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ArticleEcosphere (Washington, D.C)2022

Long-term ecological research and the COVID-19 anthropause: A window to understanding social-ecological disturbance.

Evelyn E Gaiser, John S Kominoski, Diane M McKnight, Christie A Bahlai, Chingwen Cheng, Sydne Record, Wilfred M Wollheim, Kyle R Christianson, Martha R Downs, Peter A Hawman and 8 more

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Article in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Evelyn E GaiserInstitute of Environment and Department of Biological Sciences Florida International University Miami Florida USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-4821
John S KominoskiInstitute of Environment and Department of Biological Sciences Florida International University Miami Florida USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0978-3326
Diane M McKnightInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research and Environmental Studies Program University of Colorado Boulder Colorado USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4171-1533
Christie A BahlaiDepartment of Biological Sciences Kent State University Kent Ohio USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8937-8709
Chingwen ChengThe Design School Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9724-2190
Sydne RecordDepartment of Biology Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7293-2155
Wilfred M WollheimDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment University of New Hampshire Durham New Hampshire USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5009-3212
Kyle R ChristiansonInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado Boulder Colorado USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0372-6523
Martha R DownsNational Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2833-956X
Peter A HawmanDepartment of Geography University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8047-7244
Sally J HolbrookDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3015-3484
Abhishek KumarDepartment of Environmental Conservation University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst Massachusetts USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0956-1766
Deepak R MishraDepartment of Geography University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3873-9527
Noah P MolotchInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado Boulder Colorado USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4733-8060
Richard B PrimackDepartment of Biology Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-9853
Andrew RassweilerDepartment of Biological Science Florida State University Tallahassee Florida USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-3888
Russell J SchmittDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9674-4244
Lori A SutterWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6012-4492

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The period of disrupted human activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, coined the "anthropause," altered the nature of interactions between humans and ecosystems. It is uncertain how the anthropause has changed ecosystem states, functions, and feedback to human systems through shifts in ecosystem services. Here, we used an existing disturbance framework to propose new investigation pathways for coordinated studies of distributed, long-term social-ecological research to capture effects of the anthropause. Although it is still too early to comprehensively evaluate effects due to pandemic-related delays in data availability and ecological response lags, we detail three case studies that show how long-term data can be used to document and interpret changes in air and water quality and wildlife populations and behavior coinciding with the anthropause. These early findings may guide interpretations of effects of the anthropause as it interacts with other ongoing environmental changes in the future, particularly highlighting the importance of long-term data in separating disturbance impacts from natural variation and long-term trends. Effects of this global disturbance have local to global effects on ecosystems with feedback to social systems that may be detectable at spatial scales captured by nationally to globally distributed research networks.

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PMID35573027
PMCPMC9087370

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