Using integrated, ecosystem-level management to address intensifying ocean acidification and hypoxia in the California Current large marine ecosystem

Klinger, Terrie; Chornesky, Elizabeth A.; Whiteman, Elizabeth A.; Chan, Francis; Largier, John L.; Wakefield, W. Waldo

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Using integrated, ecosystem-level management to address intensifying ocean acidification and hypoxia in the California Current large marine ecosystem

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2017
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Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
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Klinger, Terrie ; Chornesky, Elizabeth A. ; Whiteman, Elizabeth A. ; Chan, Francis ; Largier, John L. ; Wakefield, W. Waldo
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NWFSC (Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
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Ocean acidification is intensifying and hypoxia is projected to expand in the California Current large marine ecosystem as a result of processes associated with the global emission of CO2. Observed changes in the California Current outpace those in many other areas of the ocean, underscoring the pressing need to adopt management approaches that can accommodate uncertainty and the complicated dynamics forced by accelerating change. We argue that changes occurring in the California Current large marine ecosystem provide opportunities and incentives to adopt an integrated, systems-level approach to resource management to preserve existing ecosystem services and forestall abrupt change. Practical options already exist to maximize the benefits of management actions and ameliorate impending change in the California Current, for instance, adding ocean acidification and hypoxia to design criteria for marine protected areas, including consideration of ocean acidification and hypoxia in fisheries management decisions, and fully enforcing existing laws and regulations that govern water quality and land use and development.
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Atmospheric Science Ecology Environmental Engineering Geology Geotechnical Engineering And Engineering Geology Oceanography Geotechnical Engineering And Engineering Geology Geotechnical Engineering And Engineering Geology
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Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 5
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https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.198
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2325-1026
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University of California Press
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