Document of bibliographic reference 217533
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- Bibliographic resource
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- Journal article
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- Title
- An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean
- Abstract
- The ocean plays a critical role in supporting human well-being, from providing food, livelihoods and recreational opportunities to regulating the global climate. Sustainable management aimed at maintaining the flow of a broad range of benefits from the ocean requires a comprehensive and quantitative method to measure and monitor the health of coupled human–ocean systems. We created an index comprising ten diverse public goals for a healthy coupled human–ocean system and calculated the index for every coastal country. Globally, the overall index score was 60 out of 100 (range 36–86), with developed countries generally performing better than developing countries, but with notable exceptions. Only 5% of countries scored higher than 70, whereas 32% scored lower than 50. The index provides a powerful tool to raise public awareness, direct resource management, improve policy and prioritize scientific research.
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- https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000308095100048
- Bibliographic citation
- Halpern, B.S.; Longo, C.; Hardy, D.; McLeod, K.L.; Samhouri, J.F.; Katona, S.K.; Kleisner, K.; Lester, S.E.; O'Leary, J.; Ranelletti, M.; Rosenberg, A.A.; Scarborough, C.; Selig, E.R.; Best, B.D.; Brumbaugh, D.R.; Chapin, F.S.; Crowder, L.B.; Daly, K.L.; Doney, S.C.; Elfes, C.; Fogarty, M.J.; Gaines, S.D.; Jacobsen, K.I.; Karrer, L.B.; Leslie, H.M.; Neeley, E.; Pauly, D.; Polasky, S.; Ris, B.; StMartin, K.; Stone, G.S.; Sumaila, U.R.; Zeller, D. (2012). An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean. Nature (Lond.) 488(7413): 615-620. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11397
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- Marine
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- true
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- Benjamin Halpern
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- Catherine Longo
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- Darren Hardy
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- Karen McLeod
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- Jameal Samhouri
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- Steven Katona
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- Kristin Kleisner
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- Sarah Lester
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- Marla Ranelletti
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- Andrew Rosenberg
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- Courtney Scarborough
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- Elizabeth Selig
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- Benjamin Best
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- Daniel Brumbaugh
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- Stuart Chapin
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- Larry Crowder
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- Scott Doney
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- Michael Fogarty
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- Steven Gaines
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- Kelsey Jacobsen
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- Leah Bunce Karrer
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- Heather Leslie
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- Elizabeth Neeley
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- Daniel Pauly
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- Stephen Polasky
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- Bud Ris
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- Kevin StMartin
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- Gregory Stone
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- Ussif Rashid Sumaila
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- Dirk Zeller
thesaurus terms
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- Assessments (term code: 76310 - defined in term set: CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus)
- Benefits (term code: 77659 - defined in term set: CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus)
- Health (term code: 3927 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
geographic terms
- geographic terms associated with this publication
- World Ocean