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Galgani, F., G. Hanke, S. Werner, and L. De Vrees. "Marine litter within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive." ICES Journal of Marine Science 70, no. 6 (2013): 1055–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst122.

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Abstract Galgani, F., Hanke, G., Werner, S., and De Vrees, L. 2013. Marine litter within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 1055–1064. There have been numerous anthropogenic-driven changes to our planet in the last half-century. One of the most evident changes is the ubiquity and abundance of litter in the marine environment. The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008/56/EC) establishes a framework within which EU Member States shall take action to achieve or maintain good environmental status (GES) of their marine waters by 2020

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Abaza, Valeria, Camelia Dumitrache, and Adrian Filimon. "The Status of the Sedimentary Benthic Broad Habitats and their Associated Communities in the Romanian Marine Area in 2020." Cercetări Marine - Recherches Marines 51, no. 1 (2021): 64–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.55268/cm.2021.51.64.

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"The management of marine areas are guided by environmental policies, such as European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Habitats Directive, all requiring periodic assessment and reporting. In 2020, the macrozoobenthos was monitored on the entire Black Sea Romanian shelf at depths ranging between 10 and 100 m. Out of the 43 sampling points of the marine monitoring network, 56 samples were collected in 22 selected stations distributed among broad sedimentary habitat types in Romanian waters in three marine reporting units (variable salinity

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Trouwborst, Arie, and Harm M. Dotinga. "Comparing European Instruments for Marine Nature Conservation: The OSPAR Convention, the Bern Convention, the Birds and Habitats Directives, and the Added Value of the Marine Strategy Framework Direct." European Energy and Environmental Law Review 20, Issue 4 (2011): 129–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/eelr2011013.

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This article performs a comparative analysis of five major legal instruments for (marine) nature conservation in Europe, namely the 1979 Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, the 1979 EU Wild Birds Directive, the 1992 EU Habitats Directive, the 1992 OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, and the 2008 EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Through this analysis, an answer is provided to the question what the recently added MSFD contributes to the pre-existing legal framework in the field of marin

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Amalia, Jurado-Mc Allister. "Navigating the Marine Strategy Framework Directive D11: Updates on Threshold Values and Future Perspectives." Leads of Marine Biology 1, no. 1 (2024): 001–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.17352/lmb.000001.

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The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), enacted by the European Union in 2008, seeks to achieve a Good Environmental Status for European seas through 11 qualitative descriptors. This paper specifically examines Descriptor 11 (D11), which focuses on the impact of anthropogenic noise on marine ecosystems. Despite significant advancements and extensive work done by expert groups and researchers to establish methodologies for assessing this issue, critical gaps remain, such as the effects of anthropogenic noise on many marine species, including cetaceans. As the second MSFD cycle concludes

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Probst, Wolfgang Nikolaus, Matthias Kloppmann, and Gerd Kraus. "Indicator-based status assessment of commercial fish species in the North Sea according to the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)." ICES Journal of Marine Science 70, no. 3 (2013): 694–706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst010.

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Abstract Probst, W. N., Kloppmann, M., and Kraus, G. Indicator-based status assessment of commercial fish species in the North Sea according to the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 694–706. The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is structured into eleven descriptors of good environmental status (GES). For each descriptor the current status of the marine environment should be assessed against its GES using ecosystem criteria and indicators. Within Descriptor 3 (D3) the MSFD addresses the status of exploited fish stocks according to

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Paganelli, Daniela, Paola La Valle, Marina Pulcini, et al. "Towards an evaluation of physical loss pressure in the Italian seas for the implementation of the marine strategy framework directive." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98, no. 1 (2017): 61–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000911.

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All over the world marine waters are under increasing pressure from human activities affecting marine ecosystems. Several EU Directives require assessment of the condition of marine environments; in particular the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) applies an ecosystem approach to the management of human activities. In this context, the mapping of pressures in a standardized and comparable way is a critical step to assess the spatial pattern, the temporal change and the ecological impacts of human pressures. Within the MSFD, one of the stressors directly affecting the seafloor is the P

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Galgani, Francois, Amy L. Lusher, Jakob Strand, et al. "Revisiting the strategy for marine litter monitoring within the european marine strategy framework directive (MSFD)." Ocean & Coastal Management 255 (September 2024): 107254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107254.

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Piroddi, Chiara, Heliana Teixeira, Christopher P. Lynam, et al. "Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive." Ecological Indicators 58 (May 19, 2015): 175–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.037.

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<strong>Abstract</strong> The European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) seeks to achieve, for all European seas, "Good Environmental Status" (GEnS), by 2020. Ecological models are currently one of the strongest approaches used to predicting and understanding the consequences of anthropogenic and climate-driven changes in the natural environment. We assess the most commonly used capabilities of the modelling community to provide information about indicators outlined in the MSFD, particularly on biodiversity, food webs, non-indigenous species and seafloor integr

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Uusitalo, Laura, Jose A. Fernandes, Eneko Bachiller, Siru Tasala, and Maiju Lehtiniemi. "Semi-automated classification method addressing marine strategy framework directive (MSFD) zooplankton indicators." Ecological Indicators 71 (December 2016): 398–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.05.036.

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Tew-Kai, Emilie, Victor Quilfen, Marie Cachera, and Martial Boutet. "Dynamic Coastal-Shelf Seascapes to Support Marine Policies Using Operational Coastal Oceanography: The French Example." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 8 (2020): 585. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse8080585.

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In the context of maritime spatial planning and the implementation of spatialized Good Environmental Status indicators in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the definition of a mosaic composed of coherent and standardised spatial units is necessary. We propose here a characterization of seascapes in time and space within the specific framework of the MSFD in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay areas. A spatio-temporal classification of coastal-shelf water masses is carried out using twelve essential oceanographic and derived variables from operational coastal oceanography us

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Shephard, Samuel, Simon P. R. Greenstreet, GerJan J. Piet, Anna Rindorf, and Mark Dickey-Collas. "Surveillance indicators and their use in implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive." ICES Journal of Marine Science 72, no. 8 (2015): 2269–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv131.

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Abstract The European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) uses indicators to track ecosystem state in relation to Good Environmental Status (GES). These indicators were initially expected to be “operational”, i.e. to have well-understood relationships between state and specified anthropogenic pressure(s), and to have defined targets. Recent discussion on MSFD implementation has highlighted an additional class of “surveillance” indicators. Surveillance indicators monitor key aspects of the ecosystem for which there is: first, insufficient evidence to define targets and support form

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Virtanen, Elina, Louise Forsblom, Liisa Saikkonen, Susanna Jernberg, Markku Viitasalo, and Soile Kulmala. "Marine ecosystem extent and condition pilot accounts for Finland." One Ecosystem 9 (December 11, 2024): e138839. https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.9.e138839.

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Ecosystem accounting provides a standardised framework for evaluating the economic value of ecosystems to society. Following the international accounting standard, System of Environmental Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA), we present first marine ecosystem extent pilot accounts for Finland, based on three habitat classification systems: the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the EU Habitats Directive (HD) and the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE). We assess their condition using indicators from the Water Framework Directive, which measure ecosystem quality through b

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Hummel, Herman, Matt Frost, José A. Juanes, et al. "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 95, no. 8 (2015): 1519–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315415000235.

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The degree of development and operability of the indicators for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) using Descriptor 1 (D1) Biological Diversity was assessed. To this end, an overview of the relevance and degree of operability of the underlying parameters across 20 European countries was compiled by analysing national directives, legislation, regulations, and publicly available reports. Marked differences were found between countries in the degree of ecological relevance as well as in the degree of implementation and operability of the parameters chosen to indicate biological divers

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Sprovieri, Mario, Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà, Patrick Roose, et al. "Science for Good Environmental Status: A European Joint Action to Support Marine Policy." Sustainability 13, no. 15 (2021): 8664. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158664.

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In the last decade, several initiatives have been taken at a European level to adopt the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) by promoting coordination and stimulating integrated actions leading to consistent views on its final goal: the achievement of good environmental status (GES). In its holistic approach, the MSFD fully acknowledges the complexity and variability of marine ecosystems and demands constant scientific support for its actual implementation. Recently, the Joint Programming Initiative on “Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans” (JPI Oceans) launched the joint action “Scie

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Oros, Andra, Valentina Coatu, Nicoleta Damir, Diana Danilov, and Elena Ristea. "Recent Findings on the Pollution Levels in the Romanian Black Sea Ecosystem: Implications for Achieving Good Environmental Status (GES) Under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (Directive 2008/56/EC)." Sustainability 16, no. 22 (2024): 9785. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16229785.

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This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of contamination levels in the Romanian Black Sea within the framework of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Over the course of five oceanographic expeditions between 2020 and 2022, data were gathered from 70 stations in transitional, coastal, shelf, and offshore waters of the Black Sea. Analyses were conducted on water, sediment, and biota samples for key contaminants: heavy metals (HMs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as organochlorinated pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated b

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Probst, Wolfgang Nikolaus, Andrea Rau, and Daniel Oesterwind. "A proposal for restructuring Descriptor 3 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)." Marine Policy 74 (December 2016): 128–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.09.026.

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Langlet, David, and Aron Westholm. "Realizing the Social Dimension of EU Coastal Water Management." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (2021): 2261. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13042261.

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In the last 20 years, the EU has adopted some rather ambitious pieces of legislation with the aim to achieve a good environmental status in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Both the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) have a strong focus on the natural environment and biological criteria for assessing the status of the relevant ecosystems. In the same time period, much research on environmental governance has focused on the interconnectedness of social systems and ecosystems, so-called social-ecological systems (SES). While having high aspiration

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SIMBOURA, N., M. TSAPAKIS, A. PAVLIDOU, et al. "Assessment of the environmental status in Hellenic coastal waters (Eastern Mediterranean): from the Water Framework Directive to the Marine Strategy Water Framework Directive." Mediterranean Marine Science 16, no. 1 (2014): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.960.

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A methodology is presented to assess the environmental status sensu the Marine Strategy Water Framework Directive (MSFD) based on data obtained from the monitoring of water quality in the Hellenic coastal waters within the Water Framework Directive (WFD). An adapted decision tree used for integrating the results of the WFD in the Basque country was applied. Modifications lie to the evaluation of the physicochemical status based on a eutrophication index developed for Eastern Mediterranean waters. Results on hydromorphological, physicochemical and biological elements are presented. The chemical

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Maggi, Chiara, Serena Lomiri, Bianca Di Lorenzo, Marco d’Antona, and Maria Teresa Berducci. "Environmental Quality of Italian Marine Water by Means of Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 9." PLoS ONE 9, no. 9 (2014): e108463. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108463.

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Bisinicu, Elena, and George Emanuel Harcota. "Baseline Assessment of Black Sea Food Web Integrity Using a Zooplankton-Based Approach Under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 13, no. 4 (2025): 713. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13040713.

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This study presents the first scientific evaluation of food web integrity in the Black Sea under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 4 (Food Webs), utilizing zooplankton indicators to assess the environmental status during the warm season (May to October) from 2018 to 2023. The research aims to analyze trophic interactions, biodiversity patterns, and ecological stability by examining three key indicators: the Shannon–Wiener diversity index, Copepoda biomass, and Mnemiopsis leidyi biomass. The findings reveal that the Shannon–Wiener diversity index failed to achieve Good E

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Juretzek, Carina, Andreas Müller, Ramona Eigenmann, Junio Fabrizio Borsani, and Peter Sigray. "A Case Study-Based Analysis of Uncertainties on the Assessment of Impulsive Underwater Noise for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11, no. 4 (2023): 847. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse11040847.

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The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) has been an important driver for progress in monitoring and assessment of impulsive underwater noise in the marine environment of the European Union. An important achievement of the MSFD implementation was the development of regional noise registries, providing the data basis for assessments. Recently, the EU has made tremendous efforts to propose harmonized assessment approaches and first-of-their-kind regional quantitative thresholds for impulsive underwater noise. In light of these newly developed thresholds values, we analyze the suitability o

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Modica, Larissa, Pilar Córdoba, Cristina Rodríguez-Cabello, Francisco Sánchez, and Francisco Velasco. "A new approach to species distributional indicators for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)." Ecological Indicators 67 (August 2016): 21–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.010.

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Ackermann, Andrea, Judith Mahnkopf, Claudia Heidecke, and Markus Venohr. "Reducing agricultural nitrogen inputs in the German Baltic Sea catchment – trends and policy options." Water Science and Technology 74, no. 5 (2016): 1060–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2016.267.

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We depict recent agricultural nitrogen input and future loads to be expected in 2021 in the German Baltic Sea catchment to assess the feasibility of reaching water quality targets defined by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). We calculate recent and future nitrogen balances from agriculture by applying an interdisciplinary modelling system, also considering the effects of the Nitrate Directive. The nitrogen surpluses are transferred to a nutrient emission model to simulate nitrogen emissions, in-stream retention and resulting riverine loads to the sea until 2021. Finally, we analy

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RUBEL, O., A. A. ZHIKHAREVA, and N. REZNICHENKO. "INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE: SYSTEM, DYNAMICS AND MEASURES." Economic innovations 20, no. 3(68) (2018): 185–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.31520/ei.2018.20.3(68).185-196.

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Topicality. Over the past decade, there have been signs of improvement of the Black Sea. However, its unique water areas and coastline are still under serious threat. The Black Sea is unprotected from significant anthropogenic pressures, and has a low adaptive potential. If as the region's economy grows, these pressures will intensify, the problem will become more serious.The implementation of the Directive 2008/56/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of environmental policy on the marine environment (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) are important for Ukraine. The

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Tedesco, Letizia, Chiara Piroddi, Maria Kämäri, and Christopher Lynam. "Capabilities of Baltic Sea models to assess environmental status for marine biodiversity." Marine Policy 70 (April 8, 2016): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.04.021.

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<strong>Abstract</strong> To date there has been no evaluation of the capabilities of the Baltic Sea ecosystem models to provide information as outlined by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. This work aims to fill in this knowledge gap by exploring the modelling potential of nine Baltic Sea ecosystem models to support this specific European policy and, in particular, models' capabilities to inform on marine biodiversity. Several links are found between the Model-Derived Indicators and some of the relevant biodiversity-related descriptors (i.e. biological diversity and food webs), and

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Caruso, Gabriella, Maurizio Azzaro, Carmela Caroppo, et al. "Microbial community and its potential as descriptor of environmental status." ICES Journal of Marine Science 73, no. 9 (2016): 2174–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw101.

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Abstract Planktonic communities hold a relevant role within the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). In view of reaching the Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems, within this Directive the phyto- and zooplanktonic communities have received great attention, while Prokaryotes (Bacteria, Archaea, and Cyanobacteria) have been neglected. Indeed, the relevance of microbes (particularly of the faecal pollution indicators) as water quality indicators, the role that microorganisms play within the biogeochemical fluxes and in the whole ecosystem functioning, are all important feature

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Bisinicu, Elena, and Luminita Lazar. "Exploring Mesozooplankton Insights by Assessing the Ecological Status of Black Sea Waters Under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive." Oceans 5, no. 4 (2024): 923–50. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans5040053.

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Mesozooplankton are highly responsive to environmental changes, making their population dynamics and species composition important indicators of large-scale oceanic conditions. This study investigates the mesozooplankton composition, emphasizing biomass values across all three marine reporting units in the Romanian Black Sea from 2013 to 2020, covering 45 stations that represent transitional, coastal, and marine waters during the warm season. It also examines environmental parameters, such as temperature, salinity, and nutrient levels associated with eutrophication, that impact the mesozooplan

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Bitetto, Isabella, Giovanni Romagnoni, Angeliki Adamidou, et al. "Modelling spatio-temporal patterns of fish community size structure across the northern Mediterranean Sea: an analysis combining MEDITS survey data with environmental and anthropogenic drivers." Scientia Marina 83, S1 (2020): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05015.06a.

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The state of marine systems subject to natural or anthropogenic impacts can be generally summarized by suites of ecological indicators carefully selected to avoid redundancy. Length-based indicators capture the status of fish community structure, fulfilling the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requirement for Descriptor 3 (status of commercial fish species). Although the MSFD recommends the development of regional indicators, a comparison among alternative length-based indicators is so far missing for the Mediterranean Sea. Using principal component analysis and dynamic factor analys

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Vinci, Matteo, Alessandra Giorgetti, and Marina Lipizer. "The role of EMODnet Chemistry in the European challenge for Good Environmental Status." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 17, no. 2 (2017): 197–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-197-2017.

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Abstract. The European Union set the ambitious objective to reach within 2020 the goal of Good Environmental Status. The European Commission (2008) represents the legislative framework that drives member state efforts to reach it. The Integrated Maritime Policy supported the need to provide a European knowledge base able to drive sustainable development by launching in 2009 a new European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). Through a stepwise approach, EMODnet Chemistry aims to provide high-quality marine environmental data and related products at the scale of regions and sub-region

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Pouikli, Kleoniki. "The “Transnational” Dimension of EU Legislation on Noise Pollution and Its Potential Operationalization at the National Level – Addressing the Challenges of a Local and Often “Forgotten” Environmental Issue." Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 22, no. 1-2 (2025): 128–46. https://doi.org/10.1163/18760104-22010207.

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Abstract This article examines the transnational elements of EU noise pollution legislation, unpacking its operational challenges and gaps when applied at the national level. Despite the legislative recognition of potential noise impacts across borders, noise pollution is predominantly treated as a local environmental problem detached from cohesive regional and international responses. This analysis focuses on the Environmental Noise Directive (end) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (msfd), revealing a fragmented regulatory framework and underscoring the complexities of cross border

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Hadjisolomou, Ekaterini, Konstantinos Antoniadis, Maria Rousou, et al. "Predicting Coastal Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Levels by Applying Data-Driven Modelling: The Case Study of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)." E3S Web of Conferences 436 (2023): 10002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202343610002.

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A surfeit of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen (DIN), which is defined as the total amount of nitrite, nitrate, and ammonium levels in water, may cause negative effects to the marine environment. For example, elevated levels of DIN may promote surplus production of algae and possible depletion of oxygen in the water column. The DIN in the marine water column is monitored as part of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the Nitrates Directive and the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Data-driven models have been proved to be an excellent management tool for environmental issues related t

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ZENETOS, ARGYRO, PARASKEVI K. KARACHLE, MARIA CORSINI-FOKA та ін. "Is the trend in new introductions of marine non-indigenous species a reliable criterion for assessing good environmental status? Τhe case study of Greece". Mediterranean Marine Science 21, № 3 (2020): 775. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.25136.

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This study presents the updated status of marine non-indigenous species (NIS) distribution in Greece and investigates trends in new NIS introductions, at both national and subnational level, during 1970-2017. The overall picture shows an increase in new introductions from the 1970s to 2017. The number of unaided introduced species (mainly Lessepsian immigrants) followed an upward trend in the South Aegean Sea until 2017. Similarly, the number of NIS associated with transport-stowaway (NIS introduced mainly via ballast and boat hulls) followed an upward until 2017 in the South Aegean Sea, but a

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Lassen, Hans, Søren Anker Pedersen, Hans Frost, and Ayoe Hoff. "Fishery management advice with ecosystem considerations." ICES Journal of Marine Science 70, no. 2 (2013): 471–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss208.

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Abstract Lassen, H., Pedersen, S. A., Frost, H., and Hoff. A. 2013. Fishery management advice with ecosystem considerations. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 471–479. The European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) includes four descriptors of Good Environmental Status (GES) which are affected by fishing activity. These descriptors are: biodiversity, fish stocks, foodweb, and seabed integrity. This paper shows how these descriptors can be related to variables within an ecological model and how an ecological model can be used to analyse whether the fishing pressure that is es

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FARRIOLS, MARIA TERESA, ALBA SERRAT, FRANCESC ORDINES, AIDA FRANK, AÍDA PAREJO, and ENRIC MASSUTÍ. "Improving the sampling efficiency of benthic species and communities using complementary gears: beam trawl and bottom trawl." Mediterranean Marine Science 25, no. 2 (2024): 511–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.37470.

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Benthic species and habitats are receiving increasing attention in the framework of European regulations such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management by the current EuropeanM Union Common Fishery Policy. As a consequence, scientific surveys initially designed to assess demersal resources, like MEDITS, have broadened over the years from demersal species and their communities to benthic ones. At the same time, in the framework of the MSFD, new specific surveys have also started to properly identify and characteriz

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Maccarrone, Vincenzo, Francesco Filiciotto, Giovanni de Vincenzi, Salvatore Mazzola, and Giuseppa Buscaino. "An Italian proposal on the monitoring of underwater noise: Relationship between the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and marine spatial planning directive (MSP)." Ocean & Coastal Management 118 (December 2015): 215–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.07.006.

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DUMITRACHE, Camelia, Mihaela Cosmina TEODOROF, Adrian FILIMON, and Elena PANTEA. "RECENT DATA ON ZOOBENTHIC NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES PRESENT IN ROMANIAN PORT MARINE AREAS IN 2023." Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Biological Sciences 14, no. 1 (2025): 7–17. https://doi.org/10.56082/annalsarscibio.2025.1.7.

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Under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), Member States are required to report to the European Commission on the various stages of their marine strategies, assess the state of marine waters, determine the good ecological status and set the environmental objectives. Following Article 11 of the Directive regarding the need to update the monitoring programs, the Member States must establish and carry out the monitoring of the marine environment by applying these requirements. In order to respond to the requirements of the MSFD and to update the monitoring program for the qualitative p

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Modica, Larissa, Francisco Velasco, Izaskun Preciado, Maria Soto, and Simon P. R. Greenstreet. "Development of the large fish indicator and associated target for a Northeast Atlantic fish community." ICES Journal of Marine Science 71, no. 9 (2014): 2403–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu101.

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AbstractThe large fish indicator (LFI) was developed to support the North Sea fish community Ecological Quality Objective (EcoQO) pilot study, intended to establish an operational ecosystem approach to management. Subsequently, procedures established in the North Sea were applied to the Celtic Sea to derive an LFI and target specific to this region. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires EU Member States sharing marine regions to cooperate using the Regional Seas Conventions, and using indicators already adopted by them. The MSFD explicitly suggests the LFI as a foodweb indica

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López-Jurado, J. L., R. Balbín, F. Alemany, et al. "The RADMED monitoring programme as a tool for MSFD implementation: towards an ecosystem-based approach." Ocean Science 11, no. 6 (2015): 897–908. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-11-897-2015.

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Abstract. In the western Mediterranean Sea, the RADMED monitoring programme is already conducting several of the evaluations required under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MFSD) along the Spanish Mediterranean coast. The different aspects of the ecosystem that are regularly sampled under this monitoring programme are the physical environment and the chemical and biological variables of the water column, together with the planktonic communities, biomass and structure. Moreover, determinations of some anthropogenic stressors on the marine environment, such as contaminants and microplast

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SEMPRUCCI, F., V. LOSI, and M. MORENO. "A review of Italian research on free-living marine nematodes and the future perspectives on their use as Ecological Indicators (EcoInds)." Mediterranean Marine Science 16, no. 2 (2015): 352. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.1072.

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The use of free-living marine nematodes as ecological indicators (EcoInds) of human impacts has increased greatly in Italy since 1990. This paper is a summary of the Italian research experience in the study of nematode assemblages of shallow water habitats, and provides a breakdown of the most important insights that have been obtained so far. Although nematodes are among the best candidates for the Ecological Quality (EcoQ) assessment in the benthic domain, many guidelines need to be developed and limits overcome. Italian research has certainly contributed to the achievement of this purpose w

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KLAUSON, Aleksander, and Mirko MUSTONEN. "The impact of marine traffic radiated underwater noise on the in the Baltic Sea." INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings 270, no. 10 (2024): 1176–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.3397/in_2024_2795.

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Continuous anthropogenic noise, generated by commercial shipping, is considered to exert a considerable pressure on the marine environment. Noise emitted by ships is mainly due to their propellers whose energy is predominantly at low frequencies and can interfere with the communication of marine animals. The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), has set the objective of achieving good environmental status of Europe's seas. In particular, anthropogenic underwater sound should be at a level that does not harm the marine environment. Here we present the first implementation of the new fr

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Felline, Serena, Manuela Piccardo, Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto, Cosimino Malitesta, and Antonio Terlizzi. "Microplastics’ Occurrence in Edible Fish Species (Mullus barbatus and M. surmuletus) from an Italian Marine Protected Area." Microplastics 1, no. 2 (2022): 291–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microplastics1020021.

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This study reports on the presence of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tracts and livers of demersal fish (the mullet, Mullus spp.) from a Marine Protected Area (Porto Cesareo) along the Ionian Sea coast (Apulia, Southern Italy). The results showed microplastic ingestion in more than 60% of specimens analyzed with an average of three items per fish and average levels in red mullets being almost twice as high as the average in the congeneric striped red mullets. The dominant polymers identified by Attenuated Total ReflectanceFourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and Prolysis G

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Lefebvre, Alain, and David Devreker. "First Comprehensive Quantitative Multi-Parameter Assessment of the Eutrophication Status from Coastal to Marine French Waters in the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, the Bay of Biscay, and the Mediterranean Sea." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 8 (2020): 561. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse8080561.

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The first quantitative and comprehensive assessment of the eutrophication status from coastal to offshore French waters was performed within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD descriptor 5) for the English Channel, the southern bight of the North Sea, the Celtic Seas, the Bay of Biscay and the Western Mediterranean Sea. Based on a combination of different data sources (in situ, satellite, and modeling products), a fully-integrated dataset was generated over the period 2010–2016. Using the best available knowledge on the eutrophication process and definition, the assessment procedure

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Mačić, Vesna, Nikola Djordjevic, and Martina Orlando-Bonaca. "First implementation of the MediSkew index in the Cymodocea nodosa meadows of the Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro) and assessment of the ecological status." Studia Marina 37, no. 2 (2024): 5–13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14499095.

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The seagrass <em>Cymodocea nodosa </em>is a protected species and one of the most important habitat engineers in the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, the assessment of the status of its meadows is of great importance for the planning of conservation measures, and the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This is of special importance in the areas where <em>Posidonia oceanica </em>is not present or does not dominate, as it is the case of the Boka Kotorska. The MediSkew index which has already been successfully implemented in the n

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Ndah, Anthony B., Cédric L. Meunier, Inga V. Kirstein, Jeanette Göbel, Lena Rönn, and Maarten Boersma. "A systematic study of zooplankton-based indices of marine ecological change and water quality: Application to the European marine strategy framework Directive (MSFD)." Ecological Indicators 135 (February 2022): 108587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108587.

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Paramana, Theodora, George Katsouras, and Manos Dassenakis. "Assessing the first MSFD Implementation Cycle in Greece under Biodiversity and Contaminants Descriptors." Water 13, no. 24 (2021): 3547. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13243547.

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The present work constitutes an assessment of the first implementation cycle of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC in Greece by focusing on biodiversity and contaminants, i.e., Descriptors 1 (biodiversity), 4 (food webs), 6 (seafloor integrity), 8 (contaminants), and 9 (contaminants in seafood), and by following the directive’s requirements regarding Articles 8—Initial Assessment, 9—Definition of Good Environmental Status, 10—Establishment of Environmental Targets, 11—Monitoring Programmes, and 13—Programmes of Measures. In this study, the analysis that was conducted investigat

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Bou-Cabo, Manuel, Guillermo Lara, Paula Gutiérrez-Muñoz, C. Saavedra, Ramón Miralles, and Víctor Espinosa. "A Risk-Based Model Using Communication Distance Reduction for the Assessment of Underwater Continuous Noise: An Application to the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Inhabiting the Spanish North Atlantic Marine Demarcation." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10, no. 5 (2022): 605. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050605.

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Over the last decade, national authorities and European administrations have made great efforts to establish methodological standards for the assessment of underwater continuous noise, especially under the requirements set by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Through the MSFD implementation across EU Member States Marine Reporting Units (MRUs), it is intended to establish the Good Environmental Status (GES) whether it is achieved or not. The evaluation of the Sound Pressure Level (SPL) at the local or regional scale for 1/3 octave band of 63 Hz and 125 Hz and the identification o

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Philipp, Carolin, Bianca Unger, Elke K. Fischer, Joseph G. Schnitzler, and Ursula Siebert. "Handle with Care—Microplastic Particles in Intestine Samples of Seals from German Waters." Sustainability 12, no. 24 (2020): 10424. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122410424.

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The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) aims to reduce the marine debris burden in the marine environment by 2020. This requires an assessment of the actual situation, which includes the occurrence as well as the caused impacts. Information on both is scarce when it comes to top predators like marine mammals and the burden of microplastic. This is hampered by the limited access to free ranging marine mammals for collecting samples, as well as sample handling. The present study investigated gastrointestinal tracts and faecal samples of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halic

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Reilly, T. O. M., H. M. Fraser, R. J. Fryer, J. Clarke, and S. P. R. Greenstreet. "Interpreting variation in fish-based food web indicators: the importance of “bottom-up limitation” and “top-down control” processes." ICES Journal of Marine Science 71, no. 2 (2013): 406–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst137.

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Abstract Reilly, T. O. M., Fraser, H. M., Fryer, R. J., Clarke, J., and Greenstreet, S. P. R. 2014. Interpreting variation in fish-based food web indicators: the importance of “bottom-up limitation” and “top-down control” processes. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71: 406–416. Proposed indicators for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) food webs Descriptor focus on structural elements of food webs, and in particular on the abundance and productivity of top predators. However, the inferences that can be drawn from such indicators depend on whether or not the predators are “bottom-u

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Marcelli, Marco, Sergio Scanu, Francesco Manfredi Frattarelli, Emanuele Mancini, and Filippo Maria Carli. "A Benthic Zonation System as a Fundamental Tool for Natural Capital Assessment in a Marine Environment: A Case Study in the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy." Sustainability 10, no. 10 (2018): 3786. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10103786.

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Coastal marine areas are characterized by the highest values of ecosystem services and by multiple uses that are often in conflict with each other. Natural capital analysis is claimed to be a valid tool to support space planning. In the context of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) of the European Union (EU), the EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) Scientific and Policy Report 2014 defines the monitoring of specific descriptors and their possible use, based on an ecosystem-services approach. Mediterranean marine ecosystems are characterized by high biodiversity and the presence of relev

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Filimon, Adrian, Andreea-Mădălina Ciucă, George-Emanuel Harcotă, and Elena Stoica. "Preliminary Study on Microplastic Contamination in Black Sea Cetaceans: Gastrointestinal Analysis of Phocoena phocoena relicta and Tursiops truncatus ponticus." Animals 14, no. 6 (2024): 886. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani14060886.

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Plastic pollution is a global concern that has a significant impact on marine life. Plastic is widely used and has become a pervasive pollutant in marine environments. Plastic contamination has been documented both in marine environments and biota. Plastic contamination in cetacean gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) content has received limited attention, especially in the Black Sea. This study aims to investigate plastic contamination in the GITs of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises, introducing a novel methodology. Given the limited exploration of this issue in the Black Sea, the research

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