NESP MB Project D1 - Ecosystem understanding to support sustainable use, management and monitoring of marine assets in the North and North-west regions

本记录概述了NESP海洋生物多样性枢纽项目D1 -“了解生态系统，支持北部和西北地区海洋资产的可持续利用、管理和监测”的范围和研究成果。有关此项目的特定数据输出，请参阅与此元数据关联的子记录。<br /> <br /> --------------------<br /> <br /> 有效管理海洋资产需要了解生态系统和影响生物多样性格局的过程。该项目以北部和西北部地区为重点，将利用以往的研究成果，通过综合现有信息，并对养护价值的性质和程度作出可检验的预测，包括对关键生态特征和英联邦海洋保护区的预测，提高对生态系统的认识。最终用户和利益攸关方将受益于改进的海洋生态系统区域说明和不确定性说明。反过来，这将为未来在监测海洋生态系统和环境状况报告方面的投资优先次序提供信息。<br /> <br /> 计划产出<br /> ·关于北方和西北地区数据集和模型的综合报告（基于2015年完成的整理），确定这些地区信息覆盖面最大的领域，差距和以CMR和KEF为主题的领域。该报告还将描述生物多样性（海底和水层）的主要空间格局以及海底环境、鱼类和巨型动物与大规模进程（例如海洋学）之间的联系。<br /> ·大洋浅滩CMR生物多样性空间分布的预测和相关产品（地图），其中包括底栖生境、中上层和底层鱼类以及巨型动物群落。这将在国家优先事项研讨会上提供一个示例/测试案例，说明如何自信地使用预测建模来描述数据贫乏地区的资产和价值，以告知管理和监测。<br /> ·在将模型扩展到中上层的基础上，更新大洋浅滩CMR内生态系统过程（底栖和中上层）的概念模型。<br /> ·对古代古龙线KEF的现有知识的回顾。<br /> ·格洛马尔浅滩高风险因子的定性模型（有待与能源部协商确认）。<br /> ·传播产品，捕捉通过NW Atlas社交媒体链接传播的活动和科学成果的一般兴趣故事。<br /> ·在NW Atlas中上载新的相关空间数据层，以供管理和规划，并与最终用户接触，以最大限度地利用NW Atlas产品。

This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project D1 - "Ecosystem understanding to support sustainable use, management and monitoring of marine assets in the North and North-west regions". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.<br /> <br /> --------------------<br /> <br /> Effective management of marine assets requires an understanding of ecosystems and the processes that influence patterns of biodiversity. Focusing on the North and North-west regions, this project will leverage previous research to improve ecosystem understanding through a synthesis of existing information and by making testable predictions about the character and extent of conservation values, including for key ecological features (KEFs) and Commonwealth Marine Reserves. End-users and stakeholders will benefit from improved regional descriptions of marine ecosystems and uncertainty statements. In turn, this will inform prioritisation of future investments in monitoring marine ecosystems and State of the Environment reporting. <br /> <br /> Planned Outputs<br /> • A report on the synthesis (based on collations completed in 2015) of datasets and models for the North and NW identifying areas of greatest information coverage, gaps and themed to CMRs and KEFs in those regions. This report will also describe key spatial patterns in biodiversity (benthic and pelagic) and associations between benthic environments, fish and megafauna and large scale processes (e.g. oceanography).<br /> • Predictions and related products (maps) of the spatial distribution of biodiversity across the Oceanic Shoals CMR that encompasses benthic habitat, pelagic and demersal fish and megafauna communities. This will provide an example/test case at the National Prioritisation Workshop of how confidently predictive modelling can be used to describe assets and values in data poor areas to inform management and monitoring. <br /> • An updated conceptual model of ecosystem processes (benthic and pelagic) within the Oceanic Shoals CMR based on extension of modelling into pelagics.<br /> • A review of existing knowledge of the Ancient Coastline KEF.<br /> • A qualitative model of Glomar Shoal KEF (to be confirmed in consultation with DOE).<br /> • Communication products that capture activities and general interest stories of scientific results disseminated through NW Atlas social media links.<br /> • Upload of new relevant spatial data layers in NW Atlas for management and planning, and engagement with end users to maximize uptake of the NW Atlas products.