The Cumulative Effects of Fishing, Plankton Productivity, and Marine Mammal Consumption in a Marine Ecosystem | |
Fu, Caihong1; Xu, Yi2; Guo, Chuanbo1,7; Olsen, Norm1; Gruss, Arnaud3,8; Liu, Huizhu4; Barrier, Nicolas5; Verley, Philippe6; Shin, Yunne-Jai5 | |
Corresponding Author | Fu, Caihong(Caihong.Fu@dfo-mpo.gc.ca) |
2020-09-30 | |
Source Publication | FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
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Volume | 7Pages:19 |
Abstract | The marine ecosystem off British Columbia (BC), Canada, has experienced various changes in the last two decades, including reduced lipid-rich zooplankton biomass, increased marine mammals, and deteriorated commercial fisheries, particularly those targeting pelagic species such as Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii). Understanding how stressors interactively and cumulatively affect commercially important fish species is key to moving toward ecosystem-based fisheries management. Because it is challenging to assess the cumulative effects of multiple stressors by using empirical data alone, a dynamic, individual-based spatially explicit ecosystem modeling platform such as Object-oriented Simulator of Marine Ecosystems (OSMOSE) represents a valuable tool to simulate ecological processes and comprehensively evaluate how stressors cumulatively impact modeled species. In this study, we employed OSMOSE to investigate the cumulative effects of fishing, plankton biomass change, and marine mammal consumption on the dynamics of some fish species and the BC marine ecosystem as a whole. We specifically simulated ecosystem dynamics during the last 20 years under two sets of scenarios: (1) unfavorable conditions from the perspective of commercial fish species (i.e., doubling fishing mortality rates, halving plankton biomass, and doubling marine mammal biomass, acting individually or collectively); and (2) favorable conditions with the three factors having opposite changes (i.e., halving fishing mortality rates, doubling plankton biomass, and halving marine mammal biomass, acting individually or collectively). Our results indicate that, under unfavorable conditions, the degree to which species biomass was reduced varied among species, and that negative synergistic and negative dampened effects were dominant under historical and doubled fishing mortality rates, respectively. Under favorable conditions, species biomasses did not increase as much as expected due to the existence of complex predator-prey interactions among fish species, and positive synergistic and positive dampened effects were prevailing under historical and halved fishing mortality rates, respectively. The ecosystem total biomass and the biomass to fisheries yield ratio were found to be good ecological indicators to represent ecosystem changes and track the impacts from the multiple drivers of change. Our research provides insights on how fisheries management should adapt to prepare for potential future impacts of climate change. |
Keyword | cumulative effect ecosystem-based fisheries management ecological indicator ecosystem modeling synergism |
DOI | 10.3389/fmars.2020.565699 |
Funding Organization | Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) |
Indexed By | SCI ; SCI |
Language | 英语 |
Funding Project | Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR)[ANR-18-EBI4-0003-01] |
WOS Research Area | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
WOS Subject | Environmental Sciences ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
WOS ID | WOS:000582747200001 |
WOS Keyword | MULTIPLE HUMAN STRESSORS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; LAND-USE ; MANAGEMENT ; FISHERIES ; IMPACTS ; INDICATORS ; SYSTEM ; ACIDIFICATION ; ASSEMBLAGES |
Publisher | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
Funding Organization | Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice in Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) ; Biodiversa and Belmont Forum project SOMBEE (BiodivScen program, ANR) |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/39209 |
Collection | 其他_期刊论文 |
Corresponding Author | Fu, Caihong |
Affiliation | 1.Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Pacific Biol Stn, Nanaimo, BC, Canada 2.Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Fraser River & Interior Area Stock Assessment Div, Delta, BC, Canada 3.Univ Washington, Sch Aquat & Fishery Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA 4.Vancouver Isl Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Nanaimo, BC, Canada 5.Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer,MARBEC, Montpellier, France 6.Univ Montpellier, CNRS, AMAP, CIRAD,INRAE,IRD, Montpellier, France 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Wuhan, Peoples R China 8.Natl Inst Water & Atmospher Res, Wellington, New Zealand |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Fu, Caihong,Xu, Yi,Guo, Chuanbo,et al. The Cumulative Effects of Fishing, Plankton Productivity, and Marine Mammal Consumption in a Marine Ecosystem[J]. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE,2020,7:19. |
APA | Fu, Caihong.,Xu, Yi.,Guo, Chuanbo.,Olsen, Norm.,Gruss, Arnaud.,...&Shin, Yunne-Jai.(2020).The Cumulative Effects of Fishing, Plankton Productivity, and Marine Mammal Consumption in a Marine Ecosystem.FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE,7,19. |
MLA | Fu, Caihong,et al."The Cumulative Effects of Fishing, Plankton Productivity, and Marine Mammal Consumption in a Marine Ecosystem".FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE 7(2020):19. |
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