An indicator-based approach for assessing marine ecosystem resilience
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An indicator-based approach for assessing marine ecosystem resilience. / Flensborg, L. C.; Maureaud, A. A.; Bravo, D. N.; Lindegren, M.
In: ICES Journal of Marine Science, Vol. 80, No. 5, 2023, p. 1487-1499.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - An indicator-based approach for assessing marine ecosystem resilience
AU - Flensborg, L. C.
AU - Maureaud, A. A.
AU - Bravo, D. N.
AU - Lindegren, M.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Marine ecosystems are under threat from a range of human pressures, notably climate change, overexploitation, and habitat destruction. The resulting loss of species and biodiversity can cause abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in their structure and functioning. Consequently, maximizing resilience has emerged as a key concept in conservation and management. However, despite a well-developed theory, there is an urgent need for a framework that can quantify key components promoting resilience by accounting for the role of biodiversity. In this study, we applied an indicator-based approach to assess the potential resilience of marine ecosystems using the North Sea as an illustrative case study. More specifically, we quantified and compared multiple indicators of ecological resilience, estimated based on high-resolution monitoring data on marine demersal fish species, combined with information on ecological traits. Our results show a pronounced spatial structuring of indicators, including both similarities and differences among individual metrics and indicators. This implies that high resilience cannot be achieved by maximizing all individual aspects of resilience, simply because there seems to be inherent trade-offs between these components. Our framework is generic and is therefore applicable to other systems and can inform spatial planning and management.
AB - Marine ecosystems are under threat from a range of human pressures, notably climate change, overexploitation, and habitat destruction. The resulting loss of species and biodiversity can cause abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in their structure and functioning. Consequently, maximizing resilience has emerged as a key concept in conservation and management. However, despite a well-developed theory, there is an urgent need for a framework that can quantify key components promoting resilience by accounting for the role of biodiversity. In this study, we applied an indicator-based approach to assess the potential resilience of marine ecosystems using the North Sea as an illustrative case study. More specifically, we quantified and compared multiple indicators of ecological resilience, estimated based on high-resolution monitoring data on marine demersal fish species, combined with information on ecological traits. Our results show a pronounced spatial structuring of indicators, including both similarities and differences among individual metrics and indicators. This implies that high resilience cannot be achieved by maximizing all individual aspects of resilience, simply because there seems to be inherent trade-offs between these components. Our framework is generic and is therefore applicable to other systems and can inform spatial planning and management.
KW - biodiversity
KW - conservation
KW - indicators
KW - resilience
KW - trait-based ecology
KW - ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE
KW - SPECIES RICHNESS
KW - NORTH-SEA
KW - REGIME SHIFTS
KW - BIODIVERSITY
KW - DIVERSITY
KW - TRAITS
KW - PRODUCTIVITY
KW - THRESHOLDS
KW - REDUNDANCY
U2 - 10.1093/icesjms/fsad077
DO - 10.1093/icesjms/fsad077
M3 - Journal article
VL - 80
SP - 1487
EP - 1499
JO - ICES Journal of Marine Science
JF - ICES Journal of Marine Science
SN - 1054-3139
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 347871464