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dc.contributor.authorRobbins, William
dc.contributor.authorHuveneers, C.
dc.contributor.authorParra, G.
dc.contributor.authorMöller, L.
dc.contributor.authorGillanders, B.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-23T03:01:33Z
dc.date.available2017-06-23T03:01:33Z
dc.date.created2017-06-19T03:39:41Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationRobbins, W. and Huveneers, C. and Parra, G. and Möller, L. and Gillanders, B. 2017. Anthropogenic threat assessment of marine-associated fauna in Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Marine Policy. 81: pp. 392-400.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53851
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpol.2017.03.036
dc.description.abstract

Assessing the vulnerability of species to anthropogenic threats is an essential step when developing management strategies for wild populations. With industrial development forecasted to increase in Spencer Gulf, South Australia, it is crucial to assess the ongoing effects of anthropogenic threats to resident and migratory species. Expert elicitation was used to assess 27 threats against 38 threatened, protected, and iconic marine-associated species. Species and threat interactions were assessed individually, and as taxonomic or functional groups. Climate change had the greatest overall exposure (c.f. risk) across species, followed by disturbance, pollution, disease/invasive species, and fishing/aquaculture threats. The largest overall sensitivities (c.f. consequences) were pollution and disease/invasive species, followed by climate change, disturbance and fishing/aquaculture threats. Vulnerability scores (exposure x sensitivity) showed the climate change group posing the greatest overall threat in Spencer Gulf, with individual climatic threats ranking as three of the top four biggest threats to most animal groups. Noise, shipping, and net fishing were considered the greatest region-specific individual threats to marine mammals; as were trawl fishing, line fishing, and coastal activities to fish/cuttlefish; trawl fishing, line fishing, and net fishing to elasmobranchs; and oil spill, disease, and coastal activities to sea/shorebirds. Eighteen of the 20 highest vulnerability scores involved the short-beaked common dolphin, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, and Australian sea lion, highlighting the particular susceptibility of these species to specific threats. These findings provide a synthesis of key threats and vulnerable species, and give management a basis to direct future monitoring and threat mitigation efforts in the region.

dc.publisherPergamon
dc.titleAnthropogenic threat assessment of marine-associated fauna in Spencer Gulf, South Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume81
dcterms.source.startPage392
dcterms.source.endPage400
dcterms.source.issn0308-597X
dcterms.source.titleMarine Policy
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environment and Agriculture
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