TY - BOOK
T1 - State of the knowledge on European marine habitat mapping and degraded habitats. Deliverable 1.1, MERCES Project.
AU - Bekkby, T
AU - Gerovasileiou, V
AU - K-N, Papadopoulou
AU - Sevastou, K
AU - Dailianis, T
AU - Fiorentino, D
AU - McOwen, C
AU - Smith, CJ
AU - Amaro, T
AU - Bakran-Petricioli, T
AU - Bilan, M
AU - Boström, Christoffer
AU - Carreiro-Silva, M
AU - Carugati, L
AU - Cebrian, E
AU - Cerrano, C
AU - Christie, H
AU - Danovaro, R
AU - EGT, Eronat
AU - Fraschetti, S
AU - Gagnon, Karine
AU - Gambi, C
AU - Grehan, A
AU - Hereu, B
AU - Kipson, S
AU - Kizilkaya, IT
AU - Kotta, J
AU - Linares, C
AU - Milanese, M
AU - Morato, T
AU - Ojaveer, H
AU - Orav-Kotta, H
AU - Pham, CK
AU - Rinde, E
AU - Sarà, A
AU - Scharfe, M
AU - Scrimgeour, R
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - During the last decades, several EU Directives and other international legislations have generated a largenumber of national initiatives (e.g. marine atlases) and EU programmes on habitat mapping.Nevertheless, the outcomes of these initiatives are fragmented and, to our best knowledge, to date there isno systematic assessment regarding the nature, quality and availability of information across theEuropean seas. One of the main goals of the MERCES project (www.merces-project.eu) is to produce acensus of available maps of European key marine habitats, along with their degradation status andrestoration potential in the European Seas, providing a potential basis for future discussion on restorationactivities. MERCES is producing a census of European marine key habitat maps, degraded habitat maps andinvestigating key habitat restoration potential. To do this MERCES has reviewed known existing habitat maps of European regional seas and provided source citationsfor all of the information reviewed degraded habitat map resources by regional sea and habitat type (e.g. seagrass,macroalgae, coral gardens, sponge aggregations, seamounts, vents), associated habitatdeterioration (e.g. extent of decline), the most common human activities and pressures reported,and the recovery and restoration potential of these habitats reviewed 6 key habitats (including kelp and macroalgal forests, seagrass meadows, coralligenousassemblages, coral gardens and deep-sea bottom communities) and linked 6 major habitatfeatures, such as dynamics, connectivity, structural complexity and vulnerability, to consequencesfor restoration and the likelihood of restoration success
AB - During the last decades, several EU Directives and other international legislations have generated a largenumber of national initiatives (e.g. marine atlases) and EU programmes on habitat mapping.Nevertheless, the outcomes of these initiatives are fragmented and, to our best knowledge, to date there isno systematic assessment regarding the nature, quality and availability of information across theEuropean seas. One of the main goals of the MERCES project (www.merces-project.eu) is to produce acensus of available maps of European key marine habitats, along with their degradation status andrestoration potential in the European Seas, providing a potential basis for future discussion on restorationactivities. MERCES is producing a census of European marine key habitat maps, degraded habitat maps andinvestigating key habitat restoration potential. To do this MERCES has reviewed known existing habitat maps of European regional seas and provided source citationsfor all of the information reviewed degraded habitat map resources by regional sea and habitat type (e.g. seagrass,macroalgae, coral gardens, sponge aggregations, seamounts, vents), associated habitatdeterioration (e.g. extent of decline), the most common human activities and pressures reported,and the recovery and restoration potential of these habitats reviewed 6 key habitats (including kelp and macroalgal forests, seagrass meadows, coralligenousassemblages, coral gardens and deep-sea bottom communities) and linked 6 major habitatfeatures, such as dynamics, connectivity, structural complexity and vulnerability, to consequencesfor restoration and the likelihood of restoration success
M3 - Beställd rapport
BT - State of the knowledge on European marine habitat mapping and degraded habitats. Deliverable 1.1, MERCES Project.
PB - MERCES Project
ER -