Issue: Contributions and pressures between the land and the ocean - Condition of species at the land-ocean interface
This is an issue under the Land theme of the Data Reporting System.
Why we need to know about this issue
The ocean contributes inputs from marine species and climate moderation to these interface habitats. Changes in conditions, including water quality, water temperature, water salinity and species present (or absent), in marine waters systems, can place pressure on coastal and marine species, habitats and ecosystems. It can place pressure on the land and terrestrial species during sea surge events, or in the event of rising sea levels or changing currents.
Changes species living at the land-ocean interface (eg beaches, reefs, headlands) may be sentinel indicators of changes in these pressures.
Indicators
- CO-01 Trends in selected groups of coastal and marine species and habitats
Land and coastal waters can each affect the species, habitats and ecosystems that exist at their interface. Changes to the condition of coastal waters can therefore place pressure on the land and visa versa. Change in condition of selected species, that live at or close to the interface of terrestrial and marine systems, such as a coral species, a mangrove species, or a shorebird species, could be an indicator that a pressure is occurring and, in some cases, for example loss of an inland or ocean predator, could indicate a change in the pressure and contributions operating between the two spheres. - IW-33 Abundance and distribution of waterbirds
Changes in waterbird abundance or distribution could be indicative of changes occurring in either marine or terrestrial systems. - IW-34 Examples of deterioration of condition of wetland vegetation
Changes in wetland vegetation could be indicative of changes occurring in either marine or freshwater systems feeding wetlands.
Related issues
- Coasts and Oceans - Condition of the ocean and coastal waters- Condition of species, habitats and ecosystems
- Coasts and Oceans - Contributions and pressures between the coasts and oceans and inland water- Condition of species at the inland waters-oceans interface
- Coasts and Oceans - Contributions and pressures between the coasts and oceans and land- Condition of species at the land-ocean interface
- Coasts and Oceans - Contributions and pressures between the coasts and oceans and inland water- Effect of changes in coasts and oceans on inland waters
- Land - Land condition- Condition of terrestrial species and ecological communities
- Land - Contributions and pressures between the land and the ocean- Pressures of land changes on the coasts and oceans
- Biodiversity - Landscapes- Ecosystem diversity
- Biodiversity - Species, habitats and ecological communities- Conservation status of species and ecological communities
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