INVESTIGADORES
MARTINETTO Paulina Maria Del Rosario
artículos
Título:
Reconsidering Ocean Calamities
Autor/es:
CARLOS M. DUARTE; ROBINSON W. FULWEILER; CATHERINE E. LOVELOCK; PAULINA MARTINETTO; MEGAN I. SAUNDERS; JOHN M. PANDOLFI; STEFAN GELCICH; SCOTT W. NIXON
Revista:
BIOSCIENCE
Editorial:
AMER INST BIOLOGICAL SCI
Referencias:
Año: 2015 vol. 65 p. 130 - 139
ISSN:
0006-3568
Resumen:
The proliferation of a number of pressures
affecting the ocean is leading to a growing concern that the state of the ocean
is compromised, which is driving society into pessimism. Ocean calamities are
disruptive changes to ocean ecosystems that have profound impacts and that are
widespread or global in scope. However, scrutiny of ocean calamities to ensure
that they can be confidently attributed to human drivers, operate at widespread
or global scales, and cause severe disruptions of marine social-ecosystems
shows that some of the problems fail to meet these requirements or that the
evidence is equivocal. A number of biases internal and external to the scientific
community contribute to perpetuating the perception of ocean calamities in the
absence of robust evidence. An organized auditing of ocean calamities may
deliver a more precise diagnosis of the status of the oceans, which may help to
identify the most pressing problems that need be addressed to conserve a
healthy ocean.