This review provides a broad conceptual overview of different approaches to measuring
marine ecosystem condition and guidance for framework development (particularly relevant …

A major challenge in ocean and coastal management is to find simple ways to evaluate the
health of such complex ecosystems. This task may prove complicated as selection criteria …

Human activities, both established and emerging, increasingly affect the provision of marine
ecosystem services that deliver societal and economic benefits. Monitoring the status of …

Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine
ecosystems and impacting their ability to sustain ecological and human communities. To …

Abstract Blanchard, JL, Coll, M., Trenkel, VM, Vergnon, R., Yemane, D., Jouffre, D., Link, JS,
and Shin, YJ. 2010. Trend analysis of indicators: a comparison of recent changes in the …

Integrated assessment requires examination of factors across biological hierarchies,
taxonomic groups, ocean-use sectors, management objectives, and scientific disciplines …

Assessing the environmental status of marine ecosystems is useful when communicating
key messages to policymakers or the society, reducing the complex information of the …

Reliable ecosystem quality assessment of marine environments is increasingly important
due to mounting pressures attributable to human activities. Biotic indices are widely used in …

Abstract The UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting
(SEEA EA) aims at regular and standardised stocktaking of the extent of ecosystems, their …

There is a continuing requirement in all environments for science to inform policy and policy
to inform science and these interactions have created an expanding and fast-moving field …