| Title | Mapping of ecological functions on the Flemish Cap (northwest Atlantic) |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Nurillo, F J; Kenchington, E; Bouchard Marmen, M; Koen-Alonso, M; Sacau, M; Duran Muñoz, P |
| Source | Program and abstracts: 2017 GeoHab Conference, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; by Todd, B J ; Brown, C J; Lacharité, M; Gazzola, V; McCormack, E; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8295, 2017 p. 88, https://doi.org/10.4095/305902  Open Access |
| Links | GeoHab 2017
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| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Meeting | 2017 GeoHab: Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping; Dartmouth, NS; CA; May 1-4, 2017 |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Program and abstracts: 2017
GeoHab Conference, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Eastern offshore region; Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Area | Flemish Cap; Atlantic Ocean |
| Lat/Long WENS | -47.0000 -43.0000 49.0000 46.0000 |
| Subjects | marine geology; surficial geology/geomorphology; environmental geology; geophysics; Nature and Environment; mapping techniques; oceanography; marine environments; coastal studies; conservation; marine
organisms; marine ecology; resource management; biological communities; environmental studies; ecosystems; benthos; invertebrates; Biology; Fisheries; Fisheries management; Fisheries resources; Climate change |
| Program | Offshore Geoscience |
| Released | 2017 09 26 |
| Abstract | Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries (EAF) are seen as essential for sustaining fish stocks and fisheries over the long-term, and require the integration of ecosystem components, typically through
multivariate and multifunction analyses. Large scale functional maps showing the distribution of organisms with particular biological traits (e.g., deposit feeders, filter feeders, biogenic engineers, carbon sequesters, etc.) can provide a detailed
spatial framework for incorporating benthic ecosystem function into an ecosystem services framework.
Building on this experience, here we propose that combining biological traits analyses (BTA) with seabed mapping can be used to identify areas
according to dominant ecological function, which can provide a detailed spatial framework for considering ecosystem services within the overall EAF. Furthermore, identification of the environmental determinants for each function could allow
evaluating responses of the function to fishing and future climate change.
Based on the epibenthic invertebrate fauna from a bottom trawl research survey targeting groundfish in the Flemish Cap area (northwest Atlantic), functional maps with
particular biological traits have been elaborated. The different ecological functions or ecosystem services represented on these maps can be used, for example, to identify areas where biogenic process could represent an important regulator and driver
of overall benthic productivity versus areas where physical factors may be more relevant for driving overall benthic production or they can help to identify areas where ecosystem changes may have happened. These types of maps can be incorporated into
the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Roadmap as part of the assessment of ecosystem sustainability to achieve an EAF. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The sixteenth annual GeoHab Conference was held this year (2017) at the Waterfront Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,
Canada. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 305902 |
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