Cumulative human impacts on global marine fauna highlight risk to biological and functional diversity (IMAGE)

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Cumulative human impacts on global marine fauna highlight risk to biological and functional diversity

Caption

Cumulative productivity-weighted mean impacts on species ranges by taxon. (A) Distribution of mean predicted impact across species ranges (full range and coastal portions of range) from anthropogenic stressors by taxonomic group. (B) Distribution of mean cumulative impact from five climate stressors. (C) Distribution of mean cumulative impact from eight non-climate stressors. Vertical black line indicates mean across all species in taxon; white point indicates median. Boxes represent interquartile range (IQR, quartile Q1 to Q3); whiskers indicate observations 1.5x IQR below (above) Q1 (Q3) of box; outliers omitted from plot for clarity. (D) Contribution of individual stressors to mean cumulative impact across species ranges by taxon. Climate stressors outlined in red.

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O’Hara et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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