Assessing the state of the Barents Sea using indicators: How, when, and where?
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 leve...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/2838344 2023-05-15T15:38:40+02:00 Assessing the state of the Barents Sea using indicators: How, when, and where? Hansen, Cecilie van der Meeren, Gro Ingleid Loeng, Harald Skogen, Morten D. 2021 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2838344 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab053 eng eng EC/H2020/727890 EC/H2020/678193 ICES Journal of Marine Science. 2021, 78 (8), 2983-2998. urn:issn:1054-3139 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2838344 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab053 cristin:1963909 2983-2998 78 ICES Journal of Marine Science 8 Peer reviewed Journal article 2021 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab053 2022-01-26T23:38:54Z 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. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Barents Sea ICES Journal of Marine Science 78 8 2983 2998 |
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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. publishedVersion |
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