Habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in Europe
To understand the restoration potential of degraded habitats, it is important to know the key processes and habitat features that allow for recovery after disturbance. As part of the EU (Horizon 2020) funded MERCES project, a group of European experts compiled and assessed current knowledge, from bo...
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ftnorskinstvf:oai:niva.brage.unit.no:11250/2660525 2023-05-15T17:38:32+02:00 Habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in Europe Bekkby, Trine Papadopoulou, Nadia Fiorentino, Dario McOwen, Chris J. Rinde, Eli Boström, Christoffer Carreiro-Silva, Marina Linares, Cristina Andersen, Guri Sogn Bengil, Elizabeth Grace Tunka Bilan, Meri Cebrian, Emma Cerrano, Carlo Donovaro, Roberto Fagerli, Camilla With Fraschetti, Simonetta Gagnon, Karine Gambi, Cristina Gundersen, Hege Kipson, Silvija Kotta, Jonne Morato, Telmo Ojaveer, Henn Ramirez-Llodra, Eva 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2660525 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00184 eng eng Frontiers Media https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00184/abstract EC/H2020/Grant agreement No 689518 Frontiers in Marine Science. 2020, 7, 184. urn:issn:2296-7745 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2660525 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00184 cristin:1803116 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no CC-BY 12 7 Frontiers in Marine Science Peer reviewed Journal article 2020 ftnorskinstvf https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00184 2023-02-21T08:45:56Z To understand the restoration potential of degraded habitats, it is important to know the key processes and habitat features that allow for recovery after disturbance. As part of the EU (Horizon 2020) funded MERCES project, a group of European experts compiled and assessed current knowledge, from both past and ongoing restoration efforts, within the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the North-East Atlantic Ocean. The aim was to provide an expert judgement of how different habitat features could impact restoration success and enhance the recovery of marine habitats. A set of biological and ecological features (i.e. life-history traits, population connectivity, spatial distribution, structural complexity and the potential for regime shifts) were identified and scored according to their contribution to the successful accomplishment of habitat restoration for five habitats: seagrass meadows, kelp forests, Cystoseira macroalgal beds, coralligenous assemblages and cold-water coral habitats. The expert group concluded that most of the kelp forests features facilitate successful restoration, while the features for the coralligenous assemblages and the cold-water coral habitat did not promote successful restoration. For the other habitats the conclusions were much more variable. The lack of knowledge on the relationship between acting pressures and resulting changes in the ecological state of habitats is a major challenge for implementing restoration actions. This paper provides an overview of essential features that can affect restoration success in marine habitats of key importance for valuable ecosystem services publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper North East Atlantic Norwegian Institute for Water research: NIVA Open Access Archive (Brage) Frontiers in Marine Science 7 |
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To understand the restoration potential of degraded habitats, it is important to know the key processes and habitat features that allow for recovery after disturbance. As part of the EU (Horizon 2020) funded MERCES project, a group of European experts compiled and assessed current knowledge, from both past and ongoing restoration efforts, within the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the North-East Atlantic Ocean. The aim was to provide an expert judgement of how different habitat features could impact restoration success and enhance the recovery of marine habitats. A set of biological and ecological features (i.e. life-history traits, population connectivity, spatial distribution, structural complexity and the potential for regime shifts) were identified and scored according to their contribution to the successful accomplishment of habitat restoration for five habitats: seagrass meadows, kelp forests, Cystoseira macroalgal beds, coralligenous assemblages and cold-water coral habitats. The expert group concluded that most of the kelp forests features facilitate successful restoration, while the features for the coralligenous assemblages and the cold-water coral habitat did not promote successful restoration. For the other habitats the conclusions were much more variable. The lack of knowledge on the relationship between acting pressures and resulting changes in the ecological state of habitats is a major challenge for implementing restoration actions. This paper provides an overview of essential features that can affect restoration success in marine habitats of key importance for valuable ecosystem services publishedVersion |
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Bekkby, Trine Papadopoulou, Nadia Fiorentino, Dario McOwen, Chris J. Rinde, Eli Boström, Christoffer Carreiro-Silva, Marina Linares, Cristina Andersen, Guri Sogn Bengil, Elizabeth Grace Tunka Bilan, Meri Cebrian, Emma Cerrano, Carlo Donovaro, Roberto Fagerli, Camilla With Fraschetti, Simonetta Gagnon, Karine Gambi, Cristina Gundersen, Hege Kipson, Silvija Kotta, Jonne Morato, Telmo Ojaveer, Henn Ramirez-Llodra, Eva |
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Bekkby, Trine Papadopoulou, Nadia Fiorentino, Dario McOwen, Chris J. Rinde, Eli Boström, Christoffer Carreiro-Silva, Marina Linares, Cristina Andersen, Guri Sogn Bengil, Elizabeth Grace Tunka Bilan, Meri Cebrian, Emma Cerrano, Carlo Donovaro, Roberto Fagerli, Camilla With Fraschetti, Simonetta Gagnon, Karine Gambi, Cristina Gundersen, Hege Kipson, Silvija Kotta, Jonne Morato, Telmo Ojaveer, Henn Ramirez-Llodra, Eva Habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in Europe |
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Bekkby, Trine Papadopoulou, Nadia Fiorentino, Dario McOwen, Chris J. Rinde, Eli Boström, Christoffer Carreiro-Silva, Marina Linares, Cristina Andersen, Guri Sogn Bengil, Elizabeth Grace Tunka Bilan, Meri Cebrian, Emma Cerrano, Carlo Donovaro, Roberto Fagerli, Camilla With Fraschetti, Simonetta Gagnon, Karine Gambi, Cristina Gundersen, Hege Kipson, Silvija Kotta, Jonne Morato, Telmo Ojaveer, Henn Ramirez-Llodra, Eva |
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Habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in Europe |
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Habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in Europe |
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Habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in Europe |
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Habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in Europe |
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Habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in Europe |
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habitat features and their influence on the restoration potential of marine habitats in europe |
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