Ecosystem components are defined as the major ecological characteristics of an ecosystem that can be used to organize relevant information in a limited number of discrete, but not necessarily independent categories1. These categories include groups of living marine resources, like “seabirds”, “salmon”, and “coastal pelagic species”, that are foundationally important and highly valued members of the of the California Current ecosystem.
Drivers and Pressures:
- Climate and ocean drivers
- Social drivers
Focal Components:
- Coastal pelagic species
- Ecological Integrity
- Goundfish
- Highly migratory species
- Human well-being
- Marine mammals
- Salmon
- Seabirds
Human Activities:
- Human activities
Mediating Components:
- Habitat
- Loal Social Systems