Developing ocean climate change indicators for the north-central California coast and ocean

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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Duncan, Benet^1,6  Johnson, Kelley D.¹  Suchanek, Thomas H.^2,3,4,7  Brown, Maria¹  Largier, John L.^3,5 

[1] Greater Farallones Natl Marine Sanctuary, 991 Marine Dr, San Francisco, CA 94129 USA

[2] Calif State Univ Sacramento, Western Ecol Res Ctr, US Geol Survey, 3020 State Univ Dr, Sacramento, CA 95819 USA

[3] UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab, POB 247, Bodega Bay, CA 94923 USA

[4] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Wildlife Fish & Conservat Biol, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 USA

[5] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Environm Sci & Policy, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 USA

[6] Univ Colorado, CIRES, Western Water Assessment, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[7] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Wildlife Fish & Conservat Biol, Davis, CA USA

关键词: Climate change;    Indicators;    Co-production;    Management;    Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary;    Marine protected areas;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109343

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The Ocean Climate Indicators Project, developed for the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS), yielded the first set of physical and biological ocean climate indicators specifically developed for the north-central California coast and ocean region, which extends from Point Arena to Point Ano Nuevo and includes the ocean shorelines of the San Francisco metropolitan area. This case study produced a series of physical and biological indicator categories through a best professional judgment (BPJ) process with an interdisciplinary group of over 50 regional research scientists and marine resource managers from a wide range of state and federal agencies, NGOs, and universities. A working group of research scientists and marine resource managers used this set of ocean climate indicators to develop the Ocean Climate Indicators Monitoring Inventory and Plan. The Plan includes monitoring goals and objectives common for eight physical and four biological indicators; specific goals for each indicator; monitoring strategies and activities; an inventory of available monitoring data; opportunities for expanding or improving existing or new monitoring approaches; and case studies with specific examples of the indicators' utility for natural resource management and basic scientific research. Beyond developing indicators that support effective science-based management decisions, this scalable process established and strengthened mutually beneficial connections between scientists and managers, resulting in indicators that had broad support of project participants, were quickly adopted by the GFNMS, and could be used by managers and scientists from this region and beyond.

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