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.
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Cumulative impacts from anthropogenic activities and stressors on marine ecosystemsFGDB/GDBEnglish dataset FGDB/GDB
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Cumulative impacts from anthropogenic activities and stressors on marine ecosystemsESRI RESTEnglish web_service ESRI REST
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Cumulative impacts from anthropogenic activities and stressors on marine ecosystemsESRI RESTFrench web_service ESRI REST
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Data Dictionary EnglishCSVEnglish guide CSV
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Data Dictionary FrenchCSVFrench guide CSV
Contact Information
Delivery Point: Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000
City: Sidney
Administrative Area: British Columbia
Postal Code: V8L 4B2
Country: Canada
Electronic Mail Address: Cathryn.Murray@dfo-mpo.gc.ca