Advancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs.
A major challenge for coral reef conservation and management is understanding how a wide range of interacting human and natural drivers cumulatively impact and shape these ecosystems. Despite the importance of understanding these interactions, a methodological framework to synthesize spatially expli...
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| author | Lisa M Wedding Joey Lecky Jamison M Gove Hilary R Walecka Mary K Donovan Gareth J Williams Jean-Baptiste Jouffray Larry B Crowder Ashley Erickson Kim Falinski Alan M Friedlander Carrie V Kappel John N Kittinger Kaylyn McCoy Albert Norström Magnus Nyström Kirsten L L Oleson Kostantinos A Stamoulis Crow White Kimberly A Selkoe |
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| description | A major challenge for coral reef conservation and management is understanding how a wide range of interacting human and natural drivers cumulatively impact and shape these ecosystems. Despite the importance of understanding these interactions, a methodological framework to synthesize spatially explicit data of such drivers is lacking. To fill this gap, we established a transferable data synthesis methodology to integrate spatial data on environmental and anthropogenic drivers of coral reefs, and applied this methodology to a case study location-the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). Environmental drivers were derived from time series (2002-2013) of climatological ranges and anomalies of remotely sensed sea surface temperature, chlorophyll-a, irradiance, and wave power. Anthropogenic drivers were characterized using empirically derived and modeled datasets of spatial fisheries catch, sedimentation, nutrient input, new development, habitat modification, and invasive species. Within our case study system, resulting driver maps showed high spatial heterogeneity across the MHI, with anthropogenic drivers generally greatest and most widespread on O'ahu, where 70% of the state's population resides, while sedimentation and nutrients were dominant in less populated islands. Together, the spatial integration of environmental and anthropogenic driver data described here provides a first-ever synthetic approach to visualize how the drivers of coral reef state vary in space and demonstrates a methodological framework for implementation of this approach in other regions of the world. By quantifying and synthesizing spatial drivers of change on coral reefs, we provide an avenue for further research to understand how drivers determine reef diversity and resilience, which can ultimately inform policies to protect coral reefs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-828296e6ea504a059ffd317d352c8ea72022-12-22T01:48:39ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01133e018979210.1371/journal.pone.0189792Advancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs.Lisa M WeddingJoey LeckyJamison M GoveHilary R WaleckaMary K DonovanGareth J WilliamsJean-Baptiste JouffrayLarry B CrowderAshley EricksonKim FalinskiAlan M FriedlanderCarrie V KappelJohn N KittingerKaylyn McCoyAlbert NorströmMagnus NyströmKirsten L L OlesonKostantinos A StamoulisCrow WhiteKimberly A SelkoeA major challenge for coral reef conservation and management is understanding how a wide range of interacting human and natural drivers cumulatively impact and shape these ecosystems. Despite the importance of understanding these interactions, a methodological framework to synthesize spatially explicit data of such drivers is lacking. To fill this gap, we established a transferable data synthesis methodology to integrate spatial data on environmental and anthropogenic drivers of coral reefs, and applied this methodology to a case study location-the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). Environmental drivers were derived from time series (2002-2013) of climatological ranges and anomalies of remotely sensed sea surface temperature, chlorophyll-a, irradiance, and wave power. Anthropogenic drivers were characterized using empirically derived and modeled datasets of spatial fisheries catch, sedimentation, nutrient input, new development, habitat modification, and invasive species. Within our case study system, resulting driver maps showed high spatial heterogeneity across the MHI, with anthropogenic drivers generally greatest and most widespread on O'ahu, where 70% of the state's population resides, while sedimentation and nutrients were dominant in less populated islands. Together, the spatial integration of environmental and anthropogenic driver data described here provides a first-ever synthetic approach to visualize how the drivers of coral reef state vary in space and demonstrates a methodological framework for implementation of this approach in other regions of the world. By quantifying and synthesizing spatial drivers of change on coral reefs, we provide an avenue for further research to understand how drivers determine reef diversity and resilience, which can ultimately inform policies to protect coral reefs.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5832214?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Lisa M Wedding Joey Lecky Jamison M Gove Hilary R Walecka Mary K Donovan Gareth J Williams Jean-Baptiste Jouffray Larry B Crowder Ashley Erickson Kim Falinski Alan M Friedlander Carrie V Kappel John N Kittinger Kaylyn McCoy Albert Norström Magnus Nyström Kirsten L L Oleson Kostantinos A Stamoulis Crow White Kimberly A Selkoe Advancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs. PLoS ONE |
| title | Advancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs. |
| title_full | Advancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs. |
| title_fullStr | Advancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs. |
| title_short | Advancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs. |
| title_sort | advancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5832214?pdf=render |
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