Integrating Different Types of Knowledge to Understand Temporal Changes in Reef Landscapes

Reefs are highly diverse ecosystems threatened by anthropogenic actions that change their structure and dynamics. Many of these changes have been witnessed by different reef users who hold specific knowledge about the reefscape according to their experiences and uses. We aimed to understand whether...

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Autores principales:	Maria Iohara Quirino-Amador, Guilherme Ortigara Longo, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire, Priscila F. M. Lopes
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	stakeholder perceptions Brazilian reefs environmental perception random forest Southwestern Atlantic reefs recreational divers Evolution QH359-425 Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6d984355ab29429db3f340d3c470fa8b2021-11-08T07:46:20ZIntegrating Different Types of Knowledge to Understand Temporal Changes in Reef Landscapes2296-701X10.3389/fevo.2021.709414https://doaj.org/article/6d984355ab29429db3f340d3c470fa8b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.709414/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-701XReefs are highly diverse ecosystems threatened by anthropogenic actions that change their structure and dynamics. Many of these changes have been witnessed by different reef users who hold specific knowledge about the reefscape according to their experiences and uses. We aimed to understand whether fishers, divers, and reef scientists have different perceptions of general changes that have occurred in reefs and whether their knowledge converge, diverge or are complementary. We conducted 172 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders from Northeast and Southeast Brazil where either coral or rocky reefs occur, comprising most reefs occurring in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Reef scientists and divers perceived corals have undergone the sharpest declines among reef species and indicate pollution and tourism as the major negative impacts on reefs. On the contrary, fishers noticed greater declines in fishing targets (i.e., groupers) and have hardly noticed differences in coral abundance or diversity over time. Divers had a broader view of changes in reef organisms, with some level of convergence with both reef scientists and fishers, while reef scientists and fishers provided information on more specific groups and economically relevant resources, respectively. The different stakeholders generally agree that reefscapes have undergone negative changes including diversity loss and abundance declines of reef organisms. The complementarity of information among different stakeholders enables a better understanding of how human behavior impact and perceive changes in natural ecosystems, which could be essential to manage reef environments, particularly those without baseline data.Maria Iohara Quirino-AmadorMaria Iohara Quirino-AmadorGuilherme Ortigara LongoGuilherme Ortigara LongoFúlvio Aurélio de Morais FreireFúlvio Aurélio de Morais FreirePriscila F. M. LopesPriscila F. M. LopesFrontiers Media S.A.articlestakeholder perceptionsBrazilian reefsenvironmental perceptionrandom forestSouthwestern Atlantic reefsrecreational diversEvolutionQH359-425EcologyQH540-549.5ENFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 9 (2021)
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topic	stakeholder perceptions Brazilian reefs environmental perception random forest Southwestern Atlantic reefs recreational divers Evolution QH359-425 Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	stakeholder perceptions Brazilian reefs environmental perception random forest Southwestern Atlantic reefs recreational divers Evolution QH359-425 Ecology QH540-549.5 Maria Iohara Quirino-Amador Maria Iohara Quirino-Amador Guilherme Ortigara Longo Guilherme Ortigara Longo Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire Priscila F. M. Lopes Priscila F. M. Lopes Integrating Different Types of Knowledge to Understand Temporal Changes in Reef Landscapes
description	Reefs are highly diverse ecosystems threatened by anthropogenic actions that change their structure and dynamics. Many of these changes have been witnessed by different reef users who hold specific knowledge about the reefscape according to their experiences and uses. We aimed to understand whether fishers, divers, and reef scientists have different perceptions of general changes that have occurred in reefs and whether their knowledge converge, diverge or are complementary. We conducted 172 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders from Northeast and Southeast Brazil where either coral or rocky reefs occur, comprising most reefs occurring in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Reef scientists and divers perceived corals have undergone the sharpest declines among reef species and indicate pollution and tourism as the major negative impacts on reefs. On the contrary, fishers noticed greater declines in fishing targets (i.e., groupers) and have hardly noticed differences in coral abundance or diversity over time. Divers had a broader view of changes in reef organisms, with some level of convergence with both reef scientists and fishers, while reef scientists and fishers provided information on more specific groups and economically relevant resources, respectively. The different stakeholders generally agree that reefscapes have undergone negative changes including diversity loss and abundance declines of reef organisms. The complementarity of information among different stakeholders enables a better understanding of how human behavior impact and perceive changes in natural ecosystems, which could be essential to manage reef environments, particularly those without baseline data.
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author	Maria Iohara Quirino-Amador Maria Iohara Quirino-Amador Guilherme Ortigara Longo Guilherme Ortigara Longo Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire Priscila F. M. Lopes Priscila F. M. Lopes
author_facet	Maria Iohara Quirino-Amador Maria Iohara Quirino-Amador Guilherme Ortigara Longo Guilherme Ortigara Longo Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire Priscila F. M. Lopes Priscila F. M. Lopes
author_sort	Maria Iohara Quirino-Amador
title	Integrating Different Types of Knowledge to Understand Temporal Changes in Reef Landscapes
title_short	Integrating Different Types of Knowledge to Understand Temporal Changes in Reef Landscapes
title_full	Integrating Different Types of Knowledge to Understand Temporal Changes in Reef Landscapes
title_fullStr	Integrating Different Types of Knowledge to Understand Temporal Changes in Reef Landscapes
title_full_unstemmed	Integrating Different Types of Knowledge to Understand Temporal Changes in Reef Landscapes
title_sort	integrating different types of knowledge to understand temporal changes in reef landscapes
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/6d984355ab29429db3f340d3c470fa8b
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Integrating Different Types of Knowledge to Understand Temporal Changes in Reef Landscapes

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