Plankton as prevailing conditions: A surveillance role for plankton indicators within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Plankton as prevailing conditions: A surveillance role for plankton indicators within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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DOI：
10.1016/j.marpol.2017.12.021
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发表时间：
2018-02-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail
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作者：
Bedford, Jacob;Johns, David;McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail
海洋战略框架指令（MSFD）采用基于指标的方法进行生态系统评估;生态系统组成部分的状态指标（状态指标）用于确定这些生态系统组成部分相对于主要海洋条件是否处于“良好环境状态”。在这里，它说明了浮游生物群落的变化指标经常提供变化的主要海洋条件的迹象。因此，浮游生物指标可以提供有用的诊断信息时，解释结果和确定评估结果的状态指标分析整个食物网。它们还可以通过影响目标设定和管理措施，在评估这些国家指标方面发挥战略作用。因此，浮游生物群落指标除了在评估远洋生境的直接人为压力状况方面发挥主要作用外，还可以对用于正式评估《海洋战略框架》下生物多样性状况的其他状态指标发挥重要的“监督作用”。
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) uses an indicator-based approach for ecosystem assessment; indicators of the state of ecosystem components (state indicators') are used to determine whether, or not, these ecosystem components are at 'Good Environmental Status' relative to prevailing oceanographic conditions. Here, it is illustrated that metrics of change in plankton communities frequently provide indications of changing prevailing oceanographic conditions. Plankton indicators can therefore provide useful diagnostic information when interpreting results and determining assessment outcomes for analyses of state indicators across the food web. They can also perform a strategic role in assessing these state indicators by influencing target setting and management measures. In addition to their primary role of assessing the state of pelagic habitats against direct anthropogenic pressures, plankton community indicators can therefore also fulfil an important 'surveillance role for other state indicators used to formally assess biodiversity status under the MSFD.