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A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators
Teixeira, Heliana; Berg, Torsten; Uusitalo, Laura; Fürhaupter, Karin; Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina; Mazik, Krysia; Lynam, Christopher P.; Neville, SuzannaA Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators was developed with the aim of providing the basis for assessing the environmental status of the marine ecosystems. Useful for the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), this catalogue allows the navigation of a database of indicators mostly related to biological diversity, non-indigenous species, food webs, and seafloor integrity. Over 600...
Indicator-Based Assessment of Marine Biological Diversity–Lessons from 10 Case ...
Uusitalo, Laura; Blanchet, Hugues; Andersen, Jesper H.; Beauchard, Olivier; Berg, Torsten; Bianchelli, Silvia; Cantafaro, Annalucia; Carstensen, JacobThe Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires the environmental status of European marine waters to be assessed using biodiversity as 1 out of 11 descriptors, but the complexity of marine biodiversity and its large span across latitudinal and salinity gradients have been a challenge to the scientific community aiming to produce approaches for integrating information from a broad range of indicators. The Nest...
Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know w...
Borja, Angel; Elliott, Mike; Andersen, Jesper H.; Cardoso, Ana C.; Carstensen, Jacob; Ferreira, João G.; Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina; Marques, J. C.The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires EU Member States (MS) to achieve Good Environmental Status (GEnS) of their seas by 2020. We address the question of what GEnS entails especially with regard to the level at which targets are set (descriptors, criteria, indicators), to scales for assessments (regional, sub-divisions, site-specific), and to difficulties in putting into practice the ...