@article{fdi:010065789, title = {{E}valuating changes in marine communities that provide ecosystem services through comparative assessments of community indicators}, author = {{K}leisner, {K}. {M}. and {C}oll, {M}arta and {L}ynam, {C}.{P}. and {B}undy, {A}. and {S}hannon, {L}. and {S}hin, {Y}unne-{J}ai and {B}oldt, {J}.{L}. and {B}orges, {M}.{F}. and {J}ouffre, {D}idier and {L}arge, {S}.{I}. and {M}arshall, {K}.{N}. and {O}javeer, {H}. and {P}iroddi, {C}. and {T}am, {J}. and {T}orres, {M}.{A}. and {T}ravers-{T}rolet, {M}. and {T}sagarakis, {K}. and {V}an der {M}eeren, {G}.{I}. and {Z}ador, {S}.{G}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{F}isheries provide critical provisioning services, especially given increasing human population. {U}nderstanding where marine communities are declining provides an indication of ecosystems of concern and highlights potential conflicts between seafood provisioning from wild fisheries and other ecosystem services. {H}ere we use the nonparametric statistic, {K}endall's tau, to assess trends in biomass of exploited marine species across a range of ecosystems. {T}he proportion of '{N}on-{D}eclining {E}xploited {S}pecies' ({NDES}) is compared among ecosystems and to three community-level indicators that provide a gauge of the ability of a marine ecosystem to function both in provisioning and as a regulating service: survey-based mean trophic level, proportion of predatory fish, and mean life span. {I}n some ecosystems, {NDES} corresponds to states and temporal trajectories of the community indicators, indicating deteriorating conditions in both the exploited community and in the overall community. {H}owever differences illustrate the necessity of using multiple ecological indicators to reflect the state of the ecosystem. {F}or each ecosystem, we discuss patterns in {NDES} with respect to the community-level indicators and present results in the context of ecosystem-specific drivers. {W}e conclude that using {NDES} requires context-specific supporting information in order to provide guidance within a management framework.}, keywords = {{MONDE} ; {ATLANTIQUE} ; {PACIFIQUE} ; {MEDITERRANEE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}cosystem {S}ervices}, numero = {}, pages = {413--429}, ISSN = {2212-0416}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.02.002}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065789}, }