Determining the Ecological Status of Benthic Coastal Communities: A Case in an Anthropized Sub-Arctic Area
With the widespread influence of human activities on marine ecosystems, evaluation of ecological status provides valuable information for conservation initiatives and sustainable development. To this end, many environmental indicators have been developed worldwide and there is a growing need to eval...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:79910 2023-05-15T15:07:20+02:00 Determining the Ecological Status of Benthic Coastal Communities: A Case in an Anthropized Sub-Arctic Area Dreujou, Elliot Desroy, Nicolas Carrière, Julie Tréau De Coeli, Lisa Mckindsey, Christopher W. Archambault, Philippe 2021-03 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00687/79910/82820.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00687/79910/82821.docx https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.637546 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00687/79910/ eng eng Frontiers Media SA https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00687/79910/82820.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00687/79910/82821.docx doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.637546 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00687/79910/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Frontiers In Marine Science (2296-7745) (Frontiers Media SA), 2021-03 , Vol. 8 , P. 637546 (16p.) environmental indicators ecological status coastal benthos macrofauna Gulf of St Lawrence text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2021 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.637546 2021-11-30T23:50:08Z With the widespread influence of human activities on marine ecosystems, evaluation of ecological status provides valuable information for conservation initiatives and sustainable development. To this end, many environmental indicators have been developed worldwide and there is a growing need to evaluate their performance by calculating ecological status in a wide range of ecosystems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. This study calculated and contrasted sixteen indicators of ecological status from three methodological categories: abundance measures, diversity parameters and characteristic species. This selection was applied to coastal benthic ecosystems at Sept-Îles (Québec, Canada), an important industrial harbor area in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and related to habitat parameters (organic matter, grain size fractions, and heavy metal concentrations). Nearly all indicators highlighted a generally good ecological status in the study area, where communities presented an unperturbed profile with high taxa and functional diversities and without the dominance of opportunistic taxa. Some correlations with habitat parameters were detected, especially with heavy metals, and bootstrap analyses indicated quite robust results. This study provides valuable information on the application of environmental indicators in Canadian coastal ecosystems, along with insights on their use for environmental assessments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Arctic Canada Sept-Îles ENVELOPE(139.989,139.989,-66.661,-66.661) Frontiers in Marine Science 8 |
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With the widespread influence of human activities on marine ecosystems, evaluation of ecological status provides valuable information for conservation initiatives and sustainable development. To this end, many environmental indicators have been developed worldwide and there is a growing need to evaluate their performance by calculating ecological status in a wide range of ecosystems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. This study calculated and contrasted sixteen indicators of ecological status from three methodological categories: abundance measures, diversity parameters and characteristic species. This selection was applied to coastal benthic ecosystems at Sept-Îles (Québec, Canada), an important industrial harbor area in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and related to habitat parameters (organic matter, grain size fractions, and heavy metal concentrations). Nearly all indicators highlighted a generally good ecological status in the study area, where communities presented an unperturbed profile with high taxa and functional diversities and without the dominance of opportunistic taxa. Some correlations with habitat parameters were detected, especially with heavy metals, and bootstrap analyses indicated quite robust results. This study provides valuable information on the application of environmental indicators in Canadian coastal ecosystems, along with insights on their use for environmental assessments. |
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Dreujou, Elliot Desroy, Nicolas Carrière, Julie Tréau De Coeli, Lisa Mckindsey, Christopher W. Archambault, Philippe |
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Determining the Ecological Status of Benthic Coastal Communities: A Case in an Anthropized Sub-Arctic Area |
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Determining the Ecological Status of Benthic Coastal Communities: A Case in an Anthropized Sub-Arctic Area |
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Determining the Ecological Status of Benthic Coastal Communities: A Case in an Anthropized Sub-Arctic Area |
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Determining the Ecological Status of Benthic Coastal Communities: A Case in an Anthropized Sub-Arctic Area |
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Determining the Ecological Status of Benthic Coastal Communities: A Case in an Anthropized Sub-Arctic Area |
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determining the ecological status of benthic coastal communities: a case in an anthropized sub-arctic area |
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