Operationalising a social–ecological system perspective on the Arctic Ocean

We propose a framework to support management that builds on a social–ecological system perspective on the Arctic Ocean. We illustrate the framework’s application for two policy-relevant scenarios of climate-driven change, picturing a shift in zooplankton composition and alternatively a crab invasion...

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Published in:Ambio
Main Authors: Crépin, Anne-Sophie, Gren, Åsa, Engström, Gustav, Ospina, Daniel
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2017
Subjects:
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Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Zooplankton
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5673876/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29076017
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-0960-4
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Summary:We propose a framework to support management that builds on a social–ecological system perspective on the Arctic Ocean. We illustrate the framework’s application for two policy-relevant scenarios of climate-driven change, picturing a shift in zooplankton composition and alternatively a crab invasion. We analyse archetypical system dynamics between the socio-economic, the natural, and the governance systems in these scenarios. Our holistic approach can help managers identify looming problems arising from complex system interactions and prioritise among problems and solutions, even when available data are limited.

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