Patterns and emerging trends in global ocean health

PloS One
Benjamin S HalpernElizabeth R Selig

Abstract

International and regional policies aimed at managing ocean ecosystem health need quantitative and comprehensive indices to synthesize information from a variety of sources, consistently measure progress, and communicate with key constituencies and the public. Here we present the second annual global assessment of the Ocean Health Index, reporting current scores and annual changes since 2012, recalculated using updated methods and data based on the best available science, for 221 coastal countries and territories. The Index measures performance of ten societal goals for healthy oceans on a quantitative scale of increasing health from 0 to 100, and combines these scores into a single Index score, for each country and globally. The global Index score improved one point (from 67 to 68), while many country-level Index and goal scores had larger changes. Per-country Index scores ranged from 41-95 and, on average, improved by 0.06 points (range -8 to +12). Globally, average scores increased for individual goals by as much as 6.5 points (coastal economies) and decreased by as much as 1.2 points (natural products). Annual updates of the Index, even when not all input data have been updated, provide valuable information to scientists, p...Continue Reading

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Dec 30, 2015·PeerJ·Julia S Stewart LowndesBenjamin S Halpern
Aug 3, 2016·PloS One·Melanie FrazierBenjamin S Halpern
Jan 31, 2017·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Nam-Il WonHyuk Je Lee
May 4, 2017·PloS One·Casey C O'HaraBenjamin S Halpern
Dec 21, 2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Michael C MelnychukRay Hilborn
Jul 6, 2017·PloS One·Benjamin S HalpernJohanna Polsenberg
Jan 31, 2020·PloS One·Casey C O'HaraBenjamin S Halpern
May 26, 2017·PloS One·Rémi M DaigleIsabelle M Côté
Aug 16, 2017·Nature Ecology & Evolution·Julia S Stewart LowndesBenjamin S Halpern
Jan 1, 2017·Sustainability Science·Barbara NeumannRichard Kenchington
May 11, 2019·Environmental Science & Technology·Jacopo AguzziJoan B Company

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