Habitat risk assessment for regional ocean planning in the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

ABSTRACT: Coastal habitats provide important benefits to people, including habitat for species targeted by fisheries and opportunities for tourism and recreation. Yet, such human activities also can imperil these habitats and undermine the ecosystem services they provide to people. Cumulative risk assessment provides an analytical framework for synthesizing the influence of multiple stressors across habitats and decision-support for balancing human uses and ecosystem health. To explore cumulative risk to habitats in the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Ocean Planning regions, we apply the open-source InVEST Habitat Risk Assessment model to 13 habitats and 31 stressors in an exposure-consequence framework. In doing so, we advance the science priorities of EBM and both regional planning bodies by synth

SUBMITTER: Wyatt KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5737885 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature