Naslov
Human activities and pressures acting on marine habitats in the European Seas ; a meta-analysis of map resources for the marine restoration project MERCES

Autori
Dailianis, Thanos ; Gerovasileiou, Vasilis ; Papadopoulou, Nadia ; Sevastou, Katerina ; Smith, Christopher J. ; Amaro, Teresa ; Bekkby, Trine ; Bilan, Meri ; Boström, Christoffer ; Cerrano, Carlo ; Danovaro, Roberto ; Fiorentino, Dario ; Gagnon, Karine ; Gambi, Cristina ; Grehan, Anthony ; Kipson, Silvija ; Linares, Cristina ; Morato, Telmo ; Ojaveer, Henn ; Orav-Kotta, Helen ; Sarà, Antonio ; Scrimgeour, Rachael

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts of MARE Conference 2017 “People & the Sea IX: Dealing with Maritime Mobilities” / - Amsterdam, 2017, 89-90

Skup
MARE Conference 2017 “People & the Sea IX: Dealing with Maritime Mobilities”

Mjesto i datum
Amsterdam, Nizozemska, 05.07.2017. - 07.07.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
mapping ; marine restoration ; human impact ; meta-analysis ; European Seas

Sažetak
Pressures on marine ecosystems are often derived from human activities, either near the coast or through mobilities and inter- connections to the open ocean. Facilities permanently located on land or fixed platforms are straightforward to map, while mobile activities pose a greater challenge for researchers and managers. One of the goals of the ongoing Horizon 2020 MERCES project (http://www.merces-project.eu/) is to produce a thorough census of available maps for activities and pressures with impacts on marine habitats in the European Seas. To this end, we performed an extensive review and compiled a catalogue with mapping sources for (a) maritime activities, (b) endogenous pressures (i.e. those applying locally, resulting from a specific activity), and (c) exogenous pressures (i.e. those deriving from large-scale phenomena) that could potentially drive key- habitat changes. Currently the inventory includes approximately 300 entries covering several key coastal and deep sea habitats. Sources include published records, web resources, and grey literature. A substantial amount of the records regard maritime mobilities, such as fisheries and transport (included in 52% and 39% of the entries, respectively), as compared to coastal and marine infrastructure which is included in 42% of the entries. A similar trend is apparent in the records mapping pressures to ecosystems, where those linked to mobile maritime activities, such as abrasion of the seafloor, rank high on the list (23%). Whilst marine litter (mixed maritime and urban sources) is well mapped, an array of other pressures linked to mobile activities (e.g. underwater noise) are present but may be underestimated, due to their less frequent assessment. Mapping the location and intensity of maritime mobile activities has been facilitated in the past years, mainly through broad employment of satellite monitoring systems ; these data, especially when overlaid on available habitat maps, can produce meaningful information aiding habitat assessments, conservation and restoration efforts.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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