WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS
Spatial models and benthic taxa show the infralittoral mud zone experiencing extensive eutrophication risk. The authors report about 32% of its area affected by environmental pressure compared with 4.72% physical damage and 0.17% direct loss.
WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ
Project-by-project footprint accounting can miss dominant diffuse stressors in busy bays; habitat-specific sensitivity maps may sharpen monitoring priorities.
CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY
Mapped indices depend on weights, input quality and sensitivity assumptions; co-occurring stress and tolerant taxa cannot establish single-driver causation.
SOURCE
Frontiers in Marine Science · spatial impact study
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