浮游生物对人类的不可估量的价值
Maria Grigoratou1,2,3, Susanne Menden-Deuer4, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop5
1Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States.
Bioscience
|September 8, 2025
概括
浮游生物是地球可居住性至关重要的水生生物,调节生态系统,提供清洁水和粮食安全等至关重要的利益. 了解浮游生物的价值是人类福祉和可持续的环境政策的关键.
科学领域:
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 浮游生物是微观的水生生物,是地球生态系统的基础.
- 它们的不同角色影响气候调节,食物网和生物地化学循环.
- 人类社会从浮游生物中获得重大利益,包括资源和经济机会.
研究的目的:
- 为了全面概述浮游生物对人类的多方面的价值.
- 为专业人士,政策制定者和公众提供信息指南.
- 为了提高人们对浮游生物至关重要的认识.
主要方法:
- 这项研究将浮游生物的价值分为六个主要主题:生物地球化学,生态,气候,科学演变,经济和文化/娱乐/福祉.
- 它利用了2022年生物多样性和生态系统服务 (IPBES) 价值评估框架的政府间科学政策平台.
- 生命价值观框架被用来构建浮游生物意义的总结.
主要成果:
- 浮游生物对全球生物地化学循环和气候调节产生重大影响.
- 它们构成了水生食物网的基础,支持生物多样性和渔业.
- 植物提供直接和间接的经济效益,包括粮食安全和生物技术创新.
结论:
- 浮游生物的价值跨越生态,经济和文化领域,强调它们对人类社会的重要作用.
- 将浮游生物变量纳入政策框架对于有效的环境管理至关重要.
- 建议进行长期,可持续的研究和监测,以加深对浮游生物贡献的理解和赞赏.
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