Food web research provides essential insights into ecosystem functioning, but practical
applications in ecosystem-based management are hampered by a current lack of …

Abstract The creation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is central to the European Union's
strategy for protecting and restoring marine environments. However, current research …

Human activities at sea can produce pressures and cumulative effects on ecosystem
components that need to be monitored and assessed in a cost-effective manner. Five …

It is axomatic that a system cannot be managed unless it is measured and that the
measurements occur in a rigorous, defendable manner covering relevant spatial and …

The high temporal and spatial variability of tidal dominated coastal areas poses a challenge
for characterising water quality. Water quality monitoring relies often on information collected …

Marginal sea ecosystems, such as the Baltic Sea, are severely affected by anthropogenic
pressures, such as climate warming, pollution, and eutrophication, which increased in the …

The use of citizen science in the collection of surface water marine microplastics (MP)
samples with manta trawl was tested in the Baltic Sea, where the collection of surface water …

Background The increasing access to autonomously-operated technologies offer vast
opportunities to sample large volumes of biological data. However, these technologies also …

Efforts to renew marine ecosystem monitoring to include advanced technology and cost-
effective methods have been repeatedly called for. The current environmental legislation in …

The design and establishment of Marine Ecological Observatories (MEOs) are fostered at
the European level. MEOs should adopt a holistic view, integrating and harmonizing long …