Ecosystem size predicts social-ecological dynamics

Recreational fisheries are complex adaptive systems that are inherently difficult to manage because of heterogeneous user groups (consumptive vs. nonconsumptive) that use patchily distributed resources on the landscape (lakes, rivers, coastlines). There is a need to identify which system components...

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Autores principales:	Mark A. Kaemingk, Christopher J. Chizinski, Craig R. Allen, Kevin L. Pope
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Publicado:	Resilience Alliance 2019
Materias:	angler behavior complex adaptive systems cross-scale interactions discontinuity hypothesis recreational fisheries social-ecological systems Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3e8368e573ca4a0195438c617105080a2021-12-02T11:25:40ZEcosystem size predicts social-ecological dynamics1708-308710.5751/ES-10961-240217https://doaj.org/article/3e8368e573ca4a0195438c617105080a2019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss2/art17/https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087Recreational fisheries are complex adaptive systems that are inherently difficult to manage because of heterogeneous user groups (consumptive vs. nonconsumptive) that use patchily distributed resources on the landscape (lakes, rivers, coastlines). There is a need to identify which system components can effectively predict and be used to manage nonlinear and cross-scale dynamics within these systems. We examine how ecosystem size or water body size can be used to explain complicated and elusive angler-resource dynamics in recreational fisheries. Water body size determined angler behavior among 48 Nebraska, U.S.A. water bodies during an 11-year study. Angler behavior was often unique and nonlinear across water body sizes. For example, anglers spent more time fishing and harvested more fish at larger water bodies compared to smaller water bodies. Time fished increased across smaller water bodies, but reached a threshold at larger water bodies. The number of fish released increased as a function of water body size across smaller water bodies and then plateaued. Subtle changes in water body size caused abrupt changes in angler behavior, that is, water body size structures angler-resource dynamics in recreational fisheries. We believe that including water body size, a simple and easily measured metric, in fisheries management will increase effectiveness of cross-scale actions and minimize unintended consequences for recreational fisheries. Applying uniform management actions, e.g., harvest regulations, across small and large water bodies may elicit contrasting angler-resource responses. Water body size may also be useful for understanding angler typologies. Based on our findings, we expect that ecosystem size is a prominent and valuable system component that will determine and explain coupled user-resource dynamics in other complex adaptive systems.Mark A. KaemingkChristopher J. ChizinskiCraig R. AllenKevin L. PopeResilience Alliancearticleangler behaviorcomplex adaptive systemscross-scale interactionsdiscontinuity hypothesisrecreational fisheriessocial-ecological systemsBiology (General)QH301-705.5EcologyQH540-549.5ENEcology and Society, Vol 24, Iss 2, p 17 (2019)
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topic	angler behavior complex adaptive systems cross-scale interactions discontinuity hypothesis recreational fisheries social-ecological systems Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	angler behavior complex adaptive systems cross-scale interactions discontinuity hypothesis recreational fisheries social-ecological systems Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 Mark A. Kaemingk Christopher J. Chizinski Craig R. Allen Kevin L. Pope Ecosystem size predicts social-ecological dynamics
description	Recreational fisheries are complex adaptive systems that are inherently difficult to manage because of heterogeneous user groups (consumptive vs. nonconsumptive) that use patchily distributed resources on the landscape (lakes, rivers, coastlines). There is a need to identify which system components can effectively predict and be used to manage nonlinear and cross-scale dynamics within these systems. We examine how ecosystem size or water body size can be used to explain complicated and elusive angler-resource dynamics in recreational fisheries. Water body size determined angler behavior among 48 Nebraska, U.S.A. water bodies during an 11-year study. Angler behavior was often unique and nonlinear across water body sizes. For example, anglers spent more time fishing and harvested more fish at larger water bodies compared to smaller water bodies. Time fished increased across smaller water bodies, but reached a threshold at larger water bodies. The number of fish released increased as a function of water body size across smaller water bodies and then plateaued. Subtle changes in water body size caused abrupt changes in angler behavior, that is, water body size structures angler-resource dynamics in recreational fisheries. We believe that including water body size, a simple and easily measured metric, in fisheries management will increase effectiveness of cross-scale actions and minimize unintended consequences for recreational fisheries. Applying uniform management actions, e.g., harvest regulations, across small and large water bodies may elicit contrasting angler-resource responses. Water body size may also be useful for understanding angler typologies. Based on our findings, we expect that ecosystem size is a prominent and valuable system component that will determine and explain coupled user-resource dynamics in other complex adaptive systems.
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author	Mark A. Kaemingk Christopher J. Chizinski Craig R. Allen Kevin L. Pope
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title	Ecosystem size predicts social-ecological dynamics
title_short	Ecosystem size predicts social-ecological dynamics
title_full	Ecosystem size predicts social-ecological dynamics
title_fullStr	Ecosystem size predicts social-ecological dynamics
title_full_unstemmed	Ecosystem size predicts social-ecological dynamics
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publisher	Resilience Alliance
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Ecosystem size predicts social-ecological dynamics

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