Oceanographers have an increasing responsibility to ensure that the outcomes of scientific
research are conveyed to the policy-making sphere to achieve conservation and sustainable …

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

Abstract The Northeast Atlantic, a highly productive maritime area, has been exposed to a
wide range of direct human pressures, such as fishing, shipping, coastal development …

Marine ecosystems are under high demand for human use, giving concerns about how
pressures from human activities may affect their structure, function, and status. In Europe …

Human activities at sea have increased, causing subsequent degradation of ocean health
and affecting ecosystem services and societal goods and benefits. Climate change further …

Local, regional and global targets have been set to halt marine biodiversity loss. Europe has
set its own policy targets to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine ecosystems …

Indicators are effective tools for summarizing and communicating key aspects of ecosystem
state and have a long record of use in marine pollution and fisheries management. The …

A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators was developed with the aim of providing the
basis for assessing the environmental status of the marine ecosystems. Useful for the …

Substantial progress has been made in assessing marine health in an integrative way.
However, managers are still reluctant in undertaking such assessments, because:(i) lack of …

The deep sea is the largest biome on Earth but the least explored. Our knowledge of it
comes from scattered sources spanning different spatial and temporal scales …