Mary Ruckelshaus

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• Gross ecosystem product (GEP): Quantifying nature for environmental and economic policy innovation. Ambio Zheng, H., Wu, T., Ouyang, Z., Polasky, S., Ruckelshaus, M., Wang, L., Xiao, Y., Gao, X., Li, C., Daily, G. C. 2023

  Abstract

  The large-scale loss of ecosystem assets around the world, and the resultant reduction in the provision of nature's benefits to people, underscores the urgent need for better metrics of ecological performance as well as their integration into decision-making. Gross ecosystem product (GEP) is a measure of the aggregate monetary value of final ecosystem-related goods and services in a specific area and for a given accounting period. GEP accounting captures the use of many ecosystem services in production processes across the economy, which are then valued in terms of their benefits to society. GEP has five key elements that make it transparent, trackable, and readily understandable: (1) a focus on nature's contributions to people; (2) the measurement of ecosystem assets as stocks and ecosystem services as flows; (3) the quantification of ecosystem service use; (4) an understanding of ecosystem service supply chains through value realization; and (5) the disaggregation of benefits across groups. Correspondingly, a series of innovative policies based on GEP have been designed and implemented in China. The theoretical and practical lessons provided by these experiences can support continued policy innovation for green and inclusive development around the world.

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s13280-023-01948-8

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• Evidence-based target setting informs blue carbon strategies for nationally determined contributions. Nature ecology & evolution Arkema, K. K., Delevaux, J. M., Silver, J. M., Winder, S. G., Schile-Beers, L. M., Bood, N., Crooks, S., Douthwaite, K., Durham, C., Hawthorne, P. L., Hickey, T., Mattis, C., Rosado, A., Ruckelshaus, M., von Unger, M., Young, A. 2023

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  The magnitude and pace of global climate change demand ambitious and effective implementation of nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Nature-based solutions present an efficient approach to achieving mitigation, adaptation and resilience goals. Yet few nations have quantified the diverse benefits of nature-based solutions to evaluate and select ecosystem targets for their NDCs. Here we report on Belize's pursuit of innovative, evidence-based target setting by accounting for multiple benefits of blue carbon strategies. Through quantification of carbon storage and sequestration and optimization of co-benefits, we explore time-bound targets and prioritize locations for mangrove protection and restoration. We find increases in carbon benefits with larger mangrove investments, while fisheries, tourism and coastal risk-reduction co-benefits grow initially and then plateau. We identify locations, currently lacking protected status, where prioritizing blue carbon strategies would provide the greatest delivery of co-benefits to communities. These findings informed Belize's updated NDCs to include an additional 12,000ha of mangrove protection and 4,000ha of mangrove restoration, respectively, by 2030. Our study serves as an example for the more than 150 other countries that have the opportunity to enhance greenhouse gas sequestration and climate adaptation by incorporating blue carbon strategies that provide multiple societal benefits into their NDCs.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41559-023-02081-1

  View details for PubMedID 37264198

• Colombian biodiversity is governed by a rich and diverse policy mix. Nature ecology & evolution Echeverri, A., Furumo, P. R., Moss, S., Figot Kuthy, A. G., Garcia Aguirre, D., Mandle, L., Valencia, I. D., Ruckelshaus, M., Daily, G. C., Lambin, E. F. 2023

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  We lack an understanding of how diverse policymakers interact to govern biodiversity. Taking Colombia as a focal case, we examined six decades of biodiversity governance (1959-2018). Here we analysed the composition of the policy mix, and how it has evolved over time, how policies differ among lead actors and ecosystems, and whether the policy mix addresses the primary threats to biodiversity. We identified 186 biodiversity-related policies that govern multiple ecosystems, use different instruments and address the main threats to biodiversity (that is, agriculture and aquaculture, and biological resource use). We found policy gaps in the governance of invasive species and wildlife trade. Biodiversity policy integration into some sectoral policies, such as climate change, poverty and pollution, has become more common in the past decade. Our results point to an increased need for effective coordination across sectors and actors, as new ones influence and implement the policy mix.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41559-023-01983-4

  View details for PubMedID 36747078

• Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science ECOSPHERE Halpern, B. S., Boettiger, C., Dietze, M. C., Gephart, J. A., Gonzalez, P., Grimm, N. B., Groffman, P. M., Gurevitch, J., Hobbie, S. E., Komatsu, K. J., Kroeker, K. J., Lahr, H. J., Lodge, D. M., Lortie, C. J., Lowndes, J. S., Micheli, F., Possingham, H. P., Ruckelshaus, M. H., Scarborough, C., Wood, C. L., Wu, G. C., Aoyama, L., Arroyo, E. E., Bahlai, C. A., Beller, E. E., Blake, R. E., Bork, K. S., Branch, T. A., Brown, N. M., Brun, J., Bruna, E. M., Buckley, L. B., Burnett, J. L., Castorani, M. N., Cheng, S. H., Cohen, S. C., Couture, J. L., Crowder, L. B., Dee, L. E., Dias, A. S., Diaz-Maroto, I. J., Downs, M. R., Dudney, J. C., Ellis, E. C., Emery, K. A., Eurich, J. G., Ferriss, B. E., Fredston, A., Furukawa, H., Gagne, S. A., Garlick, S. R., Garroway, C. J., Gaynor, K. M., Gonzalez, A. L., Grames, E. M., Guy-Haim, T., Hackett, E., Hallett, L. M., Harms, T. K., Haulsee, D. E., Haynes, K. J., Hazen, E. L., Jarvis, R. M., Jones, K., Kandlikar, G. S., Kincaid, D. W., Knope, M. L., Koirala, A., Kolasa, J., Kominoski, J. S., Koricheva, J., Lancaster, L. T., Lawlor, J. A., Lowman, H. E., Muller-Karger, F. E., Norman, K. A., Nourn, N., O'Hara, C. C., Ou, S. X., Padilla-Gamino, J. L., Pappalardo, P., Peek, R. A., Pelletier, D., Plont, S., Ponisio, L. C., Portales-Reyes, C., Provete, D. B., Raes, E. J., Ramirez-Reyes, C., Ramos, I., Record, S., Richardson, A. J., Salguero-Gomez, R., Satterthwaite, E., Schmidt, C., Schwartz, A. J., See, C. R., Shea, B. D., Smith, R. S., Sokol, E. R., Solomon, C. T., Spanbauer, T., Stefanoudis, P., Sterner, B. W., Sudbrack, V., Tonkin, J. D., Townes, A. R., Valle, M., Walter, J. A., Wheeler, K., Wieder, W. R., Williams, D. R., Winter, M., Winterova, B., Woodall, L. C., Wymore, A. S., Youngflesh, C. 2023; 14 (1)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/ecs2.4342

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• 25 years of valuing ecosystems in decision-making NATURE Daily, G. C., Ruckelshaus, M. 2022

  View details for DOI 10.1038/d41586-022-01480-x

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• Integrated and innovative scenario approaches for sustainable development planning in The Bahamas ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY Wyatt, K. H., Arkema, K. K., Wells-Moultrie, S., Silver, J. M., Lashley, B., Thomas, A., Kuiper, J. J., Guerry, A. D., Ruckelshaus, M. 2021; 26 (4)

  View details for DOI 10.5751/ES-12764-260423

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• Harnessing new data technologies for nature-based solutions in assessing and managing risk in coastal zones INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION Ruckelshaus, M., Reguero, B. G., Arkema, K., Compean, R., Weekes, K., Bailey, A., Silver, J. 2020; 51

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101795

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• Renewable energy targets may undermine their sustainability NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE Spillias, S., Kareiva, P., Ruckelshaus, M., McDonald-Madden, E. 2020

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41558-020-00939-x

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• A transition to sustainable ocean governance. Nature communications Rudolph, T. B., Ruckelshaus, M., Swilling, M., Allison, E. H., Osterblom, H., Gelcich, S., Mbatha, P. 2020; 11 (1): 3600

  Abstract

  Human wellbeing relies on the Biosphere, including natural resources provided by ocean ecosystems. As multiple demands and stressors threaten the ocean, transformative change in ocean governance is required to maintain the contributions of the ocean to people. Here we illustrate how transition theory can be applied to ocean governance. We demonstrate how current economic and social systems can adapt to existing pressures and shift towards ocean stewardship through incorporation of niche innovations within and across economic sectors and stakeholder communities. These novel approaches support an emergent but purposeful transition and suggest a clear path to a thriving and vibrant relationship between humans and the ocean. Oceans provide important natural resources, but the management and governance of the ocean is complex and the ecosystem is suffering as a result. The authors discuss current barriers to sustainable ocean governance and suggest pathways forward.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-17410-2

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• Using gross ecosystem product (GEP) to value nature in decision making. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Ouyang, Z., Song, C., Zheng, H., Polasky, S., Xiao, Y., Bateman, I. J., Liu, J., Ruckelshaus, M., Shi, F., Xiao, Y., Xu, W., Zou, Z., Daily, G. C. 2020

  Abstract

  Gross domestic product (GDP) summarizes a vast amount of economic information in a single monetary metric that is widely used by decision makers around the world. However, GDP fails to capture fully the contributions of nature to economic activity and human well-being. To address this critical omission, we develop a measure of gross ecosystem product (GEP) that summarizes the value of ecosystem services in a single monetary metric. We illustrate the measurement of GEP through an application to the Chinese province of Qinghai, showing that the approach is tractable using available data. Known as the "water tower of Asia," Qinghai is the source of the Mekong, Yangtze, and Yellow Rivers, and indeed, we find that water-related ecosystem services make up nearly two-thirds of the value of GEP for Qinghai. Importantly most of these benefits accrue downstream. In Qinghai, GEP was greater than GDP in 2000 and three-fourths as large as GDP in 2015 as its market economy grew. Large-scale investment in restoration resulted in improvements in the flows of ecosystem services measured in GEP (127.5%) over this period. Going forward, China is using GEP in decision making in multiple ways, as part of a transformation to inclusive, green growth. This includes investing in conservation of ecosystem assets to secure provision of ecosystem services through transregional compensation payments.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1911439117

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• The IPBES Global Assessment: Pathways to Action. Trends in ecology & evolution Ruckelshaus, M. H., Jackson, S. T., Mooney, H. A., Jacobs, K. L., Kassam, K. S., Arroyo, M. T., Báldi, A. n., Bartuska, A. M., Boyd, J. n., Joppa, L. N., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. n., Parsons, J. P., Scholes, R. J., Shogren, J. F., Ouyang, Z. n. 2020; 35 (5): 407–14

  Abstract

  The first Global Assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) found widespread, accelerating declines in Earth's biodiversity and associated benefits to people from nature. Addressing these trends will require science-based policy responses to reduce impacts, especially at national to local scales. Effective scaling of science-policy efforts, driven by global and national assessments, is a major challenge for turning assessment into action and will require unprecedented commitment by scientists to engage with communities of policy and practice. Fulfillment of science's social contract with society, and with nature, will require strong institutional support for scientists' participation in activities that transcend conventional research and publication.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2020.01.009

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• Author Correction: A transition to sustainable ocean governance. Nature communications Rudolph, T. B., Ruckelshaus, M. n., Swilling, M. n., Allison, E. H., Österblom, H. n., Gelcich, S. n., Mbatha, P. n. 2020; 11 (1): 4494

  Abstract

  An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-18409-5

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• Coastal vulnerability to climate change in China's Bohai Economic Rim. Environment international Zhang, Y. n., Wu, T. n., Arkema, K. K., Han, B. n., Lu, F. n., Ruckelshaus, M. n., Ouyang, Z. n. 2020; 147: 106359

  Abstract

  Climate change and human activities exert a wide range of stressors on urban coastal areas. Synthetical assessment of coastal vulnerability is crucial for effective interventions and long-term planning. However, there have been few studies based on integrative analyses of ecological and physical characteristics and socioeconomic conditions in urban coastal areas. This study developed a holistic framework for assessing coastal vulnerability from three dimensions - biophysical exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity - and applied it to the coast of Bohai Economic Rim, an extensive and important development zone in China. A composite vulnerability index (CVI) was developed for every 1 km2 segment of the total 5627 km coastline and the areas that most prone to coastal hazards were identified by mapping the distribution patterns of the CVIs in the present and under future climate change scenarios. The CVIs show a spatial heterogeneity, with higher values concentrated along the southwestern and northeastern coasts and lower values concentrated along the southern coasts. Currently, 20% of the coastlines with approximately 350,000 people are highly vulnerable to coastal hazards. With sea-level rises under the future scenarios of the year 2100, more coastlines will be highly vulnerable, and the amount of highly-threatened population was estimated to increase by 13-24%. Among the coastal cities, Dongying was categorized as having the highest vulnerability, mainly due to poor transportation and medical services and low GDP per capita, which contribute to low adaptive capacity. Our results can benefit decision-makers by highlighting prioritized areas and identifying the most important determinants of priority, facilitating location-specific interventions for climate-change adaptation and sustainable coastal management.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106359

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• Advancing Coastal Risk Reduction Science and Implementation by Accounting for Climate, Ecosystems, and People FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE Silver, J. M., Arkema, K. K., Griffin, R. M., Lashley, B., Lemay, M., Maldonado, S., Moultrie, S. H., Ruckelshaus, M., Schill, S., Thomas, A., Wyatt, K., Verutes, G. 2019; 6

  View details for DOI 10.3389/fmars.2019.00556

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• INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON PISCO: PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF COASTAL OCEANS OCEANOGRAPHY Leslie, H. M., Ruckelshaus, M., Witman, J. D. 2019; 32 (3): 12–15

  View details for DOI 10.5670/oceanog.2019.306

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• Integrating fisheries management into sustainable development planning ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY Arkema, K. K., Rogers, L. A., Toft, J., Mesher, A., Wyatt, K. H., Albury-Smith, S., Moultrie, S., Ruckelshaus, M. H., Samhouri, J. 2019; 24 (2)

  View details for DOI 10.5751/ES-10630-240201

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• Global modeling of nature's contributions to people. Science (New York, N.Y.) Chaplin-Kramer, R. n., Sharp, R. P., Weil, C. n., Bennett, E. M., Pascual, U. n., Arkema, K. K., Brauman, K. A., Bryant, B. P., Guerry, A. D., Haddad, N. M., Hamann, M. n., Hamel, P. n., Johnson, J. A., Mandle, L. n., Pereira, H. M., Polasky, S. n., Ruckelshaus, M. n., Shaw, M. R., Silver, J. M., Vogl, A. L., Daily, G. C. 2019; 366 (6462): 255–58

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  The magnitude and pace of global change demand rapid assessment of nature and its contributions to people. We present a fine-scale global modeling of current status and future scenarios for several contributions: water quality regulation, coastal risk reduction, and crop pollination. We find that where people's needs for nature are now greatest, nature's ability to meet those needs is declining. Up to 5 billion people face higher water pollution and insufficient pollination for nutrition under future scenarios of land use and climate change, particularly in Africa and South Asia. Hundreds of millions of people face heightened coastal risk across Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas. Continued loss of nature poses severe threats, yet these can be reduced 3- to 10-fold under a sustainable development scenario.

  View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aaw3372

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• Synthetic vulnerability assessment to inform climate-change adaptation along an urbanized coast of Shenzhen, China. Journal of environmental management Zhang, Y. n., Ruckelshaus, M. n., Arkema, K. K., Han, B. n., Lu, F. n., Zheng, H. n., Ouyang, Z. n. 2019; 255: 109915

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  Coastal zones are increasingly threatened by stressors from both climate change and human activities. Vulnerability assessment is central to the implementation of interventions for adapting climate change. However, synthetic vulnerability based on an integrative analysis of ecosystem service and socioeconomic characteristics in urban coastal zones with tightly coupled human-nature interactions is not fully understood. Based on the Coastal Vulnerability model of the InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs) tool, a holistic framework for assessing coastal vulnerability to multiple hazards (sea level rise, waves and storm surge) was developed by integrating ecological, physical and socioeconomic factors into a single spatial representation and applied to the coast of Shenzhen, China. Based on the levels of biophysical exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity of coastal communities, a three-dimensional decision matrix was proposed for planning location-specific interventions. Results show that approximately 15% of the coastline were categorized as having high vulnerability. Spatial vulnerability heterogeneity was found within and across the coastal districts, with Yantian grouped into the most vulnerable district. The biophysical exposure has greater influences on the overall vulnerability than either sensitivity or adaptive capacity. This study highlights the significance of complex interactions between natural ecosystems and socioeconomic conditions in driving vulnerability and suggests that combined natural-based defenses and socioeconomic factors contribute to lower vulnerability. The results can help decision-makers prioritize coastal zones for interventions and identifying adaptive strategies that target drivers of vulnerability.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109915

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• Leveraging vessel traffic data and a temporary fishing closure to inform marine management FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Elahi, R., Ferretti, F., Bastari, A., Cerrano, C., Colloca, F., Kowalik, J., Ruckelshaus, M., Struck, A., Micheli, F. 2018; 16 (8): 440–45

  View details for DOI 10.1002/fee.1936

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• Habitat risk assessment for regional ocean planning in the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic PLOS ONE Wyatt, K. H., Griffin, R., Guerry, A. D., Ruckelshaus, M., Fogarty, M., Arkema, K. K. 2017; 12 (12): e0188776

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  Coastal habitats provide important benefits to people, including habitat for species targeted by fisheries and opportunities for tourism and recreation. Yet, such human activities also can imperil these habitats and undermine the ecosystem services they provide to people. Cumulative risk assessment provides an analytical framework for synthesizing the influence of multiple stressors across habitats and decision-support for balancing human uses and ecosystem health. To explore cumulative risk to habitats in the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Ocean Planning regions, we apply the open-source InVEST Habitat Risk Assessment model to 13 habitats and 31 stressors in an exposure-consequence framework. In doing so, we advance the science priorities of EBM and both regional planning bodies by synthesizing the wealth of available data to improve our understanding of human uses and how they affect marine resources. We find that risk to ecosystems is greatest first, along the coast, where a large number of stressors occur in close proximity and secondly, along the continental shelf, where fewer, higher consequence activities occur. Habitats at greatest risk include soft and hard-bottom nearshore areas, tidal flats, soft-bottom shelf habitat, and rocky intertidal zones-with the degree of risk varying spatially. Across all habitats, our results indicate that rising sea surface temperatures, commercial fishing, and shipping consistently and disproportionally contribute to risk. Further, our findings suggest that management in the nearshore will require simultaneously addressing the temporal and spatial overlap as well as intensity of multiple human activities and that management in the offshore requires more targeted efforts to reduce exposure from specific threats. We offer a transparent, generalizable approach to evaluating cumulative risk to multiple habitats and illustrate the spatially heterogeneous nature of impacts along the eastern Atlantic coast and the importance of spatial scale in estimating such impacts. These results offer a valuable decision-support tool by helping to constrain the decision space, focus attention on habitats and locations at the greatest risk, and highlight effect management strategies.

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• Life cycle assessment needs predictive spatial modelling for biodiversity and ecosystem services NATURE COMMUNICATIONS Chaplin-Kramer, R., Sim, S., Hamel, P., Bryant, B., Noe, R., Mueller, C., Rigarlsford, G., Kulak, M., Kowal, V., Sharp, R., Clavreul, J., Price, E., Polasky, S., Ruckelshaus, M., Daily, G. 2017; 8

  Abstract

  International corporations in an increasingly globalized economy exert a major influence on the planet's land use and resources through their product design and material sourcing decisions. Many companies use life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate their sustainability, yet commonly-used LCA methodologies lack the spatial resolution and predictive ecological information to reveal key impacts on climate, water and biodiversity. We present advances for LCA that integrate spatially explicit modelling of land change and ecosystem services in a Land-Use Change Improved (LUCI)-LCA. Comparing increased demand for bioplastics derived from two alternative feedstock-location scenarios for maize and sugarcane, we find that the LUCI-LCA approach yields results opposite to those of standard LCA for greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption, and of different magnitudes for soil erosion and biodiversity. This approach highlights the importance of including information about where and how land-use change and related impacts will occur in supply chain and innovation decisions.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/ncomms15065

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• Transdisciplinary Research for Conservation and Sustainable Development Planning in the Caribbean CONSERVATION FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE OCEAN: INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE IN SUPPORT OF NATURE AND PEOPLE Arkema, K. K., Ruckelshaus, M., Levin, P. S., Poe, M. R. 2017: 333-357

  View details for DOI 10.1016/B978-0-12-805375-1.00016-7

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• Entry Points for Considering Ecosystem Services within Infrastructure Planning: How to Integrate Conservation with Development in Order to Aid Them Both CONSERVATION LETTERS Mandle, L., Bryant, B. P., Ruckelshaus, M., Geneletti, D., Kiesecker, J. M., Pfaff, A. 2016; 9 (3): 221-227

  View details for DOI 10.1111/conl.12201

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• Evaluating the Benefits of Green Infrastructure for Coastal Areas: Location, Location, Location COASTAL MANAGEMENT Ruckelshaus, M. H., Guannel, G., Arkema, K., Verutes, G., Griffin, R., Guerry, A., Silver, J., Faries, J., Brenner, J., Rosenthal, A. 2016; 44 (5): 504-516

  View details for DOI 10.1080/08920753.2016.1208882

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• Mitigation for the people: an ecosystem services framework HANDBOOK ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT Tallis, H., Kennedy, C. M., Ruckelshaus, M., Goldstein, J., Kiesecker, J. M., Geneletti, D. 2016: 397-427

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• Government: Plan for ecosystem services. Science (New York, N.Y.) Joppa, L. N., Boyd, J. W., Duke, C. S., Hampton, S. n., Jackson, S. T., Jacobs, K. L., Kassam, K. S., Mooney, H. A., Ogden, L. A., Ruckelshaus, M. n., Shogren, J. F. 2016; 351 (6277): 1037

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• Toward a national, sustained U.S. ecosystem assessment. Science (New York, N.Y.) Jackson, S. T., Duke, C. S., Hampton, S. E., Jacobs, K. L., Joppa, L. N., Kassam, K. S., Mooney, H. A., Ogden, L. A., Ruckelshaus, M. n., Shogren, J. F. 2016; 354 (6314): 838–39

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• Incorporating the visibility of coastal energy infrastructure into multi-criteria siting decisions MARINE POLICY Griffin, R., Chaumont, N., Denu, D., Guerry, A., Kim, C., Ruckelshaus, M. 2015; 62: 218-223

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.09.024

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• Mitigation for one & all: An integrated framework for mitigation of development impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW Tanis, H., Kennedy, C. M., Ruckelshaus, M., Goldstein, J., Kiesecker, J. M. 2015; 55: 21-34

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.eiar.2015.06.005

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• Fisheries and biodiversity benefits of using static versus dynamic models for designing marine reserve networks ECOSPHERE Brown, C. J., White, C., Beger, M., Grantham, H. S., Halpern, B. S., Klein, C. J., Mumby, P. J., Tulloch, V. J., Ruckelshaus, M., Possingham, H. P. 2015; 6 (10)

  View details for DOI 10.1890/ES14-00429.1

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• Stable isotopes and oceanographic modeling reveal spatial and trophic connectivity among terrestrial, estuarine, and marine environments MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Conway-Cranos, L., KIFFNEY, P., Banas, N., Plummer, M., NAMAN, S., MacCready, P., Bucci, J., Ruckelshaus, M. 2015; 533: 15-28

  View details for DOI 10.3354/meps11318

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• Notes from the field: Lessons learned from using ecosystem service approaches to inform real-world decisions ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS Ruckelshaus, M., Mckenzie, E., Tallis, H., Guerry, A., Daily, G., Kareiva, P., Polasky, S., Ricketts, T., Bhagabati, N., Wood, S. A., Bernhardt, J. 2015; 115: 11-21

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.009

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• Embedding ecosystem services in coastal planning leads to better outcomes for people and nature PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Arkema, K. K., Verutes, G. M., Wood, S. A., Clarke-Samuels, C., Rosado, S., Canto, M., Rosenthal, A., Ruckelshaus, M., Guannel, G., Toft, J., Faries, J., Silver, J. M., Griffin, R., Guerry, A. D. 2015; 112 (24): 7390-7395

  Abstract

  Recent calls for ocean planning envision informed management of social and ecological systems to sustain delivery of ecosystem services to people. However, until now, no coastal and marine planning process has applied an ecosystem-services framework to understand how human activities affect the flow of benefits, to create scenarios, and to design a management plan. We developed models that quantify services provided by corals, mangroves, and seagrasses. We used these models within an extensive engagement process to design a national spatial plan for Belize's coastal zone. Through iteration of modeling and stakeholder engagement, we developed a preferred plan, currently under formal consideration by the Belizean government. Our results suggest that the preferred plan will lead to greater returns from coastal protection and tourism than outcomes from scenarios oriented toward achieving either conservation or development goals. The plan will also reduce impacts to coastal habitat and increase revenues from lobster fishing relative to current management. By accounting for spatial variation in the impacts of coastal and ocean activities on benefits that ecosystems provide to people, our models allowed stakeholders and policymakers to refine zones of human use. The final version of the preferred plan improved expected coastal protection by >25% and more than doubled the revenue from fishing, compared with earlier versions based on stakeholder preferences alone. Including outcomes in terms of ecosystem-service supply and value allowed for explicit consideration of multiple benefits from oceans and coasts that typically are evaluated separately in management decisions.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1406483112

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• Improving global environmental management with standard corporate reporting PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Kareiva, P. M., McNally, B. W., McCormick, S., Miller, T., Ruckelshaus, M. 2015; 112 (24): 7375-7382

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  Multinational corporations play a prominent role in shaping the environmental trajectory of the planet. The integration of environmental costs and benefits into corporate decision-making has enormous, but as yet unfulfilled, potential to promote sustainable development. To help steer business decisions toward better environmental outcomes, corporate reporting frameworks need to develop scientifically informed standards that consistently consider land use and land conversion, clean air (including greenhouse gas emissions), availability and quality of freshwater, degradation of coastal and marine habitats, and sustainable use of renewable resources such as soil, timber, and fisheries. Standardization by itself will not be enough-also required are advances in ecosystem modeling and in our understanding of critical ecological thresholds. With improving ecosystem science, the opportunity for realizing a major breakthrough in reporting corporate environmental impacts and dependencies has never been greater. Now is the time for ecologists to take advantage of an explosion of sustainability commitments from business leaders and expanding pressure for sustainable practices from shareholders, financial institutions, and consumers.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1408120111

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• Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Guerry, A. D., Polasky, S., Lubchenco, J., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Daily, G. C., Griffin, R., Ruckelshaus, M., Bateman, I. J., Duraiappah, A., Elmqvist, T., Feldman, M. W., Folke, C., Hoekstra, J., Kareiva, P. M., Keeler, B. L., Li, S., Mckenzie, E., Ouyang, Z., Reyers, B., Ricketts, T. H., Rockstrom, J., Tallis, H., Vira, B. 2015; 112 (24): 7348-7355

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  The central challenge of the 21st century is to develop economic, social, and governance systems capable of ending poverty and achieving sustainable levels of population and consumption while securing the life-support systems underpinning current and future human well-being. Essential to meeting this challenge is the incorporation of natural capital and the ecosystem services it provides into decision-making. We explore progress and crucial gaps at this frontier, reflecting upon the 10 y since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. We focus on three key dimensions of progress and ongoing challenges: raising awareness of the interdependence of ecosystems and human well-being, advancing the fundamental interdisciplinary science of ecosystem services, and implementing this science in decisions to restore natural capital and use it sustainably. Awareness of human dependence on nature is at an all-time high, the science of ecosystem services is rapidly advancing, and talk of natural capital is now common from governments to corporate boardrooms. However, successful implementation is still in early stages. We explore why ecosystem service information has yet to fundamentally change decision-making and suggest a path forward that emphasizes: (i) developing solid evidence linking decisions to impacts on natural capital and ecosystem services, and then to human well-being; (ii) working closely with leaders in government, business, and civil society to develop the knowledge, tools, and practices necessary to integrate natural capital and ecosystem services into everyday decision-making; and (iii) reforming institutions to change policy and practices to better align private short-term goals with societal long-term goals.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1503751112

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• Impacts of conservation and human development policy across stakeholders and scales PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Li, C., Zheng, H., Li, S., Chen, X., Li, J., Zeng, W., Liang, Y., Polasky, S., Feldman, M. W., Ruckelshaus, M., Ouyang, Z., Daily, G. C. 2015; 112 (24): 7396-7401

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  Ideally, both ecosystem service and human development policies should improve human well-being through the conservation of ecosystems that provide valuable services. However, program costs and benefits to multiple stakeholders, and how they change through time, are rarely carefully analyzed. We examine one of China's new ecosystem service protection and human development policies: the Relocation and Settlement Program of Southern Shaanxi Province (RSP), which pays households who opt voluntarily to resettle from mountainous areas. The RSP aims to reduce disaster risk, restore important ecosystem services, and improve human well-being. We use household surveys and biophysical data in an integrated economic cost-benefit analysis for multiple stakeholders. We project that the RSP will result in positive net benefits to the municipal government, and to cross-region and global beneficiaries over the long run along with environment improvement, including improved water quality, soil erosion control, and carbon sequestration. However, there are significant short-run relocation costs for local residents so that poor households may have difficulty participating because they lack the resources to pay the initial costs of relocation. Greater subsidies and subsequent supports after relocation are necessary to reduce the payback period of resettled households in the long run. Compensation from downstream beneficiaries for improved water and from carbon trades could be channeled into reducing relocation costs for the poor and sharing the burden of RSP implementation. The effectiveness of the RSP could also be greatly strengthened by early investment in developing human capital and environment-friendly jobs and establishing long-term mechanisms for securing program goals. These challenges and potential solutions pervade ecosystem service efforts globally.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1406486112

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• Reply to Phelps et al: Liability rules provide incentives to protect natural capital. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Polasky, S. n., Guerry, A. D., Lubchenco, J. n., Ruckelshaus, M. n. 2015; 112 (39): E5380

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• Assessing habitat risk from human activities to inform coastal and marine spatial planning: a demonstration in Belize ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS Arkema, K. K., Verutes, G., Bernhardt, J. R., Clarke, C., Rosado, S., Canto, M., Wood, S. A., Ruckelshaus, M., Rosenthal, A., McField, M., de Zegher, J. 2014; 9 (11)

  View details for DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114016

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• Key lessons for incorporating natural infrastructure into regional climate adaptation planning OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT Langridge, S. M., Hartge, E. H., Clark, R., Arkema, K., Verutes, G. M., Prahler, E. E., Stoner-Duncan, S., Revell, D. L., Caldwell, M. R., Guerry, A. D., Ruckelshaus, M., Abeles, A., Coburn, C., O'Connor, K. 2014; 95: 189-197

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.03.019

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• From mountains to sound: modelling the sensitivity of Dungeness crab and Pacific oyster to landsea interactions in Hood Canal, WA ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE Toft, J. E., Burke, J. L., Carey, M. P., Kim, C. K., Marsik, M., Sutherland, D. A., ARKEMA, K. K., Guerry, A. D., Levin, P. S., Minello, T. J., Plummer, M., Ruckelshaus, M. H., Townsend, H. M. 2014; 71 (3): 725-738

  View details for DOI 10.1093/icesjms/fst072

  View details for Web of Science ID 000334694300029

• Characterizing coastal foodwebs with qualitative links to bridge the gap between the theory and the practice of ecosystem-based management ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE Carey, M. P., Levin, P. S., Townsend, H., Minello, T. J., Sutton, G. R., Francis, T. B., Harvey, C. J., Toft, J. E., Arkema, K. K., Burke, J. L., Kim, C., Guerry, A. D., Plummer, M., Spiridonov, G., Ruckelshaus, M. 2014; 71 (3): 713-724

  View details for DOI 10.1093/icesjms/fst012

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• The Future of Marine Conservation and Management MARINE COMMUNITY ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION Ruckelshaus, M. H., Kareiva, P. M., Crowder, L. B., Bertness, M. D., Bruno, J. F., Silliman, B. R., Stachowicz, J. J. 2014: 517–43

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• Climate change's impact on key ecosystem services and the human well-being they support in the US FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Nelson, E. J., Kareiva, P., Ruckelshaus, M., Arkema, K., Geller, G., Girvetz, E., Goodrich, D., Matzek, V., Pinsky, M., Reid, W., Saunders, M., Semmens, D., Tallis, H. 2013; 11 (9): 483-493

  View details for DOI 10.1890/120312

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• Climate-change impacts on ecological systems: introduction to a US assessment FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Grimm, N. B., Staudinger, M. D., Staudt, A., Carter, S. L., Chapin, F. S., Kareiva, P., Ruckelshaus, M., Stein, B. A. 2013; 11 (9): 456-464

  View details for DOI 10.1890/120310

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• Benefits, costs, and livelihood implications of a regional payment for ecosystem service program PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Zheng, H., Robinson, B. E., Liang, Y., Polasky, S., Ma, D., Wang, F., Ruckelshaus, M., Ouyang, Z., Daily, G. C. 2013; 110 (41): 16681-16686

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  Despite broad interest in using payment for ecosystem services to promote changes in the use of natural capital, there are few expost assessments of impacts of payment for ecosystem services programs on ecosystem service provision, program cost, and changes in livelihoods resulting from program participation. In this paper, we evaluate the Paddy Land-to-Dry Land (PLDL) program in Beijing, China, and associated changes in service providers' livelihood activities. The PLDL is a land use conversion program that aims to protect water quality and quantity for the only surface water reservoir that serves Beijing, China's capital city with nearly 20 million residents. Our analysis integrates hydrologic data with household survey data and shows that the PLDL generates benefits of improved water quantity and quality that exceed the costs of reduced agricultural output. The PLDL has an overall benefit-cost ratio of 1.5, and both downstream beneficiaries and upstream providers gain from the program. Household data show that changes in livelihood activities may offset some of the desired effects of the program through increased expenditures on agricultural fertilizers. Overall, however, reductions in fertilizer leaching from land use change dominate so that the program still has a positive net impact on water quality. This program is a successful example of water users paying upstream landholders to improve water quantity and quality through land use change. Program evaluation also highlights the importance of considering behavioral changes by program participants.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1312324110

  View details for Web of Science ID 000325395600085

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• Benefits, costs, and livelihood implications of a regional payment for ecosystem service program PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Zheng, H., Robinson, B. E., Liang, Y., Polasky, S., Ma, D., Wang, F., Ruckelshaus, M., Ouyang, Z., Daily, G. C. 2013; 110 (41): 16681-16686

  Abstract

  Despite broad interest in using payment for ecosystem services to promote changes in the use of natural capital, there are few expost assessments of impacts of payment for ecosystem services programs on ecosystem service provision, program cost, and changes in livelihoods resulting from program participation. In this paper, we evaluate the Paddy Land-to-Dry Land (PLDL) program in Beijing, China, and associated changes in service providers' livelihood activities. The PLDL is a land use conversion program that aims to protect water quality and quantity for the only surface water reservoir that serves Beijing, China's capital city with nearly 20 million residents. Our analysis integrates hydrologic data with household survey data and shows that the PLDL generates benefits of improved water quantity and quality that exceed the costs of reduced agricultural output. The PLDL has an overall benefit-cost ratio of 1.5, and both downstream beneficiaries and upstream providers gain from the program. Household data show that changes in livelihood activities may offset some of the desired effects of the program through increased expenditures on agricultural fertilizers. Overall, however, reductions in fertilizer leaching from land use change dominate so that the program still has a positive net impact on water quality. This program is a successful example of water users paying upstream landholders to improve water quantity and quality through land use change. Program evaluation also highlights the importance of considering behavioral changes by program participants.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1312324110

  View details for Web of Science ID 000325395600085

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• Coastal habitats shield people and property from sea-level rise and storms NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE Arkema, K. K., Guannel, G., Verutes, G., Wood, S. A., Guerry, A., Ruckelshaus, M., Kareiva, P., Lacayo, M., Silver, J. M. 2013; 3 (10): 913-918

  View details for DOI 10.1038/NCLIMATE1944

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• Securing ocean benefits for society in the face of climate change MARINE POLICY Ruckelshaus, M., Doney, S. C., Galindo, H. M., Barry, J. P., Chan, F., Duffy, J. E., English, C. A., Gaines, S. D., Grebmeier, J. M., Hollowed, A. B., Knowlton, N., Polovina, J., Rabalais, N. N., Sydeman, W. J., Talley, L. D. 2013; 40: 154-159

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.01.009

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• Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Halpern, B. S., Klein, C. J., Brown, C. J., Beger, M., Grantham, H. S., Mangubhai, S., Ruckelshaus, M., Tulloch, V. J., Watts, M., White, C., Possingham, H. P. 2013; 110 (15): 6229-6234

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  Triple-bottom-line outcomes from resource management and conservation, where conservation goals and equity in social outcomes are maximized while overall costs are minimized, remain a highly sought-after ideal. However, despite widespread recognition of the importance that equitable distribution of benefits or costs across society can play in conservation success, little formal theory exists for how to explicitly incorporate equity into conservation planning and prioritization. Here, we develop that theory and implement it for three very different case studies in California (United States), Raja Ampat (Indonesia), and the wider Coral Triangle region (Southeast Asia). We show that equity tends to trade off nonlinearly with the potential to achieve conservation objectives, such that similar conservation outcomes can be possible with greater equity, to a point. However, these case studies also produce a range of trade-off typologies between equity and conservation, depending on how one defines and measures social equity, including direct (linear) and no trade-off. Important gaps remain in our understanding, most notably how equity influences probability of conservation success, in turn affecting the actual ability to achieve conservation objectives. Results here provide an important foundation for moving the science and practice of conservation planning-and broader spatial planning in general-toward more consistently achieving efficient, equitable, and effective outcomes.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1217689110

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• The Role of Eelgrass in Marine Community Interactions and Ecosystem Services: Results from Ecosystem-Scale Food Web Models ECOSYSTEMS Plummer, M. L., Harvey, C. J., Anderson, L. E., Guerry, A. D., Ruckelshaus, M. H. 2013; 16 (2): 237-251

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s10021-012-9609-0

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• Catching the Right Wave: Evaluating Wave Energy Resources and Potential Compatibility with Existing Marine and Coastal Uses PLOS ONE Kim, C., Toft, J. E., Papenfus, M., Verutes, G., Guerry, A. D., Ruckelshaus, M. H., Arkema, K. K., Guannel, G., Wood, S. A., Bernhardt, J. R., Tallis, H., Plummer, M. L., Halpern, B. S., Pinsky, M. L., Beck, M. W., Chan, F., Chan, K. M., Levin, P. S., Polasky, S. 2012; 7 (11)

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  Many hope that ocean waves will be a source for clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy, yet wave energy conversion facilities may affect marine ecosystems through a variety of mechanisms, including competition with other human uses. We developed a decision-support tool to assist siting wave energy facilities, which allows the user to balance the need for profitability of the facilities with the need to minimize conflicts with other ocean uses. Our wave energy model quantifies harvestable wave energy and evaluates the net present value (NPV) of a wave energy facility based on a capital investment analysis. The model has a flexible framework and can be easily applied to wave energy projects at local, regional, and global scales. We applied the model and compatibility analysis on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada to provide information for ongoing marine spatial planning, including potential wave energy projects. In particular, we conducted a spatial overlap analysis with a variety of existing uses and ecological characteristics, and a quantitative compatibility analysis with commercial fisheries data. We found that wave power and harvestable wave energy gradually increase offshore as wave conditions intensify. However, areas with high economic potential for wave energy facilities were closer to cable landing points because of the cost of bringing energy ashore and thus in nearshore areas that support a number of different human uses. We show that the maximum combined economic benefit from wave energy and other uses is likely to be realized if wave energy facilities are sited in areas that maximize wave energy NPV and minimize conflict with existing ocean uses. Our tools will help decision-makers explore alternative locations for wave energy facilities by mapping expected wave energy NPV and helping to identify sites that provide maximal returns yet avoid spatial competition with existing ocean uses.

  View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0047598

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• Where are Cultural and Social in Ecosystem Services? A Framework for Constructive Engagement BIOSCIENCE Chan, K. M., Guerry, A. D., Balvanera, P., Klain, S., Satterfield, T., Basurto, X., Bostrom, A., Chuenpagdee, R., Gould, R., Halpern, B. S., Hannahs, N., Levine, J., Norton, B., Ruckelshaus, M., Russell, R., Tam, J., Woodside, U. 2012; 62 (8): 744-756

  View details for DOI 10.1525/bio.2012.62.8.7

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• Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems ANNUAL REVIEW OF MARINE SCIENCE, VOL 4 Doney, S. C., Ruckelshaus, M., Duffy, J. E., Barry, J. P., Chan, F., English, C. A., Galindo, H. M., Grebmeier, J. M., Hollowed, A. B., Knowlton, N., Polovina, J., Rabalais, N. N., Sydeman, W. J., Talley, L. D. 2012; 4: 11-37

  Abstract

  In marine ecosystems, rising atmospheric CO2 and climate change are associated with concurrent shifts in temperature, circulation, stratification, nutrient input, oxygen content, and ocean acidification, with potentially wide-ranging biological effects. Population-level shifts are occurring because of physiological intolerance to new environments, altered dispersal patterns, and changes in species interactions. Together with local climate-driven invasion and extinction, these processes result in altered community structure and diversity, including possible emergence of novel ecosystems. Impacts are particularly striking for the poles and the tropics, because of the sensitivity of polar ecosystems to sea-ice retreat and poleward species migrations as well as the sensitivity of coral-algal symbiosis to minor increases in temperature. Midlatitude upwelling systems, like the California Current, exhibit strong linkages between climate and species distributions, phenology, and demography. Aggregated effects may modify energy and material flows as well as biogeochemical cycles, eventually impacting the overall ecosystem functioning and services upon which people and societies depend.

  View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-marine-041911-111611

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• New metrics for managing and sustaining the ocean's bounty MARINE POLICY Tallis, H., Lester, S. E., Ruckelshaus, M., Plummer, M., Mcleod, K., Guerry, A., Andelman, S., Caldwell, M. R., Conte, M., Copps, S., Fox, D., Fujita, R., Gaines, S. D., Gelfenbaum, G., Gold, B., Kareiva, P., Kim, C., Lee, K., Papenfus, M., Redman, S., Silliman, B., Wainger, L., White, C. 2012; 36 (1): 303-306

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.03.013

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• Near-term priorities for the science, policy and practice of Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP) MARINE POLICY Halpern, B. S., Diamond, J., Gaines, S., Gelcich, S., Gleason, M., Jennings, S., Lester, S., Mace, A., McCook, L., McLeod, K., Napoli, N., Rawson, K., Rice, J., Rosenberg, A., Ruckelshaus, M., Saier, B., Sandifer, P., Scholz, A., Zivian, A. 2012; 36 (1): 198-205

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.05.004

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• BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN FISHERIES AND MARINE CONSERVATION SCIENCE BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE Salomon, A. K., Gaichas, S. K., Jensen, O. P., Agostini, V. N., Sloan, N. A., Rice, J., McClanahan, T. R., Ruckelshaus, M. H., Levin, P. S., Dulvy, N. K., Babcock, E. A. 2011; 87 (2): 251-274

  View details for DOI 10.5343/bms.2010.1089

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• Ecosystem service assessments for marine conservation NATURAL CAPITAL: THEORY & PRACTICE OF MAPPING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES Guerry, A. D., Plummer, M. L., Ruckelshaus, M. H., Harvey, C. J., Kareiva, P., Tallis, H., Ricketts, T. H., Daily, G. C., Polasky, S. 2011: 296-322

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• Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning MARINE POLICY Foley, M. M., Halpern, B. S., Micheli, F., Armsby, M. H., Caldwell, M. R., Crain, C. M., Prahler, E., Rohr, N., Sivas, D., Beck, M. W., Carr, M. H., Crowder, L. B., Duffy, J. E., Hacker, S. D., McLeod, K. L., Palumbi, S. R., Peterson, C. H., Regan, H. M., Ruckelshaus, M. H., Sandifer, P. A., Steneck, R. S. 2010; 34 (5): 955-966

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.02.001

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• Science in support of ecosystem-based management for the US West Coast and beyond BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION Lester, S. E., McLeod, K. L., Tallis, H., Ruckelshaus, M., Halpern, B. S., Levin, P. S., Chavez, F. P., Pomeroy, C., McCay, B. J., Costello, C., Gaines, S. D., Mace, A. J., Barth, J. A., Fluharty, D. L., Parrish, J. K. 2010; 143 (3): 576-587

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.11.021

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• The many faces of ecosystem-based management: Making the process work today in real places MARINE POLICY Tallis, H., Levin, P. S., Ruckelshaus, M., Lester, S. E., McLeod, K. L., Fluharty, D. L., Halpern, B. S. 2010; 34 (2): 340-348

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2009.08.003

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