Productivity and Sustainable Management of the Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem under climate change

AbstractThe countries of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) are linked economically by their transboundary living marine resources. The region is facing a continued decline of these resources. Science is improving our understanding of the human contributions to this decline, but national policies and programmes have not kept pace with this understanding. The Caribbean Regional Seas Programme and its Cartagena Convention and Protocols provide the regional legal framework for protection and sustainable management of the WCR's living marine and coastal resources. This article focuses on the Cartagena Convention's Protocol for biodiversity conservation, the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW), arguing that governments and organizations need to significantly increase participation in this regional treaty regime to effectively address transboundary environmental challenges. A new initiative, the Global Environment Facility-supported Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem project, will help in this effort. International policy supports strengthened regional seas programmes. It is now imperative for all levels and sectors to assist governments in strengthening this important treaty regime for biodiversity conservation in the Wider Caribbean Region.

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Climate change alters stability and species potential interactions in a large marine ecosystem

Global Change Biology ◽

10.1111/gcb.13891 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. e90-e100 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Gary P. Griffith ◽

Peter G. Strutton ◽

Jayson M. Semmens

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Marine Ecosystem ◽

Large Marine Ecosystem ◽

Potential Interactions

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Trends in productivity and biomass yields in the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem during climate change

Environmental Development ◽

10.1016/j.envdev.2015.09.001 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 ◽

pp. 57-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Konstantinos I. Stergiou ◽

Stylianos Somarakis ◽

George Triantafyllou ◽

Kostas P. Tsiaras ◽

Marianna Giannoulaki ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Marine Ecosystem ◽

Biomass Yields ◽

Large Marine Ecosystem ◽

The Mediterranean

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The large marine ecosystem approach to assessment and management of polar bears during climate change

Environmental Development ◽

10.1016/j.envdev.2014.04.007 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 67-83

Author(s):

Sandra S. Elvin

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Marine Ecosystem ◽

Ecosystem Approach ◽

Polar Bears ◽

Large Marine Ecosystem

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Climate change effects in the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem

Environmental Development ◽

10.1016/j.envdev.2015.09.005 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 ◽

pp. 46-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Elayaperumal Vivekanandan ◽

Rudolf Hermes ◽

Chris O’Brien

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Bay Of Bengal ◽

Marine Ecosystem ◽

Climate Change Effects ◽

Large Marine Ecosystem

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Macrobenthic fauna from an upwelling coastal area of Peru (Warm Temperate South-eastern Pacific province -Humboldtian ecoregion)

Biodiversity Data Journal ◽

10.3897/bdj.6.e28937 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vicente Tasso ◽

Mustapha El Haddad ◽

Carolina Assadi ◽

Remy Canales ◽

Luis Aguirre ◽

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Keyword(s):

Coastal Area ◽

Marine Ecosystem ◽

Biodiversity Monitoring ◽

Surrounding Area ◽

Humboldt Current ◽

Assessment Program ◽

The World ◽

Large Marine Ecosystem ◽

Warm Temperate ◽

Hard Substrates

A total of 162 species and subspecies of marine macroinvertebrates were recorded in the submerged soft and hard substrates around the PERU LNG marine terminal and surrounding area, in the central coast of Peru, 167 km south of Lima, Peru. The collection of specimens was carried out from June 2011 to June 2015 as part of the research studies conducted by the Biodiversity Monitoring and Assessment Program (BMAP) around the marine terminal. The area is part of the Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem, one of the most important upwelling systems in the world. We identified specimens belonging to 83 families and seven phyla. The list was assembled from the taxonomic identifications made by the BMAP. We identified species and subspecies belonging to phyla Annelida, Arthropoda, Brachiopoda, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Bryozoa and Mollusca. Phyla Annelida (60 spp.), Arthropoda (47 spp.)and Mollusca (45 spp.) exhibited the largest number of species.

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