Plankton science for supporting the implementation of marine ecosystem-based management and conservation

浮游生物科学支持实施基于海洋生态系统的管理和保护

• 批准号: NE/R002738/1
• 负责人: Abigail McQuatters-Gollop
• 金额: $ 8.91万
• 依托单位: Plymouth University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FR002738%2F1
• 关键词: Plankton; science; supporting; implementation; marine

Ecosystem-based management is key to holistically managing our seas. Under this approach, robust scientific evidence provides the critical foundation upon which to base policy and management decisions. The science and policy communities must work together to integrate scientific research into the decision-making process. Such collaboration can be challenging as policymakers and scientists communicate in their own jargon-centric languages; limited funding is available for scientists to input into the policy process; policy-makers work to tight timescales that can be difficult for scientists to respond to; and the route through which scientists can engage with decision makers may be unclear. Consequently, end users may be left either unaware of or not clearly understanding how science can support and inform management options. My first KE fellowship enabled me to overcome these challenges, resulting in significant progress towards the development of biodiversity indicators for UK, EU and international policy obligations, production of the first ever coherent assessment of UK and OSPAR (Northeast Europe) pelagic habitats, and the fostering of collaboration within the previously-disparate UK plankton research community. My understanding of policy needs has expanded, placing me in an informed position to respond to evolving policy challenges such as Brexit. Despite these successes, substantial work remains towards implementing ecosystem-based management in UK, EU and international seas, such as setting politically-agreed environmental targets, achieving regional coherence for management, and continued development of plankton indicators.This fellowship will build on the achievements of my first NERC KE fellowship to: progress the integration of UK plankton science and data into the UK and European decision-making processes; facilitate the interpretation and translation of UK scientific research into targeted policy advice; communicate policy needs to the scientific community to facilitate and encourage scientific input to decision-making; and turn emerging marine policy challenges into opportunities to use UK plankton data and research to support existing and emerging legislation.I will apply my science-policy expertise to integrate UK plankton science into the UK and EU political processes through involvement in national and international pelagic expert groups, including leadership of the implementation of the MSFD for pelagic habitats at the UK and OSPAR levels, and membership on key UK and international policy boards. UK plankton data and research will also be transformed to targeted policy-relevant scientific advice for UK, EU and international policy-makers. Policy advice gaps and future needs will be assessed in order to steer the plankton research community towards policy relevance. The new political challenges of Brexit and the MSFD's 2017 Revision will require innovation by both scientists and policy-makers as we seek to implement marine ecosystem-based management under new and uncertain political requirements. This fellowship will exploit my position of influence in the UK and EU science-policy communities to ensure that scientific evidence and data continue to underpin the marine policy process. These steps towards the effective application and development of plankton science will result in the best use of evidence to support marine management and conservation.I am experienced in engaging and communicating with UK, EU and international policy and decision makers, and drawing links between scientific research and policy needs. I would like to continue and evolve the work I started, directly contributing to UK and EU marine policy implementation; building scientific cohesion, and therefore the capacity to address policy problems, within the UK plankton research community; and acting as a conduit between the UK and EU science and policy communities by serving on evidence groups and providing targeted and timely advice.

基于生态系统的管理是全面管理我们海洋的关键。在这种方法下，强有力的科学证据为政策和管理决策提供了重要的基础。科学界和政策界必须共同努力，将科学研究纳入决策过程。这种合作可能具有挑战性，因为政策制定者和科学家使用各自以行话为中心的语言进行交流；科学家可用于政策过程的资金有限；政策制定者的工作时间紧迫，科学家难以回应；科学家与决策者接触的途径可能不清楚。因此，最终用户可能不知道或不清楚地了解科学如何支持和告知管理选择。我的第一个KE奖学金使我能够克服这些挑战，在为英国、欧盟和国际政策义务制定生物多样性指标方面取得了重大进展，对英国和欧空委(东北欧)的远洋生境进行了有史以来第一次连贯的评估，并促进了以前截然不同的英国浮游生物研究界的合作。我对政策需求的理解扩大了，使我处于知情的地位，可以应对不断变化的政策挑战，如英国退欧。尽管取得了这些成就，但在英国、欧盟和国际海洋实施基于生态系统的管理方面仍有大量工作要做，例如设定政治上商定的环境目标，实现区域管理的一致性，以及继续开发浮游生物指示器。这一奖学金将建立在我的第一个NERC KE奖学金的基础上：推动将英国浮游生物科学和数据纳入英国和欧洲的决策过程；促进对英国科学研究的解释和翻译为有针对性的政策建议；向科学界传达政策需求，以促进和鼓励对决策的科学投入；并将新出现的海洋政策挑战转化为利用英国浮游生物数据和研究来支持现有和正在出现的立法的机会。我将运用我的科学政策专业知识，通过参与国家和国际远洋专家组，将英国浮游生物科学纳入英国和欧盟的政治进程，包括领导英国和欧空委层面上关于远洋栖息地的MSFD的实施，以及英国和国际关键政策委员会的成员资格。英国的浮游生物数据和研究也将转变为有针对性的政策相关科学建议，供英国、欧盟和国际政策制定者使用。将对政策建议、差距和未来需求进行评估，以引导浮游生物研究界走向政策相关性。英国脱欧和MSFD 2017年修订带来的新的政治挑战将需要科学家和政策制定者的创新，因为我们寻求在新的和不确定的政治要求下实施基于海洋生态系统的管理。这一奖学金将利用我在英国和欧盟科学政策界的影响力地位，确保科学证据和数据继续支撑海洋政策进程。这些旨在有效应用和发展浮游生物科学的步骤将导致最好地利用证据来支持海洋管理和养护。我在与英国、欧盟和国际政策和决策者进行接触和沟通以及在科学研究和政策需求之间建立联系方面经验丰富。我愿意继续和发展我开始的工作，直接为英国和欧盟海洋政策的实施做出贡献；在英国浮游生物研究界内建立科学凝聚力，从而建立解决政策问题的能力；并通过为证据小组服务并提供有针对性和及时的建议，充当英国和欧盟科学和政策界之间的渠道。

项目成果

Enhancing Uptake of Nature-Based Solutions for Informing Coastal Sustainable Development Policy and Planning: A Malaysia Case Study

加强采用基于自然的解决方案，为沿海可持续发展政策和规划提供信息：马来西亚案例研究

• DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.708507
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Chee S

A new wave of marine evidence-based management: emerging challenges and solutions to transform monitoring, evaluating, and reporting

• DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsx216
• 发表时间: 2018-05-01
• 期刊: ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
• 影响因子: 3.3
• 作者: Addison, P. F. E.;Collins, D. J.;McQuatters-Gollop, A.
• 通讯作者: McQuatters-Gollop, A.

A century of change in North Sea plankton communities explored through integrating historical datasets

• DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsy148
• 发表时间: 2018-10
• 期刊: ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil
• 作者: J. Bedford;D. Johns;A. McQuatters‐Gollop

The influence of temporal scale selection on pelagic habitat biodiversity indicators

时间尺度选择对中上层生境生物多样性指标的影响

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106311
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Ecological Indicators
• 影响因子: 6.9
• 作者: Bedford J

Interannual variability in lower trophic levels on the Alaskan Shelf

• DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.023
• 发表时间: 2018-01-01
• 期刊: DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Batten, Sonia D.;Raitsos, Dionysios E.;McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail
• 通讯作者: McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail