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SUBMITTER: Jones AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5780512 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jones Alice R AR Doubleday Zoë A ZA Prowse Thomas A A TAA Wiltshire Kathryn H KH Deveney Marty R MR Ward Tim T Scrivens Sally L SL Cassey Phillip P O'Connell Laura G LG Gillanders Bronwyn M BM
Scientific reports 20180123 1
Understanding the spatial distribution of human impacts on marine environments is necessary for maintaining healthy ecosystems and supporting 'blue economies'. Realistic assessments of impact must consider the cumulative impacts of multiple, coincident threats and the differing vulnerabilities of ecosystems to these threats. Expert knowledge is often used to assess impact in marine ecosystems because empirical data are lacking; however, this introduces uncertainty into the results. As part of a ...[more]