Crossref) Barents Sea ICES Journal of Marine Science |
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Abstract Two end-to-end ecosystem models, NORWECOM.E2E and NoBa Atlantis, have been used to explore a selection of indicators from the Barents Sea Management plans (BSMP). The indicators included in the BSMP are a combination of simple (e.g. temperature, biomass, and abundance) and complex (e.g. trophic level and biomass of functional groups). The abiotic indicators are found to serve more as a tool to report on climate trends rather than being ecological indicators. It is shown that the selected indicators give a good overview of the ecosystem state, but that overarching management targets and lack of connection between indicators and management actions makes it questionable if the indicator system is suitable for direct use in management as such. The lack of socio-economic and economic indicators prevents a holistic view of the system, and an inclusion of these in future management plans is recommended. The evaluated indicators perform well as an assessment of the ecosystem, but consistency and representativeness are extremely dependent on the time and in what area they are sampled. This conclusion strongly supports the inclusion of an observing system simulation experiment in management plans, to make sure that the observations represent the properties that the indicators need. |
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Assessing the state of the Barents Sea using indicators: how, when, and where? |
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