Towards an integrated database on Canadian ocean resources: benefits, current states, and research gaps

摘要: Oceanic ecosystem services support a range of human benefits, and Canada has extensive research networks producing growing data sets. We present first effort to compile, link, harmonize available information provide new perspectives on the status Canadian ocean ecosystems corresponding research. The metadata database currently includes 1094 individual assessments sets from government (n = 716), nongovernment 320), academic sources 58), comprising marine species, natural drivers resources, activities, services, governance, with spanning 1979–2012 average. Overall, shows strong prevalence towards single-species fishery studies, an underrepresentation economic social aspects, Arctic region in general. Nevertheless, number studies that are multispecies or ecosystem-based have increased since 1960s. discuss two illustrative case — protected area esta...