A review of geospatial technologies for improving Marine Spatial Planning: Challenges and opportunities

I Schwartz-Belkin, ME Portman - Ocean & coastal management, 2023 - Elsevier
Common marine spatial planning challenges include lack of data on the marine
environment, high mobility of both animals and humans, and plan implementation …

Towards an ecosystem-based marine spatial planning in the deep Mediterranean Sea

E Manea, S Bianchelli, E Fanelli, R Danovaro… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The deep sea covers about 79% of the Mediterranean basin, including habitats potentially
able to deliver multiple ecosystem services and numerous resources of high economic …

[HTML][HTML] Cumulative human impacts on Mediterranean and Black Sea marine ecosystems: assessing current pressures and opportunities

F Micheli, BS Halpern, S Walbridge, S Ciriaco… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Management of marine ecosystems requires spatial information on current impacts. In
several marine regions, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea, legal mandates and …

[HTML][HTML] Ecoregion-based conservation planning in the Mediterranean: dealing with large-scale heterogeneity

S Giakoumi, M Sini, V Gerovasileiou, T Mazor, J Beher… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Spatial priorities for the conservation of three key Mediterranean habitats, ie seagrass
Posidonia oceanica meadows, coralligenous formations, and marine caves, were …

[HTML][HTML] Managing multiple pressures for cetaceans' conservation with an Ecosystem-Based Marine Spatial Planning approach

R Carlucci, E Manea, P Ricci, G Cipriano… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the recognized important ecological role that cetaceans play in the marine
environment, their protection is still scarcely enforced in the Mediterranean Sea even though …

'Dangerous Targets' revisited: Old dangers in new contexts plague marine protected areas

T Agardy, J Claudet, JC Day - Aquatic Conservation: Marine …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The use of targets to provide measurable objectives and benchmarks for management,
conservation, and restoration of ecosystems is commonplace. In the marine and coastal …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling macroalgal forest distribution at Mediterranean scale: present status, drivers of changes and insights for conservation and management

E Fabbrizzi, M Scardi, E Ballesteros… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Macroalgal forests are one of the most productive and valuable marine ecosystems, but yet
strongly exposed to fragmentation and loss. Detailed large-scale information on their …

[HTML][HTML] Framing cutting-edge integrative deep-sea biodiversity monitoring via environmental DNA and optoacoustic augmented infrastructures

S Stefanni, L Mirimin, D Stanković… - Frontiers in marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Deep-sea ecosystems are reservoirs of biodiversity that are largely unexplored, but their
exploration and biodiscovery are becoming a reality thanks to biotechnological advances …

Marine conservation challenges in an era of economic crisis and geopolitical instability: the case of the Mediterranean Sea

S Katsanevakis, N Levin, M Coll, S Giakoumi, D Shkedi… - Marine Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Mediterranean Sea, socio-economic drivers may accelerate the process of
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) declarations. Despite the challenges, the EEZ declarations …

[HTML][HTML] Description of the vessel traffic within the north Pelagos Sanctuary: Inputs for Marine Spatial Planning and management implications within an existing …

FG Coomber, M D'Incà, M Rosso, P Tepsich… - Marine Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
International shipping, although considered a safe and environment-friendly form of
transportation, has many direct and indirect impacts on cetaceans in many ways, particularly …