Framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna to inform Marine Spatial Planning: The Falkland Islands case study
Framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna to inform Marine Spatial Planning: The Falkland Islands case study
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10.1016/j.marpol.2018.02.017
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2018-06-01
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3.8
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Croxall, John P.
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作者：
Auge, Amelie A.;Dias, Maria P.;Croxall, John P.
海洋空间规划（MSP）正在成为世界各地的一种重要管理方法。这一进程包括绘制人类和野生生物如何利用海洋环境的地图，以便为制定管理措施提供信息。一个综合的多物种的方法来确定关键领域是重要的MSP，因为它允许管理人员的一个区域的全球代表性，使他们能够看到管理可以有最大的影响，生物多样性保护。然而，多物种分析仍然具有挑战性。本文提出了一个方法框架，通过纳入多个物种的不同数据类型，绘制海洋巨型动物（海鸟、鳍足动物、鲸目动物）的关键区域。该框架包括对跟踪数据和观测调查数据的分析，并根据每一年每一季度可获得的数据类型采用分析步骤。它在物种级别上生成核心使用区域图层，然后将这些图层组合起来创建巨型动物核心使用区域图层。该框架适用于福克兰群岛。该研究收集了超过750，000个跟踪和海上观测地点，涵盖了1998年至2015年期间36个物种的5495个数据日。该框架提供了一个逐步实施的协议，可在不同的地理范围内复制，并可转移到多个分类群。提供了R脚本。国际鸟盟跟踪数据库等共同储存库是非常宝贵的工具，为储存和访问空间数据提供了一个安全的平台，以应用方法框架。这为管理人员提供了必要的数据，以加强MSP的努力和全球海洋保护。
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is becoming a key management approach throughout the world. The process includes the mapping of how humans and wildlife use the marine environment to inform the development of management measures. An integrated multi-species approach to identifying key areas is important for MSP because it allows managers a global representation of an area, enabling them to see where management can have the most impact for biodiversity protection. However, multi-species analysis remains challenging. This paper presents a methodological framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna (seabirds, pinnipeds, cetaceans) by incorporating different data types across multiple species. The framework includes analyses of tracking data and observation survey data, applying analytical steps according to the type of data available during each year quarter for each species. It produces core-use area layers at the species level, then combines these layers to create megafauna core-use area layers. The framework was applied in the Falkland Islands. The study gathered over 750,000 tracking and at-sea observation locations covering an equivalent of 5495 data days between 1998 and 2015 for 36 species. The framework provides a step-by-step implementation protocol, replicable across geographic scales and transferable to multiple taxa. R scripts are provided. Common repositories, such as the Birdlife International Tracking Database, are invaluable tools, providing a secure platform for storing and accessing spatial data to apply the methodological framework. This provides managers with data necessary to enhance MSP efforts and marine conservation worldwide.