Bridging the gap between policy and science in assessing the health status of marine ecosystems

A Borja, M Elliott, PVR Snelgrove, MC Austen… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Human activities, both established and emerging, increasingly affect the provision of marine
ecosystem services that deliver societal and economic benefits. Monitoring the status of …

Force majeure: Will climate change affect our ability to attain Good Environmental Status for marine biodiversity?

M Elliott, A Borja, A McQuatters-Gollop, K Mazik… - Marine pollution …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires that Good
Environmental Status (GEnS), is achieved for European seas by 2020. These may deviate …

Projecting future distribution of the seagrass Zostera noltii under global warming and sea level rise

M Valle, G Chust, A Del Campo, MS Wisz… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
In future decades, coastal ecosystems are expected to be exposed to increased risk of
experiencing adverse consequences related to climate change, exacerbated by human …

[HTML][HTML] Restoring seagrass meadows in Basque estuaries: nature-based solution for successful management

JM Garmendia, JG Rodríguez, Á Borja, S Pouso… - Nature-Based …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seagrass meadows provide a wide variety of ecosystem goods and services (biodiversity
maintenance, carbon sequestration, sediment oxygenation and enrichment, filtering, coastal …

Dispersal similarly shapes both population genetics and community patterns in the marine realm

G Chust, E Villarino, A Chenuil, X Irigoien, N Bizsel… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Dispersal plays a key role to connect populations and, if limited, is one of the main
processes to maintain and generate regional biodiversity. According to neutral theories of …

Genomic survey of edible cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Northeast Atlantic: A baseline for sustainable management of its wild resources

M Vera, F Maroso, SB Wilmes, M Hermida… - Evolutionary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge on correlations between environmental factors and genome divergence
between populations of marine species is crucial for sustainable management of fisheries …

Modeling of the habitat suitability of European sprat (Sprattus sprattus, L.) in the Adriatic Sea under several climate change scenarios

A Palermino, A De Felice, G Canduci… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Mediterranean Sea represents the lower latitudinal limit of the European sprat range,
where it is considered a sentinel species favoring temperate–cold temperatures. Sprattus …

Applying genomic data to seagrass conservation

NL Phair, ES Nielsen, S von der Heyden - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2021 - Springer
Although genomic diversity is increasingly recognised as a key component of biodiversity, it
is seldom used to inform conservation planning. Estuaries and keystone species such as the …

Patterns and mechanisms of dispersal in a keystone seagrass species

M Jahnke, A Christensen, D Micu, N Milchakova… - Marine Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Mechanisms and vectors of long-distance dispersal remain unknown for many coastal
benthic species, including plants. Indications for the possibility for long-distance dispersal …

Phytoplankton species diversity patterns and associated driving factors in China's Jiulong River estuary: roles that nutrients and nutrient ratios play

F Ge, Z Ma, B Chen, Y Wang, X Lu, S An… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding diversity patterns and associated driving factors are the critical topics in
macroecology and conservation biology. Phytoplankton are highly susceptible to …