Ecological network analysis metrics: The need for an entire ecosystem approach in management and policy. (15th May 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Ecological network analysis metrics: The need for an entire ecosystem approach in management and policy. (15th May 2019)
- Main Title:
- Ecological network analysis metrics: The need for an entire ecosystem approach in management and policy
- Authors:
- Fath, Brian D.
Asmus, Harald
Asmus, Ragnhild
Baird, Dan
Borrett, Stuart R.
de Jonge, Victor N.
Ludovisi, Alessandro
Niquil, Nathalie
Scharler, Ursula M.
Schückel, Ulrike
Wolff, Matthias - Abstract:
- Abstract: In this paper, we identified seven ecological network analysis (ENA) metrics that, in our opinion, have high potential to provide useful and practical information for environmental decision-makers and stakeholders. Measurement and quantification of the network indicators requires that an ecosystem level assessment is implemented. The ENA metrics convey the status of the ecological system state variables, and mostly, the flows and relations between the various nodes of the network. The seven metrics are: 1) Average Path Length (APL), 2) Finn Cycling Index (FCI), 3) Mean Trophic level (MTL), 4) Detritivory to Herbivory ratio (D:H), 5) Keystoneness, 6) Structural Information (SI), and 7) Flow-based Information indices. The procedure for calculating each metric is detailed along with a short evaluation of their potential assessment of environmental status.
- Is Part Of:
- Ocean & coastal management. Volume 174(2019)
- Journal:
- Ocean & coastal management
- Issue:
- Volume 174(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 174, Issue 2019 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 174
- Issue:
- 2019
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0174-2019-0000
- Page Start:
- 1
- Page End:
- 14
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05-15
- Subjects:
- Ecological network analysis -- Cycling -- Trophic length -- Marine and coastal environment -- Food web
Marine resources -- Management -- Periodicals
Coastal zone management -- Periodicals
Coastal ecology -- Periodicals
Ressources marines -- Périodiques
Littoral -- Aménagement -- Périodiques
Écologie littorale -- Périodiques
Coastal ecology
Coastal zone management
Marine resources -- Management
Periodicals
Electronic journals
551.46 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09645691 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.03.007 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0964-5691
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