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Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know when we have attained it? (2013)
Journal Article
Borja, A., Elliott, M., Andersen, J. H., Cardoso, A. C., Carstensen, J., Ferreira, J. G., Heiskanen, A. S., Marques, J. C., Neto, J. M., Teixeira, H., Uusitalo, L., Uyarra, M. C., & Zampoukas, N. (2013). Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know when we have attained it?. Marine pollution bulletin, 76(1-2), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.042

The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires EU Member States (MS) to achieve Good Environmental Status (GEnS) of their seas by 2020. We address the question of what GEnS entails especially with regard to the level at which target... Read More about Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know when we have attained it?.

The ways in which fish use estuaries: a refinement and expansion of the guild approach (2013)
Journal Article
Potter, I. C., Tweedley, J. R., Elliott, M., & Whitfield, A. K. (2015). The ways in which fish use estuaries: a refinement and expansion of the guild approach. Fish and Fisheries, 16(2), 230-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12050

© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This study refines, clarifies and, where necessary, expands details of the guild approach developed by Elliott et al. (2007, Fish and Fisheries 8: 241-268) for the ways in which fish use estuaries. The estuarine usage... Read More about The ways in which fish use estuaries: a refinement and expansion of the guild approach.

Can the benefits of physical seabed restoration justify the costs? An assessment of a disused aggregate extraction site off the Thames Estuary, UK (2013)
Journal Article
Cooper, K., Burdon, D., Atkins, J. P., Weiss, L., Somerfield, P., Elliott, M., Turner, K., Ware, S., & Vivian, C. (2013). Can the benefits of physical seabed restoration justify the costs? An assessment of a disused aggregate extraction site off the Thames Estuary, UK. Marine pollution bulletin, 75(1-2), 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.009

Physical and biological seabed impacts can persist long after the cessation of marine aggregate dredging. Whilst small-scale experimental studies have shown that it may be possible to mitigate such impacts, it is unclear whether the costs of restorat... Read More about Can the benefits of physical seabed restoration justify the costs? An assessment of a disused aggregate extraction site off the Thames Estuary, UK.

The value of wader foraging behaviour study to assess the success of restored intertidal areas (2013)
Journal Article
Mander, L., Marie-Orleach, L., & Elliott, M. (2013). The value of wader foraging behaviour study to assess the success of restored intertidal areas. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 131, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.07.010

The loss of intertidal habitat in estuaries has resulted in the need to create new habitats in order to protect waterbird populations. In order to examine the waterbird colonisation of restored intertidal areas created in 2003 through the realignment... Read More about The value of wader foraging behaviour study to assess the success of restored intertidal areas.

Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning? (2013)
Journal Article
Christie, N., Smyth, K., Barnes, R., & Elliott, M. (2014). Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning?. Marine Policy, 43, 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.06.002

Worldwide demand for energy is growing and predicted to increase by up to three times by 2050. Renewable energy will play a vital role in meeting this demand whilst maintaining global climate change targets. Around the British Isles, development of w... Read More about Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning?.

The riddle of the sands: How population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality (2013)
Journal Article
Callaway, R., Burdon, D., Deasey, A., Mazik, K., & Elliott, M. (2013). The riddle of the sands: How population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality. The journal of applied ecology, 50(4), 1050-1059. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12114

Large-scale bivalve mortalities in estuarine and coastal habitats are a major environmental and economic concern. They may have obvious causes such as extremely cold winter temperatures, but in the absence of an apparent chain of cause and effect, a... Read More about The riddle of the sands: How population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality.

Estuarine and lagoon biodiversity and their natural goods and services (2013)
Journal Article
Basset, A., Elliott, M., West, R. J., & Wilson, J. G. (2013). Estuarine and lagoon biodiversity and their natural goods and services. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 132, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.05.018

Assessing and monitoring ecosystem quality status and service provision of aquatic ecosystems is an increasingly important area of scientific, socio-economical and political interest. Contributions from two related meetings organized by the Estuarine... Read More about Estuarine and lagoon biodiversity and their natural goods and services.

Nephrops Fisheries in European Waters (2013)
Book Chapter
Ungfors, A., Bell, E., Johnson, M. L., Cowing, D., Dobson, N. C., Bublitz, R., & Sandell, J. (2013). Nephrops Fisheries in European Waters. In The Ecology and Biology of Nephrops norvegicus (247-314). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-410466-2.00007-8

This review focuses on the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) as a resource, describing how the fishery has developed from the 1960s to the present day to become one of the most economically important fisheries in Europe. In 2010, the total landing... Read More about Nephrops Fisheries in European Waters.

Is ‘minimising the footprint’ an effective intervention to maximise the recovery of intertidal sediments from disturbance? Phase 1: Literature review (2013)
Report
Smyth, K., & Mazik, K. (2013). Is ‘minimising the footprint’ an effective intervention to maximise the recovery of intertidal sediments from disturbance? Phase 1: Literature review. England: Natural England

Intertidal sediment habitats and the communities they support can be subject to significant physical disturbance resulting from both natural processes and anthropogenic activities (e.g. intertidal fishing activities, construction work and recreationa... Read More about Is ‘minimising the footprint’ an effective intervention to maximise the recovery of intertidal sediments from disturbance? Phase 1: Literature review.

A problem structuring method for ecosystem-based management : the DPSIR modelling process (2012)
Journal Article
Gregory, A. J., Atkins, J. P., Burdon, D., & Elliott, M. (2018). A problem structuring method for ecosystem-based management : the DPSIR modelling process. European journal of operational research, 227(3), 558-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.020

The purpose of this paper is to learn from Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) theory to inform the development of Problem Structuring Methods (PSMs) both in general and in the specific context of marine management. The focus on marine management is impor... Read More about A problem structuring method for ecosystem-based management : the DPSIR modelling process.

Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community (2012)
Journal Article
Waller, C. L. (2013). Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community. Antarctic science / Blackwell Scientific Publications, 25(1), 62-68. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000867

Despite the general view that the Antarctic intertidal conditions are too extreme to support obvious signs of macrofaunal life, recent studies have shown that intertidal communities can survive over annual cycles. The current study investigates distr... Read More about Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community.

Preface (2012)
Book Chapter
Elliott, M. (2012). Preface. In S. Rajagopal, H. A. Jenner, & V. P. Venugopalan (Eds.), Operational and Environmental Consequences of Large Industrial Cooling Water Systems (v-xi). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1698-2

Transitional and coastal waters ecological status assessment: Advances and challenges resulting from implementing the European Water Framework Directive (2012)
Journal Article
Borja, A., Elliott, M., Henriksen, P., & Marbà, N. (2013). Transitional and coastal waters ecological status assessment: Advances and challenges resulting from implementing the European Water Framework Directive. Hydrobiologia, 704(1), 213-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1276-9

The derivation, performance, sensitivity and inherent uncertainty of ecological quality indicators have become major topics in developing tools for the management of marine, transitional and coastal waters. In reviewing the advances in these waters,... Read More about Transitional and coastal waters ecological status assessment: Advances and challenges resulting from implementing the European Water Framework Directive.

A comparative review of recovery processes in rivers, lakes, estuarine and coastal waters (2012)
Journal Article
Verdonschot, P. F., Spears, B. M., Feld, C. K., Brucet, S., Keizer-Vlek, H., Borja, A., Elliott, M., Kernan, M., & Johnson, R. K. (2013). A comparative review of recovery processes in rivers, lakes, estuarine and coastal waters. Hydrobiologia, 704(1), 453-474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1294-7

The European Water Framework Directive aims to improve ecological status within river basins. This requires knowledge of responses of aquatic assemblages to recovery processes that occur after measures have been taken to reduce major stressors. A sys... Read More about A comparative review of recovery processes in rivers, lakes, estuarine and coastal waters.

Natural variability and reference conditions: Setting type-specific classification boundaries for lagoon macroinvertebrates in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (2012)
Journal Article
Basset, A., Barbone, E., Borja, A., Elliott, M., Jona-Lasinio, G., Marques, J. C., Mazik, K., Muxika, I., Neto, J. M., Reizopoulou, S., Rosati, I., & Teixeira, H. (2013). Natural variability and reference conditions: Setting type-specific classification boundaries for lagoon macroinvertebrates in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Hydrobiologia, 704(1), 325-345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1273-z

The ecological status classification of aquatic ecosystems using biological indices requires a number of steps, including the description and standardisation of the indices' natural variability. Here, we address this point with reference to selected... Read More about Natural variability and reference conditions: Setting type-specific classification boundaries for lagoon macroinvertebrates in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

Setting new thermal standards for transitional and coastal (TraC) waters (2012)
Journal Article
Wither, A., Bamber, R., Colclough, S., Dyer, K., Elliott, M., Holmes, P., Jenner, H., Taylor, C., & Turnpenny, A. (2012). Setting new thermal standards for transitional and coastal (TraC) waters. Marine pollution bulletin, 64(8), 1564-1579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.019

The construction of a new generation of coastal power stations in the UK and other western European countries has highlighted the absence of robust standards for thermal discharges to transitional and coastal waters. The proposed discharge volumes ar... Read More about Setting new thermal standards for transitional and coastal (TraC) waters.

Indices, multispecies and synthesis descriptors in benthic assessments: Intertidal organic enrichment from oyster farming (2012)
Journal Article
Quintino, V., Azevedo, A., Magalhães, L., Sampaio, L., Freitas, R., Rodrigues, A. M., & Elliott, M. (2012). Indices, multispecies and synthesis descriptors in benthic assessments: Intertidal organic enrichment from oyster farming. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 110, 190-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.028

Intertidal off-bottom oyster culture is shown to cause organic enrichment of the shore and although there are two stressors of interest (the presence of a structure, the trestles, and also the sediment and organic waste from the oysters), these can b... Read More about Indices, multispecies and synthesis descriptors in benthic assessments: Intertidal organic enrichment from oyster farming.

MPA policy: What lies behind the science? (2012)
Journal Article
Caveen, A. J., Gray, T. S., Stead, S. M., & Polunin, N. V. (2013). MPA policy: What lies behind the science?. Marine Policy, 37(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.04.005

What the current policy debate on marine protected areas (MPAs) and marine reserves (MRs) has failed to address is the fact that protection of the marine environment has as much to do with scientists, and others values as it has to do with science. T... Read More about MPA policy: What lies behind the science?.