Cumulative impacts from anthropogenic activities and stressors on marine ecosystems in Pacific Canada

Fisheries and Oceans Canada has conducted a cumulative human impact mapping analysis for Pacific Canada to support ongoing Marine Spatial Planning. Cumulative impact mapping (CIM) combines spatial information on human activities, habitats, and a matrix of vulnerability weights into an intuitive relative ‘cumulative impact score’ that shows where cumulative human impacts are greatest and least. To map cumulative impacts, a recently developed ecosystem vulnerability assessment for Pacific Canadian waters (Murray et al. 2022) was combined with spatial information on thirty-eight (38) different habitat types and forty-five (45) human activities following the methodology from Halpern et al.(2008) and Murray et al. (2015). The cumulative impact map is provided in a 1x1 km grid used for oceans management by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. For further information, please contact the data provider.

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Title (French) Impacts cumulés des activités anthropiques et des facteurs de stress sur les écosystèmes marins du Pacifique canadien
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Contact Person {"en": "Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Ecosystems and Ocean Science/Pacific Science/Ocean Science Division", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Pêches et Océans Canada; Sciences des écosystèmes et des océans/Science Pacifique/Division des sciences océaniques"}
Contact Email Selina.Agbayani@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Data Dictionary EPSG:4326,https://epsg.io,
Open Canada Date Published 2024-03-20 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified 2024-04-24 00:00:00
Open Canada Subject ["nature_and_environment"]
Open Canada Keywords {"en": ["cumulative impacts", "cumulative Effects", "Mutiple stressors", "marine", "Pacific", "British Columbia", "Oceans"], "fr": ["impacts cumulés", "Effets cumulatifs", "facteurs de stress multiples", "marin", "Pacifique", "Colombie-Britannique", "Océan"]}
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