TY - JOUR
T1 - Human pressures on UK seabed habitats
T2 - A cumulative impact assessment
AU - Foden, J.
AU - Jones, A.P.
AU - Rogers, Stuart
PY - 2011/5/3
Y1 - 2011/5/3
N2 - European Member States are required to assess the status of marine waters, including analysis of cumulative effects. We developed a methodology for evaluating the impact of several human activities that constitute 4 direct pressures on the UK (England and Wales) seabed community: smothering, abrasion, obstruction (sealing), and extraction. The method was tested by mapping the spatial extent of individual and cumulative activities for 2007 by habitat type, quantifying the intensity of activities, and estimating impact using published recovery times. More than half (134 400 km) of the seabed was directly affected by human activities, of which only 165 km (
AB - European Member States are required to assess the status of marine waters, including analysis of cumulative effects. We developed a methodology for evaluating the impact of several human activities that constitute 4 direct pressures on the UK (England and Wales) seabed community: smothering, abrasion, obstruction (sealing), and extraction. The method was tested by mapping the spatial extent of individual and cumulative activities for 2007 by habitat type, quantifying the intensity of activities, and estimating impact using published recovery times. More than half (134 400 km) of the seabed was directly affected by human activities, of which only 165 km (
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U2 - 10.3354/meps09064
DO - 10.3354/meps09064
M3 - Article
VL - 428
SP - 33
EP - 47
JO - Marine Ecology Progress Series
JF - Marine Ecology Progress Series
SN - 0171-8630
ER -
