Consequences of global shipping traffic for marine giants
Shipping routes in the ocean are analogous to terrestrial roads, in that they are regularly used thoroughfares that concentrate the movement of vessels between multiple locations. We applied a terrestrial road ecology framework to examine the ecological impacts of increased global shipping on “marin...
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crwiley:10.1002/fee.1987 2024-06-23T07:52:05+00:00 Consequences of global shipping traffic for marine giants Pirotta, Vanessa Grech, Alana Jonsen, Ian D Laurance, William F Harcourt, Robert G Macquarie University 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.1987 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Ffee.1987 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/fee.1987 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment volume 17, issue 1, page 39-47 ISSN 1540-9295 1540-9309 journal-article 2018 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1987 2024-06-13T04:23:17Z Shipping routes in the ocean are analogous to terrestrial roads, in that they are regularly used thoroughfares that concentrate the movement of vessels between multiple locations. We applied a terrestrial road ecology framework to examine the ecological impacts of increased global shipping on “marine giants” (ie great whales, basking sharks [ Cetorhinus maximus ], and whale sharks [ Rhincodon typus ]). This framework aided in identifying where such “marine roads” and marine giants are likely to interact and the consequences of those interactions. We also reviewed known impacts of shipping routes on these species, and then applied the road ecology framework to detect unknown and potentially threatening processes. In the marine environment, such a framework can be used to incorporate knowledge of existing shipping impacts into management practices, thereby reducing the detrimental effects of future expansion of shipping routes on marine giants. Article in Journal/Newspaper Cetorhinus maximus Wiley Online Library Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17 1 39 47 |
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Shipping routes in the ocean are analogous to terrestrial roads, in that they are regularly used thoroughfares that concentrate the movement of vessels between multiple locations. We applied a terrestrial road ecology framework to examine the ecological impacts of increased global shipping on “marine giants” (ie great whales, basking sharks [ Cetorhinus maximus ], and whale sharks [ Rhincodon typus ]). This framework aided in identifying where such “marine roads” and marine giants are likely to interact and the consequences of those interactions. We also reviewed known impacts of shipping routes on these species, and then applied the road ecology framework to detect unknown and potentially threatening processes. In the marine environment, such a framework can be used to incorporate knowledge of existing shipping impacts into management practices, thereby reducing the detrimental effects of future expansion of shipping routes on marine giants. |
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