Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-191

  Piroddi, Chiara ^a   Teixeira, Heliana ^a   Lynam, Christopher P ^b   Smith, Chris ^c   Alvarez, Maria C ^d,l   Mazik, Krysia ^d   Andonegi, Eider ^e   Churilova, Tanya ^f,k   Tedesco, Letizia ^g   Chifflet, Marina ^e   Chust, Guillem ^e   Galparsoro, Ibon ^e   Garcia, Ana Carla ^h   Kämäri, Maria ^g   Kryvenko, Olga ^f,k   Lassalle, Geraldine ^i,j   Neville, Suzanna ^b   Niquil, Nathalie ^j   Papadopoulou, Nadia ^c   Rossberg, Axel G ^b   Suslin, Vjacheslav ^k   Uyarra, Maria C ^e   more..

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^f A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

^g FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

ⁱ UR EABX   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^k MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^l NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Biodiversity descriptors; Ecological models; Habitats; Marine ecosystems; Model derived indicators; MSFD; Pressures

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PRESSURE; REMOTE SENSING;

DESCRIPTORS; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE(MSFD); MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; MSFD;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84935856977     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.037     Document Type: Review

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