Solutions for ecosystem‐level protection of ocean systems under climate change
Abstract The Paris Conference of Parties ( COP 21) agreement renewed momentum for action against climate change, creating the space for solutions for conservation of the ocean addressing two of its largest threats: climate change and ocean acidification ( CCOA ). Recent arguments that ocean policies...
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crwiley:10.1111/gcb.13423 2024-06-23T07:55:53+00:00 Solutions for ecosystem‐level protection of ocean systems under climate change Queirós, Ana M. Huebert, Klaus B. Keyl, Friedemann Fernandes, Jose A. Stolte, Willem Maar, Marie Kay, Susan Jones, Miranda C. Hamon, Katell G. Hendriksen, Gerrit Vermard, Youen Marchal, Paul Teal, Lorna R. Somerfield, Paul J. Austen, Melanie C. Barange, Manuel Sell, Anne F. Allen, Icarus Peck, Myron A. Seventh Framework Programme Natural Environment Research Council Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13423 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgcb.13423 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.13423 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Global Change Biology volume 22, issue 12, page 3927-3936 ISSN 1354-1013 1365-2486 journal-article 2016 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13423 2024-06-11T04:48:34Z Abstract The Paris Conference of Parties ( COP 21) agreement renewed momentum for action against climate change, creating the space for solutions for conservation of the ocean addressing two of its largest threats: climate change and ocean acidification ( CCOA ). Recent arguments that ocean policies disregard a mature conservation research field and that protected areas cannot address climate change may be oversimplistic at this time when dynamic solutions for the management of changing oceans are needed. We propose a novel approach, based on spatial meta‐analysis of climate impact models, to improve the positioning of marine protected areas to limit CCOA impacts. We do this by estimating the vulnerability of ocean ecosystems to CCOA in a spatially explicit manner and then co‐mapping human activities such as the placement of renewable energy developments and the distribution of marine protected areas. We test this approach in the NE Atlantic considering also how CCOA impacts the base of the food web which supports protected species, an aspect often neglected in conservation studies. We found that, in this case, current regional conservation plans protect areas with low ecosystem‐level vulnerability to CCOA , but disregard how species may redistribute to new, suitable and productive habitats. Under current plans, these areas remain open to commercial extraction and other uses. Here, and worldwide, ocean conservation strategies under CCOA must recognize the long‐term importance of these habitat refuges, and studies such as this one are needed to identify them. Protecting these areas creates adaptive, climate‐ready and ecosystem‐level policy options for conservation, suitable for changing oceans. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Wiley Online Library Global Change Biology 22 12 3927 3936 |
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Abstract The Paris Conference of Parties ( COP 21) agreement renewed momentum for action against climate change, creating the space for solutions for conservation of the ocean addressing two of its largest threats: climate change and ocean acidification ( CCOA ). Recent arguments that ocean policies disregard a mature conservation research field and that protected areas cannot address climate change may be oversimplistic at this time when dynamic solutions for the management of changing oceans are needed. We propose a novel approach, based on spatial meta‐analysis of climate impact models, to improve the positioning of marine protected areas to limit CCOA impacts. We do this by estimating the vulnerability of ocean ecosystems to CCOA in a spatially explicit manner and then co‐mapping human activities such as the placement of renewable energy developments and the distribution of marine protected areas. We test this approach in the NE Atlantic considering also how CCOA impacts the base of the food web which supports protected species, an aspect often neglected in conservation studies. We found that, in this case, current regional conservation plans protect areas with low ecosystem‐level vulnerability to CCOA , but disregard how species may redistribute to new, suitable and productive habitats. Under current plans, these areas remain open to commercial extraction and other uses. Here, and worldwide, ocean conservation strategies under CCOA must recognize the long‐term importance of these habitat refuges, and studies such as this one are needed to identify them. Protecting these areas creates adaptive, climate‐ready and ecosystem‐level policy options for conservation, suitable for changing oceans. |
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Queirós, Ana M. Huebert, Klaus B. Keyl, Friedemann Fernandes, Jose A. Stolte, Willem Maar, Marie Kay, Susan Jones, Miranda C. Hamon, Katell G. Hendriksen, Gerrit Vermard, Youen Marchal, Paul Teal, Lorna R. Somerfield, Paul J. Austen, Melanie C. Barange, Manuel Sell, Anne F. Allen, Icarus Peck, Myron A. |
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Queirós, Ana M. Huebert, Klaus B. Keyl, Friedemann Fernandes, Jose A. Stolte, Willem Maar, Marie Kay, Susan Jones, Miranda C. Hamon, Katell G. Hendriksen, Gerrit Vermard, Youen Marchal, Paul Teal, Lorna R. Somerfield, Paul J. Austen, Melanie C. Barange, Manuel Sell, Anne F. Allen, Icarus Peck, Myron A. Solutions for ecosystem‐level protection of ocean systems under climate change |
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Queirós, Ana M. Huebert, Klaus B. Keyl, Friedemann Fernandes, Jose A. Stolte, Willem Maar, Marie Kay, Susan Jones, Miranda C. Hamon, Katell G. Hendriksen, Gerrit Vermard, Youen Marchal, Paul Teal, Lorna R. Somerfield, Paul J. Austen, Melanie C. Barange, Manuel Sell, Anne F. Allen, Icarus Peck, Myron A. |
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Solutions for ecosystem‐level protection of ocean systems under climate change |
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Solutions for ecosystem‐level protection of ocean systems under climate change |
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