مورد إلكتروني
Sentinels of Seabed (SoS) indicator: Assessing benthic habitats condition using typical and sensitive species
العنوان: | Sentinels of Seabed (SoS) indicator: Assessing benthic habitats condition using typical and sensitive species |
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بيانات النشر: | 2022-07-15 |
تفاصيل مُضافة: | Serrano, Alberto De-la-Torriente, Ana Punzón, Antonio Blanco, Marian Bellas, Juan Durán-Muñoz, Pablo Murillo, Francisco Javier Sacau-Cuadrado, María del Mar García-Alegre, Ana Antolínez, Ana Elliot, Sophie Guerin, Laurent Vina-Herbón, Cristina Stephano, Marra González-Irusta, José Manuel |
نوع الوثيقة: | Electronic Resource |
مستخلص: | Indicators are key tools used to assess the ecological status of the environment for ecosystem based management. Anthropogenic disturbances produce changes to habitat condition, which include modifications in species composition and their functions. Monitoring a group of sentinel species (from a taxonomic and functional point of view) provides useful insights into benthic habitat condition. Here, a new indicator, Sentinels of the Seabed (SoS) is proposed to assess state of benthic habitats using “sentinel” species (species which are characteristic of a habitat and sensitive to a given pressure). The selection of these sentinel species has two stages. First, a ‘typical species set’ is computed using intra-habitat similarity and frequency under reference conditions. Second, the ‘sentinel species set’ is generated by selecting the most sensitive species from the typical species set. This selection is made using specific indexes able to assess species sensitivity to a particular pressure. The SoS indicator method was tested on six case studies and two different pressure types (trawling disturbance and pollution), using data from otter trawl, box-corer and Remote Operate Vehicle images. In each scenario, the SoS indicator was compared to the Shannon-Wiener diversity index, Margalef index and total biomass, being the only metric, which showed the expected significant negative response to pressure in all cases. Our results shows that SoS was highly effective in assessing benthic habitats status under both physical and chemical pressures, regardless of the sampling gear, the habitat, or the case study, showing a great potential to be a useful tool in the management of marine ecosystems. |
مصطلحات الفهرس: | Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Medio Marino, Typical species indicator, Sentinel species, Ecological status, Physical disturbance, Pollution, Pressure-state curves, Marine strategy framework directive, MSFD, research article |
URL: | Centro Oceanográfico de Santander VoR |
الإتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content openAccess |
ملاحظة: | Océan atlantique Atlantique Nord Atlantic Ocean Atlántico Norte Océano Atlántico ICES North Atlantic English |
أرقام أخرى: | CTK oai:digital.csic.es:10261/321150 Ecological Indicators, 140. 2022: 109148-109165 1470-160X 50140 1395203997 |
المصدر المساهم: | CSIC From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative. |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsoai.on1395203997 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OAIster |
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