Two end-to-end ecosystem models, NORWECOM.E2E and NoBa Atlantis, have been used to explore a selection of indicators from the Barents Sea Management plans (BSMP). The indicators included in the BSMP are a combination of simple (e.g. temperature, biomass, and abundance) and complex (e.g. trophic level and biomass of functional groups). The abiotic indicators are found to serve more as a tool to report on climate trends rather than being ecological indicators. It is shown that the selected indicators give a good overview of the ecosystem state, but that overarching management targets and lack of connection between indicators and management actions makes it questionable if the indicator system is suitable for direct use in management as such. The lack of socio-economic and economic indicators prevents a holistic view of the system, and an inclusion of these in future management plans is recommended. The evaluated indicators perform well as an assessment of the ecosystem, but consistency and representativeness are extremely dependent on the time and in what area they are sampled. This conclusion strongly supports the inclusion of an observing system simulation experiment in management plans, to make sure that the observations represent the properties that the indicators need.

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使用指标评估巴伦支海的状况：如何、何时、何地？

两个端到端生态系统模型 NORWECOM.E2E 和 NoBa Atlantis 已被用于探索巴伦支海管理计划 (BSMP) 中的一系列指标。BSMP 中包含的指标是简单（例如温度、生物量和丰度）和复杂（例如功能组的营养水平和生物量）的组合。非生物指标被发现更多地用作报告气候趋势的工具，而不是生态指标。结果表明，所选指标很好地概述了生态系统状态，但总体管理目标以及指标与管理行动之间缺乏联系使得指标系统是否适合直接用于管理本身存在疑问。缺乏社会经济和经济指标阻碍了对系统的整体看法，并建议将这些纳入未来的管理计划。评估的指标作为对生态系统的评估表现良好，但一致性和代表性极大地依赖于它们被采样的时间和区域。这一结论强烈支持将观测系统模拟实验纳入管理计划，以确保观测结果代表指标所需的属性。