Table 1 Overview of studies and projects serving as data sources.
From: Challenges in expert ratings of marine habitat and species sensitivity to anthropogenic pressures
Name | Year | Scores | Region | # Experts | Method | References | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Halpern et al. | 2007 | Mean | Global | 135 | Online survey | Halpern et al. 200720 | Survey rating spatial scale, frequency, functional impact, resistance, recovery time, and certainty; sensitivity scores are calculated as averages weighted by certainty. |
Selkoe et al. | 2008 | Mean | South-western Hawaiian Islands | 25 | In-person survey | Selkoe et al. (2008)23 | Survey rating spatial scale of the pressure, its frequency, functional impact, resistance, recovery time, and certainty. |
HOLAS 1 | 2009 | Expert | Baltic Sea | 7 (countries) | Workshop | Korpinen et al. (2012)24 | Workshop and survey rating recovery time, resilience, and functional effect. |
RALAHA | 2019 | Yes | Danish marine waters | 12 | In-person survey | Andersen et al. (2019)25 | Survey rating sensitivity directly. Experts could choose to use a pre-filled survey sheet and only change scores they disagreed with. |
EEA ETC ICM | 2021 | Expert | European Seas | 45 | Online survey | Korpinen et al. (2021)13 | Survey rating sensitivity directly. |
HOLAS II | 2018 | Expert | Baltic Sea | 81 | Online survey | HELCOM (2018)26 | The survey had two options: an ecosystem component questionnaire and a human pressure questionnaire. The respondent may choose either of these options. The questions were the same in both cases. This structure makes it possible to reply by type of expertise. |
HARMONY | Mean | North Sea | 57 | Online survey | Andersen & Stock (2013)27 | Survey rating ecological scale, level of impact, and recovery time. Sensitivity scores were calculated as weighted average rating the ecological scale highest. For example, potential population-scale effects always yielded higher average scores than individual-scale effects. | |
Symphony | 2018 | Mean | Swedish Marine Waters | 34 | Online survey | Hammar et al. (2020)28 | Experts assigned predefined categories of sensitivity to predefined levels of pressure intensity. |
SYKE Workshop | 2014 | Mean | Finnish Marine Waters | 16 | Workshop | S. Korpinen, unpublished workshop report | Experts rated the sensitivity in thematic groups and reconvened in a plenary session to agree on them. |
MarLin - MarESA | 2014 | Mean | UK Marine Waters | 32 (organizations) | Workshop | Tillin & Tyler-Walters (2014)29 | Experts rated resistance and resilience to each pressure. |
Stelzenmüller et al. | 2010 | Mean | UK Marine Waters | Extraction from literature | Stelzenmüller et al. (2010)30 | Sensitivity scores were extracted from a previous literature review where expert rating was applied. | |
Teck et al. | 2010 | Mean | California Current | 102 | Online/interview survey | Teck et al. (2010)31 | Sensitivity scores are the weighted average of five criteria: Spatial scale, frequency, functional impact, resistance, recovery time. Scores are derived from expert rankings of pressure scenarios. |
McDiarmid et al. | 2012 | Mean | New Zealand | 47 | Online survey | McDiarmid et al. (2012)32 | Sensitivity scores are calculated from ratings of spatial scale, frequency, functional impact, susceptibility, and recovery time. |
Kappel et al. | 2012 | Mean | US East Coast | 57 | Online survey | Kappel et al. (2012)33 | Sensitivity scores are calculated from ratings of spatial scale, frequency, trophic impact, percentage change in biomass, and recovery time. |
La Riviere et al. | 2016 | Mean | French Marine Waters | Unknown | Workshop | La Riviere et al. (2016)34 | Sensitivity scores are calculated from ratings of resistance and resilience and are based principally on expert judgment in thematic workshops, drawing on available scientific literature wherever possible. |
Doubleday et al. | 2017 | Expert | Spencer Gulf, Australia | 55 | Online survey | Doubleday et al. (2017)19 | Experts rated risk from pressures in the worst, most likely, and best cases. Sensitivity scores are calculated as the product of the risk score for the most likely case and the spatial exposure score. |
Gissi et al. | 2017 | Mean | Adriatic Sea | 99 | Workshops | Gissi et al. (2017)35 | Sensitivity scores were calculated from impact extent, impact level, recovery time, and buffer area. |
Kenny et al. | 2018 | Mean | North Sea | 5 | Workshop | Kenny et al. (2018)36 | Experts directly rated the sensitivity of habitat attributes to pressure categories. |
Willaert et al. | 2019 | Mean | West Coast of Portugal | 15 | InVEST HRA tool | Willaert et al. (2019)37 | Sensitivity scores calculated with a Habitat Risk Assessment tool. |
ECOMAR | 2020 | Expert | Danish Marine Waters | 18 | Workshop | Andersen et al. (2023)38 | Experts directly rated sensitivity. |
WIOSYM | 2023 | Mean | Western Indian Ocean | 50 | Forms and revision | WIO Symphony (2023)22 | Broad expert panel with scholars and marine management practitioners from > 10 countries. Experts where provided a literature-based survey then requested to fill out their judgement in form and was later invited to revise their answers. Stressor intensity levels were specified. Forms were provided in three languages (EN, FR, PT) |
