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Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2015)
Journal Article
Piroddi, C., Teixeira, H., Lynam, C. P., Smith, C., Alvarez, M. C., Mazik, K., …Uyarra, M. C. (2015). Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Ecological Indicators, 58, 175-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.037

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. The European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) seeks to achieve, for all European seas, "Good Environmental Status" (GEnS), by 2020. Ecological models are currently one of the strongest... Read More about Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

Force majeure: Will climate change affect our ability to attain Good Environmental Status for marine biodiversity? (2015)
Journal Article
Elliott, M., Borja, Á., McQuatters-Gollop, A., Mazik, K., Birchenough, S., Andersen, J. H., …Peck, M. (2015). Force majeure: Will climate change affect our ability to attain Good Environmental Status for marine biodiversity?. Marine pollution bulletin, 95(1), 7-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.03.015

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires that Good Environmental Status (GEnS), is achieved for European seas by 2020. These may deviate from GEnS, its 11 Descriptors, targets and baselines, due to endogenic man... Read More about Force majeure: Will climate change affect our ability to attain Good Environmental Status for marine biodiversity?.

Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: The potential for practical monitoring applications (2015)
Journal Article
Strong, J. A., Andonegi, E., Bizsel, K. C., Danovaro, R., Elliott, M., Franco, A., …Solaun, O. (2015). Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: The potential for practical monitoring applications. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 161, 46-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.04.008

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. There is an increasing demand for environmental assessments of the marine environment to include ecosystem function. However, existing schemes are predominantly based on taxonomic (i.e. structural) measures of biodiversity. Biodi... Read More about Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: The potential for practical monitoring applications.

Changes in bioaccumulation and translocation patterns between root and leafs of Avicennia schaueriana as adaptive response to different levels of metals in mangrove system (2015)
Journal Article
Souza, I. D. C., Rocha, L. D., Morozesk, M., Bonomo, M. M., Arrivabene, H. P., Duarte, I. D., …Fernandes, M. N. (2015). Changes in bioaccumulation and translocation patterns between root and leafs of Avicennia schaueriana as adaptive response to different levels of metals in mangrove system. Marine pollution bulletin, 94(1-2), 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.02.032

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Espírito Santo estuaries (Brazil) are impacted by industrial activities, resulting in contamination of water and sediments. This raise questions on biological uptake, storage and consequences of metal contamination to mangrove pl... Read More about Changes in bioaccumulation and translocation patterns between root and leafs of Avicennia schaueriana as adaptive response to different levels of metals in mangrove system.