Coastal benthic ecosystems may be impacted by numerous human activities, including aquaculture, which continues to expand rapidly. Indeed, today aquaculture worldwide provides more biomass for human consumption than do wild fisheries. This rapid development raises questions about the interactions the practice has with the surrounding environment. In order to design strategies of sustainable ecosystem exploitation and marine spatial planning, a better understanding of coastal ecosystem functioning is needed so that tools to quantify impacts of human activities, including aquaculture, may be developed. To achieve this goal, some possible directions proposed are integrated studies leading to new concepts, model development based on these concepts and comparisons of various ecosystems on a global scale. This review draws on existing literature to (i) briefly summarize the major ecological interactions between off‐bottom shellfish aquaculture and the environment, (ii) introduce research on the influence of benthic diversity on ecosystem functioning (BEF relationships) and (iii) propose a holistic approach to conduct aquaculture–environment studies using a BEF approach, highlighting the need for integrated studies that could offer insights and perspectives to guide future research efforts and improve the environmental management of aquaculture.

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利用生物多样性-生态系统功能（BEF）方法进一步了解水产养殖-环境相互作用及其在双壳类养殖和底栖生态系统中的应用

沿海底栖生态系统可能会受到包括水产养殖在内的众多人类活动的影响，而这种活动仍在继续迅速扩大。的确，当今世界范围内的水产养殖业比野生渔业提供更多的生物质供人类消费。这种快速发展引发了人们对实践与周围环境之间相互作用的质疑。为了设计可持续生态系统开发和海洋空间规划的战略，需要更好地了解沿海生态系统的功能，以便开发量化人类活动（包括水产养殖）影响的工具。为了实现这一目标，提出了一些可能的方向，即进行综合研究，以产生新概念，基于这些概念的模型开发以及在全球范围内比较各种生态系统。