Exploring variability in environmental impact risk from human activities across aquatic ecosystems

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBorgwardt, Florian
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Leonie
dc.contributor.authorTrauner, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Heliana
dc.contributor.authorNogueira, António J. A.
dc.contributor.authorLillebø, Ana I.
dc.contributor.authorPiet, Gerjan
dc.contributor.authorKuemmerlen, Mathias
dc.contributor.authorO'Higgins, Tim
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Hugh
dc.contributor.authorArevalo-Torres, Juan
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Ana Luisa
dc.contributor.authorIglesias-Campos, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorHein, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorCulhane, Fiona
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Commissionen
dc.contributor.funderFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiaen
dc.contributor.funderFederación Española de Enfermedades Rarasen
dc.contributor.funderMinistério da Educação e Ciênciaen
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-17T12:01:42Z
dc.date.available2019-07-17T12:01:42Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-20
dc.description.abstractAquatic ecosystems are under severe pressure. Human activities introduce an array of pressures that impact ecosystems and their components. In this study we focus on the aquatic domains of fresh, coastal and marine waters, including rivers, lakes and riparian habitats to transitional, coastal as well as shelf and oceanic habitats. In an environmental risk assessment approach, we identified impact chains that link 45 human activities through 31 pressures to 82 ecosystem components. In this linkage framework >22,000 activity-pressure-ecosystem component interactions were found across seven European case studies. We identified the environmental impact risk posed by each impact chain by first categorically weighting the interactions according to five criteria: spatial extent, dispersal potential, frequency of interaction, persistence of pressure and severity of the interaction, where extent, dispersal, frequency and persistence account for the exposure to risk (spatial and temporal), and the severity accounts for the consequence of the risk. After assigning a numerical score to each risk criterion, we came up with an overall environmental impact risk score for each impact chain. This risk score was analysed in terms of (1) the activities and pressures that introduce the greatest risk to European aquatic domains, and (2) the aquatic ecosystem components and realms that are at greatest risk from human activities. Activities related to energy production were relevant across the aquatic domains. Fishing was highly relevant in marine and environmental engineering in fresh waters. Chemical and physical pressures introduced the greatest risk to the aquatic realms. Ecosystem components that can be seen as ecotones between different ecosystems had high impact risk. We show how this information can be used in informing management on trade-offs in freshwater, coastal and marine resource use and aid decision-making.en
dc.description.sponsorshipFEDER (007638); POCI (01-0145); Ministério da Educação e Ciência (PIDDAC); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PIDDAC); Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras (PT2020 Partnership Agreement; Compete 2020)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationBorgwardt, F., Robinson, L., Trauner, D., Teixeira, H., Nogueira, A.J., Lillebø, A.I., Piet, G., Kuemmerlen, M., O'Higgins, T., McDonald, H. and Arevalo-Torres, J., 2019. Exploring variability in environmental impact risk from human activities across aquatic ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment, 652. (13pp). DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.339en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.339en
dc.identifier.eissn1879-1026
dc.identifier.endpage1408en
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.journaltitleScience of the Total Environmenten
dc.identifier.startpage1396en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8192
dc.identifier.volume652en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::RIA/642317/EU/Knowledge, Assessment, and Management for AQUAtic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aCROSS EU policies (AQUACROSS)/AQUACROSSen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147273/PT/Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies/UID/AMB/50017/2013en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718342396?via%3Dihub
dc.rights© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAquatic ecosystemsen
dc.subjectFreshwateren
dc.subjectMarineen
dc.subjectCoastalen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectDriversen
dc.subjectPressuresen
dc.subjectStressorsen
dc.subjectBiotaen
dc.titleExploring variability in environmental impact risk from human activities across aquatic ecosystemsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Thumbnail Image
Name:
1-s2.0-S0048969718342396-main.pdf
Size:
1.55 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Published version
Download
Thumbnail Image
Name:
1-s2.0-S0048969718342396-mmc1.docx
Size:
52.27 KB
Format:
Microsoft Word XML
Description:
Supplementary file
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
2.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Environmental Research Institute - Journal Articles