Nature Communications (May 2020)

Future ocean biomass losses may widen socioeconomic equity gaps

  • Daniel G. Boyce,
  • Heike K. Lotze,
  • Derek P. Tittensor,
  • David A. Carozza,
  • Boris Worm

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15708-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Numerous marine ecosystem models are used to project animal biomass over time but integrating them can be challenging. Here the authors develop a test for statistical significance in multi-model ensemble trends, and thus relate future biomass trends to current patterns of ecological and socioeconomic status.