Integrating benthic habitat indicators: Working towards an ecosystem approach

Elliott, Sophie A.M.; Guérin, Laurent; Pesch, Roland; Schmitt, Petra; Meakins, B.; Vina-Herbon, Cristina; González-Irusta, J.M.; Torriente, Ana de la; Serrano, Alberto

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2018.01.003

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“…This article presents a concrete application of the concepts presented above to provide methods and demonstrator tool able to map the Risks of Cumulative Effects (RCE) of different pressures on benthic habitats. These developments are consistent with recently developed concepts to support an integrated approach for assessing the status of benthic habitats under the MSFD (Elliott et al, 2018). In this context, the developments presented here are intended to contribute to the diagnosis of the marine environment, usable for the implementation of the MSFD, the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive and for marine protected areas management.…”

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A Methodology and Tool for Mapping the Risk of Cumulative Effects on Benthic Habitats

Quemmerais-Amice¹,

Barrere²,

Rivière³

et al. 2020

Front. Mar. Sci.

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A Methodology and Tool for Mapping the Risk of Cumulative Effects on Benthic Habitats

Quemmerais-Amice¹,

Barrere²,

Rivière³

et al. 2020

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…Pragmatic approach to indicator design that supports the combination and repurposing of existing data sets (OSPAR, 2017a,b,g,h). Risk-based approach to target intensive monitoring in order to answer specific and clear policy question (Elliott et al, 2018;Turrell, 2018). Use of earth observation and models to supplement in situ data (Elith et al, 2006;Butchart et al, 2010;Bean et al, 2017;Strong and Elliott, 2017;Pettorelli et al, 2018).…”

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“…A solution to overcome data shortages or limitations to access, involves a pragmatic approach to indicator construction, together with good use of existing ecological datasets for the relatively new purpose of informing biodiversity indicators for policy and management. Data limitations often can be overcome by constructing indicators with the flexibility to use data from multiple sources (e.g., OSPAR, 2017a,b,g,h) or by using a risk based approach to identify areas where targeted, more intensive monitoring should be concentrated (Elliott et al, 2018).…”

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“…Multiple biodiversity indicators may respond to the same anthropogenic pressure. Integrating information from a range of biodiversity indicators is a solution that can help to provide an overall assessment of the ecosystem (Elliott et al, 2018) and clarify the main drivers of change affecting a system (Smith et al, 2016). Although significant development is often required, ecosystem modeling can provide a comprehensive means to detect change in multiple biodiversity components and identify the important pathways by which impacts from pressures can cascade through an ecosystem (Lynam et al, 2016).…”

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From Science to Evidence – How Biodiversity Indicators Can Be Used for Effective Marine Conservation Policy and Management

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Indicators are effective tools for summarizing and communicating key aspects of ecosystem state and have a long record of use in marine pollution and fisheries management. The application of biodiversity indicators to assess the status of species, habitats, and functional diversity in marine conservation and policy, however, is still developing and multiple indicator roles and features are emerging. For example, some operational biodiversity indicators trigger management action when a threshold is reached, while others play an interpretive, or surveillance, role in informing management. Links between biodiversity indicators and the pressures affecting them are frequently unclear as links can be obscured by environmental change, data limitations, food web dynamics, or the cumulative effects of multiple pressures. In practice, the application of biodiversity indicators to meet marine conservation policy and management demands is developing rapidly in the management realm, with a lag before academic publication detailing indicator development. Making best use of biodiversity indicators depends on sharing and synthesizing cutting-edge knowledge and experience. Using lessons learned from the application of biodiversity indicators in policy and management from around the globe, we define the concept of 'biodiversity indicators,' explore barriers to their use and potential solutions, and outline strategies for their effective communication to decision-makers.

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“…This is problematic as organisms respond differently to various types of degradation in the environment (Monaghan, 2016). Thus, ecological research is moving towards the use of multimetric indices to integrate information from multiple biological organisations to capture a wider variety of responses to various environmental stressors (Collier, 2008;Elliott et al, 2018;Singh and Saxena, 2018). In Europe, the multimetric system approach has been adopted as the main instrument for assessing the ecological quality of water, following proposals established by the European Commission Water Framework Directive (European Commission, 2000).…”

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Responses of macroinvertebrate community metrics to urban pollution in semi-arid catchments around the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Mwedzi

Siziba

Odume

et al. 2020

WSA

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River health monitoring is becoming increasingly important because of the anthropogenic activities that continue to impact on water quality and biodiversity of aquatic systems. This study aimed at identifying and evaluating macroinvertebrate community-based metrics that best respond to degradation due to urban pollution in riverine systems of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Data (physicochemical variables and macroinvertebrate specimens) were collected from 17 sites over 3 seasons. The sites were selected across an impairment gradient comprising less impacted, moderately impacted and heavily impacted sites. Heavily impacted sites had the highest levels of total dissolved solids, conductivity, salinity, turbidity, total phosphates, total nitrogen, chemical oxygen demand and sedimentary zinc. Dissolved oxygen was significantly highest in less impacted sites. Sensitivity of 24 macroinvertebrate metrics to this impairment gradient were assessed. A total of 5 metrics were identified as sensitive to modifications in water quality due to urban pollution. These metrics were taxon richness, South African Scoring System (SASS5) score, average score per taxon (ASPT), percentage collectors and percentage scrapers. The selected metrics will be useful for the monitoring and assessment of the studied riverine systems and can be further integrated into one multimetric index that combines a range of indices and allows the integration of ecological information for better management of aquatic ecosystems in this region.

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Integrating benthic habitat indicators: Working towards an ecosystem approach

Cited by 21 publications

References 45 publications

A Methodology and Tool for Mapping the Risk of Cumulative Effects on Benthic Habitats

A Methodology and Tool for Mapping the Risk of Cumulative Effects on Benthic Habitats

From Science to Evidence – How Biodiversity Indicators Can Be Used for Effective Marine Conservation Policy and Management

Responses of macroinvertebrate community metrics to urban pollution in semi-arid catchments around the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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