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Insights from the management of offshore energy resources: Toward an ecosystem-services based management approach for deep-ocean industries

Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
Publiseringsår
2023
Tidsskrift
Frontiers in Marine Science
Eksterne nettsted
Cristin
Arkiv
Doi
Forfattere
M. Emilia Bravo, Miriam Isabelle Brandt, Jesse M. A. van der Grient, Thomas Gunnar Dahlgren, Patricia Esquete, Sabine Gollner, Daniel O.B. Jones, Lisa A. Levin, Craig R. McClain, Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy, Tracey Sutton, Lissette Victorero Gonzalez, Erik E. Cordes

Sammendrag

The deep ocean comprises complex ecosystems made up of numerous community and habitat types that provide multiple services that benefit humans. As the industrialization of the deep sea proceeds, a standardized and robust set of methods and metrics need to be developed to monitor the baseline conditions and any anthropogenic and climate change-related impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem function, and ecosystem services. Here, we review what we have learned from studies involving offshore-energy industries, including state-of-the-art technologies and strategies for obtaining reliable metrics of deep-sea biodiversity and ecosystem function. An approach that includes the detection and monitoring of ecosystem services, with open access to baseline data from multiple sectors, can help to improve our global capacity for the management of the deep ocean.