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View article: Temporal and spatial trends in eutrophication status in the Oslofjord, Norway
Temporal and spatial trends in eutrophication status in the Oslofjord, Norway Open
The eutrophication status of the Oslofjord, Norway, was assessed using 1) existing monitoring data, 2) established assessment criteria, and 3) an updated version of the HELCOM Eutrophication Assessment Tool (HEAT), which is widely employed…
View article: Sustainable levels of human activities in the Nordic marine environment
Sustainable levels of human activities in the Nordic marine environment Open
Coastal and marine ecosystems are under pressure from various human activities, which exert direct and indirect impacts on underwater biota. Relevant management policies urgently need detailed information on ecological impacts of the activ…
View article: Getting the errors right: The importance of partitioning sources of uncertainty for ecological indicators
Getting the errors right: The importance of partitioning sources of uncertainty for ecological indicators Open
Environmental policies such as the Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that the confidence of ecological status assessments should be reported. Such assessments are typically based on aggregating several ecological indicators, but the…
View article: Innovative and practical tools for monitoring and assessing biodiversity status and impacts of multiple human pressures in marine systems
Innovative and practical tools for monitoring and assessing biodiversity status and impacts of multiple human pressures in marine systems Open
Human activities at sea can produce pressures and cumulative effects in ecosystem components, that need to be monitored and assessed, in a cost-effective manner. Five Horizon European projects have joined forces to collaboratively increase…
View article: Mixing apples and oranges: Assessing ecological status and its confidence from multiple and diverse indicators
Mixing apples and oranges: Assessing ecological status and its confidence from multiple and diverse indicators Open
Ecosystem responses to increasing human pressures are complex and diverse, affecting organisms across all trophic levels. This has prompted the development of methods that integrate information across many indicators for environmental mana…
View article: Mapping of contamination problem areas in Europe’s seas using a multi-metric indicator-based assessment tool
Mapping of contamination problem areas in Europe’s seas using a multi-metric indicator-based assessment tool Open
We report identification and mapping of areas in Europe’s seas and coastal areas impacted by contaminants, i.e., areas with concentrations above internationally agreed threshold values. The study is based on (1) a state-of-the-art data set…
View article: Multiple Pressures And Their Combined Effects In Europe's Seas
Multiple Pressures And Their Combined Effects In Europe's Seas Open
This report presents for the first time in Europe an overview of anthropogenic pressures and their combined effects in Europe’s seas. The assessment covers the period of 2011-2016 but also presents how human activities and pressures at sea…
View article: Monitoring of microplastics in Danish marine waters using the Oslo-Kiel ferry as a ship-of-opportunity
Monitoring of microplastics in Danish marine waters using the Oslo-Kiel ferry as a ship-of-opportunity Open
The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive require that EU Member States establish appropriate strategies and sampling programmes for microplastic in the marine environment. We report the results of a two-tiered pilot study consisting of a…
View article: ECOMAR: A data-driven framework for ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning in Danish marine waters
ECOMAR: A data-driven framework for ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning in Danish marine waters Open
We report the developments and results of the ECOMAR project, which have taken place 2018-2020 and was funded by THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS. ECOMAR has established state-of-the-art data sets for the distribution of human activities and pressure…
View article: ECOMAR: A data-driven framework for ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning in Danish marine waters. Results and conclusions from a development and demonstration project
ECOMAR: A data-driven framework for ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning in Danish marine waters. Results and conclusions from a development and demonstration project Open
We report the developments and results of the ECOMAR project, which have taken place 2018-2020 and was funded by THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS. ECOMAR has established state-of-the-art data sets for the distribution of human activities and pressure…
View article: Supplementary material to ECOMAR: A data-driven framework for ecosystembased Maritime Spatial Planning in Danish marine waters
Supplementary material to ECOMAR: A data-driven framework for ecosystembased Maritime Spatial Planning in Danish marine waters Open
This report contains, as said in the title, the supplementary material to the synthesis report from the ECOMAR project (2018- 2020). The supplementary material consists of three parts: 1) Annex A, being the data sets and layers dealing wit…
View article: Relative impacts of multiple human stressors in estuaries and coastal waters in the North Sea–Baltic Sea transition zone
Relative impacts of multiple human stressors in estuaries and coastal waters in the North Sea–Baltic Sea transition zone Open
The objectives of this study are 1) to map the potential cumulative impacts of multiple human activities and stressors on the ecosystems in the transition zone between the North Sea and Baltic Sea, for Danish waters 2) to analyse differenc…
View article: Past, Present and Future Eutrophication Status of the Baltic Sea
Past, Present and Future Eutrophication Status of the Baltic Sea Open
We modelled and assessed the past, present and predicted future eutrophication status of the Baltic Sea. The assessment covers a 350-year period from 1850 to 2200 and is based on: (1) modelled concentrations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen…
View article: BEAT 3.0 – a Tool for Integrated Biodiversity Assessments
BEAT 3.0 – a Tool for Integrated Biodiversity Assessments Open
BEAT 3.0 is a multi-metric indicator-based tool for integrated assessments of marine biodiversity status implemented in R. It follows the structure and requirements of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive and allows for use of monoto…
View article: NIVA-Denmark/BalticBOOST: BalticBOOST Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool
NIVA-Denmark/BalticBOOST: BalticBOOST Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool Open
This release is the version of the HELCOM biodiversity assessment tool which was developed by the BalticBOOST project and which was used to perform used to perform the Integrated Assessment of Biodiversity included in The HELCOM State of t…
View article: Statistical analyses of chlorophyll-a data sampled by a Ferrybox on the Oslo-Kiel ferry and by the NOVANA programme
Statistical analyses of chlorophyll-a data sampled by a Ferrybox on the Oslo-Kiel ferry and by the NOVANA programme Open
This project has analysed a large chlorophyll-a data set sampled by the Ferrybox on the ferry between Oslo and Kiel and compared it with data sampled in the Danish NOVANA programme. A partnership consisting of NIVA Denmark Water Research, …
View article: Under the surface: A gradient study of human impacts in Danish marine waters
Under the surface: A gradient study of human impacts in Danish marine waters Open
We report the first ever ranking of the relative importance of human stressors along land-sea gradients based on a cumulative impact assessment sensu the methodology developed and published by Halpern et al. in 2008 and 2015. The study is …
View article: Indicator-Based Assessment of Marine Biological Diversity–Lessons from 10 Case Studies across the European Seas
Indicator-Based Assessment of Marine Biological Diversity–Lessons from 10 Case Studies across the European Seas Open
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires the environmental status of European marine waters to be assessed using biodiversity as 1 out of 11 descriptors, but the complexity of marine biodiversity and its large span across latitudin…
View article: Eutrophication in the Danish parts of the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat 2006-2014. A literature-based status assessment
Eutrophication in the Danish parts of the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat 2006-2014. A literature-based status assessment Open
We report eutrophication status 2006-2014 of the Danish parts of the North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat and northern and central parts of the Sound and have accordingly identified Eutrophication Problem Areas (EPAs) and Eutrophication Non-Prob…