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dc.contributor.authorBruder, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorFrainer, André
dc.contributor.authorRota, Thibaut
dc.contributor.authorPrimicerio, Raul
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-21T10:29:55Z
dc.date.available2019-08-21T10:29:55Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-07
dc.description.abstractMultiple stressors are increasingly affecting organisms and communities, thereby modifying ecosystems' state and functioning. Raising awareness about the threat from multiple stressors has increased the number of experimental and observational studies specifically addressing consequences of stressor interactions on biota. Most studies measure the direct effects of multiple stressors and their interactions on biological endpoints such as abundance, biomass, or diversity of target organisms. This yields invaluable information for the management and restoration of stressed ecosystems. However, as we argue in our perspective paper, this common approach ignores a fundamental characteristic of communities and ecosystems, i.e., that organisms in ecosystems are interlinked by biotic interactions in ecological networks. Examples from the literature show that biotic interactions can modify stressor effects, transfer stressor effects to distant groups of organisms, and create new stressor interactions. These examples also suggest that changes in biotic interactions can have effects of similar or greater magnitude than direct stressor effects. We provide a perspective on how to include network characteristics and biotic interactions into analyses of multiple-stressor effects on ecosystems. Our approach can also make use of biomonitoring data produced with established and intercalibrated methods, and can combine it with novel metrics used to describe the functioning of ecosystems, such as trait information or stable-isotope measurements. The insights on network-mediated effects gained via the approach we propose can substantially increase mechanistic understanding of multiple-stressor effects, and in turn, the efficiency of ecosystem management and restoration.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUiT The Arctic University of Norway, the publication funden_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00059>https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00059. </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationBruder, A., Frainer, A., Rota, T. & Primicerio, R. (2019). The importance of ecological networks in multiple-stressor research and management. <i>Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7</i>:59. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00059en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1715518
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmars.2019.00059
dc.identifier.issn2296-665X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/15986
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.relation.journalFrontiers in Environmental Science
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical, dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Basale medisinske, odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710en_US
dc.subjectanthropogenic stressorsen_US
dc.subjectbiotic communitiesen_US
dc.subjectbiotic interactionsen_US
dc.subjectecosystem restorationen_US
dc.subjectfood websen_US
dc.subjectstatistical modelingen_US
dc.subjectstructural equation modelingen_US
dc.titleThe importance of ecological networks in multiple-stressor research and managementen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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