• Are European Blue Economy ambitions in conflict with European environmental visions? 

      Andersen, Jesper H.; Al-Hamdani, Zyad; Carstensen, Jacob; Edelvang, Karen; Egekvist, Josefine; Kaae, Berit C; Hammer, Kathrine Jul; Harvey, E. Therese; Leth, Jørgen O; McClintock, William; Murray, Ciaran; Olafsson, Anton S; Olsen, Jeppe; Sveegaard, Signe; Tougaard, Jakob (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We report the outcomes of a comprehensive study of the potential consequences of the implementation of the EU Maritime Spatial Planning Directive (MSPD) in Danish waters. The analyses are anchored in a framework developed ...
    • ECOMAR: A data-driven framework for ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning in Danish marine waters. Results and conclusions from a development and demonstration project 

      Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Bendtsen, Jørgen; Hammer, Kathrine Jul; Harvey, E. Therese; Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm; Murray, Ciaran Joseph; Carstensen, Jacob; Petersen, Ib Krag; Svegaard, Signe; Tougaard, Jakob; Edelvang, Karen; Egekvist, Josefine; Olsen, Jeppe; Vinther, Morten; Al-Hamdani, Zyad; Jensen, Jørn Bo; Leth, Jørgen O; Kaae, Berit C; Olafsson, Anton Stahl; McClintock, William E.; Burt, Chad; Yocum, Dan (NIVA-rapport;7562, Research report, 2020)
      We report the developments and results of the ECOMAR project, which have taken place 2018-2020 and was funded by THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS. ECOMAR has established state-of-the-art data sets for the distribution of human ...
    • Indicator-Based Assessment of Marine Biological Diversity – Lessons from 10 Case Studies across the European Seas 

      Uusitalo, Laura; Blanchet, Hugues; Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Beauchard, Olivier; Berg, Torsten; Bianchelli, Silvia; Cantafaro, Annalucia; Carstensen, Jacob; Carugati, Laura; Cochrane, Sabine K.J.; Danovaro, Roberto; Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina; Karvinen, Ville; Moncheva, Snejana; Murray, Ciaran; Neto, Joao M.; Nygård, Henrik; Pantazi, Maria; Papadopoulou, Nadia; Simboura, Nomiki; Srebaliene, Greta; Uyarra, María C.; Borja, Angel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires the environmental status of European marine waters to be assessed using biodiversity as 1 out of 11 descriptors, but the complexity of marine biodiversity and its large span ...
    • Long-term temporal and spatial trends in eutrophication status of the Baltic Sea 

      Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Carstensen, Jacob; Conley, Daniel; Dromph, Karsten; Fleming-Lehtinen, Vivi; Gustavsson, Bo G.; Josefson, Alf B.; Norkko, Alf; Villnäs, Anna; Murray, Ciarán (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Much of the Baltic Sea is currently classified as ‘affected by eutrophication’. The causes for this are twofold. First, current levels of nutrient inputs (nitrogen and phosphorus) from human activities exceed the natural ...
    • Mixing apples and oranges: Assessing ecological status and its confidence from multiple and diverse indicators 

      Carstensen, Jacob; Murray, Ciaran; Lindegarth, Mats (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ecosystem responses to increasing human pressures are complex and diverse, affecting organisms across all trophic levels. This has prompted the development of methods that integrate information across many indicators for ...
    • Overvågning af åbne danske farvande med FerryBox-systemer. Eksempler fra Indre Danske Farvande og Nordsøen 

      Murray, Ciaran Joseph; Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Carstensen, Jacob; Jakobsen, Hans H. (NIVA-rapport;7761-2022, Research report, 2022)
      Dette projekt har haft til formål at undersøge hvordan målinger fra FerryBox kan anvendes i moniteringen af det danske havmiljø, herunder (1) hvordan målinger af klorofyl-fluorescens kan supplere in situ-målinger som ...
    • Overview of Integrative Assessment of Marine Systems: The Ecosystem Approach in Practice 

      Borja, Angel; Elliott, Michael; Andersen, Jesper H; Berg, Torsten; Carstensen, Jacob; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina; Korpinen, Samuli; Lowndes, Julia S. Stewart; Martin, Georg; Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, Naiara (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine ecosystems and impacting their ability to sustain ecological and human communities. To evaluate the health status of marine ecosystems ...
    • Past, Present and Future Eutrophication Status of the Baltic Sea 

      Murray, Ciarán J; Müller-Karulis, Bärbel; Carstensen, Jacob; Conley, Daniel J; Gustafsson, Bo G; Andersen, Jesper H (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      We modelled and assessed the past, present and predicted future eutrophication status of the Baltic Sea. The assessment covers a 350-year period from 1850 to 2200 and is based on: (1) modelled concentrations of dissolved ...
    • Statistical analyses of chlorophyll-a data sampled by a Ferrybox on the Oslo-Kiel ferry and by the NOVANA programme 

      Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Harvey, Therese; Kallenbach, Emilie; Murray, Ciaran Joseph; Hjermann, Dag Øystein; Kristiansen, Trond; Sørensen, Kai; Carstensen, Jacob; Erichsen, Anders; Hansen, Lars Boye (NIVA-rapport;7167, Research report, 2017)
      This project has analysed a large chlorophyll-a data set sampled by the Ferrybox on the ferry between Oslo and Kiel and compared it with data sampled in the Danish NOVANA programme. A partnership consisting of NIVA Denmark ...
    • Supplementary material to ECOMAR: A data-driven framework for ecosystembased Maritime Spatial Planning in Danish marine waters 

      Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Hammer, Kathrine Jul; Harvey, E. Therese; Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm; Murray, Ciaran Joseph; Carstensen, Jacob; Petersen, Ib Krag; Sveegaard, Signe; Tougaard, Jakob; Edelvang, Karen; Olsen, Jeppe; Vinther, Morten; Al-Hamdani, Zyad; Jensen, Jørn Bo; Leth, Jørgen O; Kaae, Berit C; Olafsson, Anton S (NIVA-rapport;7525, Research report, 2020)
      This report contains, as said in the title, the supplementary material to the synthesis report from the ECOMAR project (2018- 2020). The supplementary material consists of three parts: 1) Annex A, being the data sets and ...
    • What Is Marine Biodiversity? Towards Common Concepts and Their Implications for Assessing Biodiversity Status 

      Cochrane, Sabine K.J.; Andersen, Jesper H; Berg, Torsten; Blanchet, Hugues; Borja, Ángel; Carstensen, Jacob; Elliott, Michael; Hummel, Herman; Niquil, Nathalie; Renaud, Paul E (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Biodiversity’ is one of the most common keywords used in environmental sciences, spanning from research to management, natureconservation, and consultancy. Despite this, our understanding of the underlying concepts varies ...