Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas
Global biodiversity is in decline, with the marine environment experiencing significant and increasing anthropogenic pressures. In response marine protected areas (MPAs) have increasingly been adopted as the flagship approach to marine conservation, many covering enormous areas. At present, however,...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:43125 2023-05-15T13:40:28+02:00 Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas Hogg, Oliver T. Huvenne, Veerle A.I. Griffiths, Huw J. Dorschel, Boris Linse, Katrin 2016 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/43125/ https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33163 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49621 unknown Hogg, O. T. , Huvenne, V. A. , Griffiths, H. J. , Dorschel, B. orcid:0000-0002-3495-5927 and Linse, K. (2016) Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas , Scientific Reports, 6 (33163) . doi:10.1038/srep33163 <https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33163> , hdl:10013/epic.49621 EPIC3Scientific Reports, 6(33163) Article isiRev 2016 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33163 2021-12-24T15:42:25Z Global biodiversity is in decline, with the marine environment experiencing significant and increasing anthropogenic pressures. In response marine protected areas (MPAs) have increasingly been adopted as the flagship approach to marine conservation, many covering enormous areas. At present, however, the lack of biological sampling makes prioritising which regions of the ocean to protect, especially over large spatial scales, particularly problematic. Here we present an interdisciplinary approach to marine landscape mapping at the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia as an effective protocol for underpinning large-scale (105–106 km2) MPA designations. We have developed a new high-resolution (100 m) digital elevation model (DEM) of the region and integrated this DEM with bathymetry-derived parameters, modelled oceanographic data, and satellite primary productivity data. These interdisciplinary datasets were used to apply an objective statistical approach to hierarchically partition and map the benthic environment into physical habitats types. We assess the potential application of physical habitat classifications as proxies for biological structuring and the application of the landscape mapping for informing on marine spatial planning. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic Scientific Reports 6 1 |
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Global biodiversity is in decline, with the marine environment experiencing significant and increasing anthropogenic pressures. In response marine protected areas (MPAs) have increasingly been adopted as the flagship approach to marine conservation, many covering enormous areas. At present, however, the lack of biological sampling makes prioritising which regions of the ocean to protect, especially over large spatial scales, particularly problematic. Here we present an interdisciplinary approach to marine landscape mapping at the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia as an effective protocol for underpinning large-scale (105–106 km2) MPA designations. We have developed a new high-resolution (100 m) digital elevation model (DEM) of the region and integrated this DEM with bathymetry-derived parameters, modelled oceanographic data, and satellite primary productivity data. These interdisciplinary datasets were used to apply an objective statistical approach to hierarchically partition and map the benthic environment into physical habitats types. We assess the potential application of physical habitat classifications as proxies for biological structuring and the application of the landscape mapping for informing on marine spatial planning. |
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Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas |
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Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas |
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Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas |
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