dc.contributor.author | Aarflot, Johanna Myrseth | |
dc.contributor.author | Bjørdal, Vilde Regine | |
dc.contributor.author | Dunlop, Katherine Mary | |
dc.contributor.author | Espinasse, Marina | |
dc.contributor.author | Husson, Berengere | |
dc.contributor.author | Lindstrøm, Ulf Ove | |
dc.contributor.author | Keulder-Stenevik, Felicia Juanita | |
dc.contributor.author | Ono, Kotaro | |
dc.contributor.author | Siwertsson, Anna | |
dc.contributor.author | Skern-Mauritzen, Mette | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-04T09:09:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-10-04T09:09:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-07-30 | |
dc.description.abstract | Coastal and adjacent shelf waters are generally highly productive ecosystems harboring important ecological
processes and exposed to a range of anthropogenic pressures from land-based and marine sectors. Ensuring that
the cumulative pressures from human activities do not cause unacceptable, permanent harm to the ecosystem is
challenging but crucial for sustainable management of these regions. Linkage frameworks and ecological risk
assessments have proven to be useful tools for holistic evaluations of cumulative human pressures as a guide to
managers and policy makers for prioritization of risk factors. Here, we present the first holistic assessment of
ecosystem risk from human activities along the Norwegian coast. Pressures from coastal sectors are identified
and weighted by the exposure to and potential impact on ecosystem components following the ODEMM (Options
for Delivering Ecosystem-based Marine Management) framework. We focus on four coastal regions with contrasting scales of human activities. Two southern regions with multiple anthropogenic activities are associated
with higher cumulative risk of negative impacts compared to northern areas where less extensive activities have
a lower potential of harming the coastal ecosystems. Despite latitudinal differences in human use of the coastline,
the pressures and ecosystem components associated with the greatest risk of cumulative impacts are relatively
similar between the regions. Contaminants and underwater noise stand out as high-risk pressures, associated
with multiple sectors with a high spatiotemporal footprint and with the potential to negatively impact a range of
ecosystem components. Nevertheless, a confidence assessment also highlights the need for more in-depth
analysis on the input, spread and effect of these pressures on coastal ecosystems. We discuss strengths and
weaknesses of the risk assessment framework and suggest new directions which may enhance the utility and
uptake of such assessments for sustainable management of coastal ecosystems. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Aarflot, Bjørdal, Dunlop, Espinasse, Husson, Lindstrøm, Keulder-Stenevik, Ono, Siwertsson, Skern-Mauritzen. Ecosystem risk from human use of ocean space and resources: a case study from the Norwegian coast. Ocean and Coastal Management. 2024 | en_US |
dc.identifier.cristinID | FRIDAID 2283640 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107299 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0964-5691 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1873-524X | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/35046 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Ocean and Coastal Management | |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2024 The Author(s) | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | en_US |
dc.title | Ecosystem risk from human use of ocean space and resources: a case study from the Norwegian coast | en_US |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |