A comparison of the degree of implementation of marine biodiversity indicators by European countries in relation to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1519-1531

  Hummel, Herman ^a   Frost, Matt ^b   Juanes, José A ^c   Kochmann, Judith ^d   Bolde, Carlos F Castellanos Perez ^e   Aneiros, Fernando ^f   Vandenbosch, François ^g,h   Franco, João N ⁱ   Echavarri, Beatriz ^c   Guinda, Xabier ^c   Puente, Araceli ^c   Fernández, Camino ^c   Galván, Cristina ^c   Merino, Maria ^c   Ramos, Elvira ^c   Fernández, Paloma ^c   Pitacco, Valentina ^j   Alberte, Madara ^k   Wojcik, Dagmara ^l   Grabowska, Monika ^m   Jahnke, Marlene ⁿ   Crocetta, Fabio ⁿ   Carugati, Laura ^o   Scorrano, Simonetta ^p   Fraschetti, Simonetta ^p   García, Patricia Pérez ^q   Sanabria Fernández, José Antonio ^q,r   Poromov, Artem ^s   Iurchenko, Anna ^s   Isachenko, Artem ^s   Chava, Alexandra ^s   Pavloudi, Christina ^t   Bordeyne, François ^g,h   Andersen, Simone Fie ^u   Eronat, Elizabeth Grace Tunka ^v   Cakmak, Taylan ^w   Louizidou, Paraskevi ^t   Rico, José ^x   Ruci, Stela ^y   Corta Diego, David ^z   Mendez, Sara ^aa   Rousou, Maria ^ab   De Clippele, Laurence ^ac   Eriksson, Annukka ^ad   Van Zanten, Winnie ^ae   Diamant, Anna ^af   De Matos, Valentina Kirienko Fernandes ^ag   more..

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^h STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^j NIB   (Slovenia)

^k LATVIAN INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC ECOLOGY   (Latvia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^m INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

ⁿ STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^r CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^s MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^t INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^u UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^v EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^w GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^x UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^z Ecohydros SL   (Spain)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^ab Marine and Environmental Research (MER) Lab Ltd   (Cyprus)

^ac HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ad FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^ae UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^af INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

descriptor; Indicators; marine biodiversity; MSFD; operability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; ITALY; NORWAY; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; TURKEY;

EID: 84951567448     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315415000235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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