Establishing possible links between aquatic ecosystem health and human health: an integrated approach

1996 ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Marshall Adams ◽  
Mark S. Greeley
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Aquatic Ecosystem ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Integrated Approach

scholarly journals Ecosystem approaches to human health

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (suppl) ◽  
pp. S69-S75 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ole Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Extreme Case ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Irreducible Uncertainty ◽  
And Function ◽  
Ecosystem State

The promotion of human health must be embedded in the wider pursuit of ecosystem health. Interventions will be impaired if ecosystem-linked determinants of health are not taken into account. In the extreme case, if ecosystems lose their capacity for renewal, society will lose life support services. Essential features of ecosystem health are the capacity to maintain integrity and to achieve reasonable and sustainable human goals. An ecosystem approach to research and management must be transdisciplinary and assure participation of stakeholders. These requisites provide a means for science to better deal with the complexity of ecosystems, and for policy-makers and managers to establish and achieve reasonable societal goals. The ecosystem approach can determine links between human health and activities or events which disturb ecosystem state and function. Examples are: landscape disturbance in agriculture, mining, forestry, urbanization, and natural disasters. An understanding of these links can provide guidance for management interventions and policy options that promote human health. An ecosystem approach to management must be adaptive because of irreducible uncertainty in ecosystem function.

Ecosystem Health and Human Health

2002 ◽  
pp. 189-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Vasseur ◽  
P.G. Schaberg ◽  
J. Hounsell ◽  
P.O. Ang ◽  
D. Cote ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Ecosystem Health

scholarly journals The role of biomarkers in the assessment of aquatic ecosystem health

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon E Hook ◽  
Evan P Gallagher ◽  
Graeme E Batley
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Ecosystem ◽  
Ecosystem Health
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