Seabirds as indicators of the marine environment
Seabirds as indicators of the marine environment
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海鸟作为海洋环境的指标
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2008
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J. Reid
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M. Parsons;I. Mitchell;A. Butler;N. Ratcliffe;M. Frederiksen;S. Foster;J. Reid
我们报告支持苏格兰生物多样性战略的海鸟指标的发展。对苏格兰繁殖丰度和生产力的高质量监测数据的应用进行了三种方式的探讨：作为海鸟状况本身的指标，作为海洋环境“健康”的指标，以及作为脊椎动物捕食者食物供应的指标。海鸟繁殖力数据对环境变化的反应比成鸟数量更迅速，这为完全基于数量趋势的指标提供了新的补充。按照生态集团对物种进行分类，提供了海洋环境特定方面变化的指标。海鸟指标在政策框架方面的作用进行了讨论，并期待在英国和区域尺度的进一步发展。
We report on the development of seabird indicators that support the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy. The application of high-quality monitoring data on breeding abundance and productivity in Scotland was explored in three ways: as indicators of seabird status in its own right, as indicators of the “health” of the marine environment, and as indicators of the food supply of vertebrate predators. Data on breeding productivity of seabirds, which responds more immediately to environmental variation than adult abundance, provided a novel supplement to indicators based solely on abundance trends. Grouping of species according to ecological guilds provided indicators of change in particular aspects of the marine environment. The role of seabird indicators in relation to policy frameworks is discussed, with a look to further developments at the UK and regional scales.