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Bundy, Alida; Shannon, Lynne J.; Rochet, Marie-joelle; Neira, Sergio; Shin, Yunne-jai; Hill, Louize; Aydin, Kerim. |
Marine ecosystems have been exploited for a long time, growing increasingly vulnerable to collapse and irreversible change. How do we know when an ecosystem may be in danger? A measure of the status of individual stocks is only a partial gauge of its status, and does not include changes at the broader ecosystem level, to non-commercial species or to its structure or functioning. Six ecosystem indicators measuring trends over time were collated for 19 ecosystems, corresponding to four ecological attributes: resource potential, ecosystem structure and functioning, conservation of functional biodiversity, and ecosystem stability and resistance to perturbations. We explored the use of a decision-tree approach, a definition of initial ecosystem state (impacted... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Comparative approach; Decision tree; Ecosystem classification; Ecosystem indicator; Exploited marine ecosystems. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00002/11374/12047.pdf |
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