• Biotic and human vulnerability to projected changes in ocean biogeochemistry over the 21st century 

      Mora, Camilo; Wei, Chih-Lin; Rollo, Audrey; Amaro, Teresa; Baco, Amy R.; Billett, David; Bopp, Laurent; Chen, Qi; Collier, Mark; Danovaro, Roberto; Gooday, Andrew J.; Grupe, Benjamin M.; Halloran, Paul R.; Ingels, Jeroen; Jones, Daniel O.B.; Levin, Lisa A.; Nakano, Hideyuki; Norling, Karl; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Rex, Michael; Ruhl, Henry A.; Smith, Craig R.; Sweetman, Andrew K.; Thurber, Andrew R.; Tjiputra, Jerry; Usseglio, Paolo; Watling, Les; Wu, Tongwen; Yasuhara, Moriaki (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Ongoing greenhouse gas emissions can modify climate processes and induce shifts in ocean temperature, pH, oxygen concentration, and productivity, which in turn could alter biological and social systems. Here, we provide a ...
    • A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program 

      Howell, Kerry L.; Hilário, Ana; Allcock, A. Louise; Bailey, David M; Baker, Maria; Clark, Malcolm R.; Colaço, Ana; Copley, Jon; Cordes, Erik; Danovaro, Roberto; Dissanayake, Awantha; Escobar, Elva; Esquete, Patricia; Gallagher, Austin J; Gates, Andrew R.; Gaudron, Sylvie M.; German, Christopher R.; Gjerde, Kristina M; Higgs, Nicholas D.; Le Bris, Nadine; Levin, Lisa A.; Manea, Elisabetta; McClain, Craig; Menot, Lenaick; Mestre, Nélia C.; Metaxas, Anna; Milligan, Rosanna J; Muthumbi, Agnes WN; Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E.; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Robson, Laura M; Rogers, Alex D.; Sellanes, Javier; Sigwart, Julia D.; Sink, Kerry; Snelgrove, Paul V. R.; Stefanoudis, Paris V.; Sumida, Paulo Y.; Taylor, Michelle L.; Thurber, Andrew R.; Vieira, Rui P; Watanabe, Hiromi K.; Woodall, Lucy C.; Xavier, Joana R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The ocean plays a crucial role in the functioning of the Earth System and in the provision of vital goods and services. The United Nations (UN) declared 2021–2030 as the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. ...
    • Ecosystem service benefits and costs of deep-sea ecosystem restoration 

      Chen, Wenting; Wallhead, Philip; Hynes, Stephen; Groeneveld, Rolf; O'Connor, Eamonn; Gambi, Cristina; Danovaro, Roberto; Tinch, Rob; Nadia, Papadopoulou; Smith, Chris (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Deep-sea ecosystems are facing degradation which could have severe consequences for biodiversity and the livelihoods of coastal populations. Ecosystem restoration as a natural based solution has been regarded as a useful ...
    • Facilitating foundation species: The potential for plant-bivalve interactions to improve habitat restoration success 

      Gagnon, Karine; Rinde, Eli; Bengil, Elizabeth Grace Tunka; Carugati, Laura; Christianen, Marjolijn J.A.; Danovaro, Roberto; Gambi, Cristina; Govers, Laura L.; Kipson, Silvija; Meysick, Lukas; Pajusalu, Liina; Tüney Kızılkaya, İnci; van de Koppel, Johan; van der Heide, Tjisse; van Katwijk, Marieke M.; Boström, Christoffer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      1.Vegetated marine and freshwater habitats are being increasingly lost around the world. Habitat restoration is a critical step for conserving these valuable habitats, but new approaches are needed to increase restoration ...
    • Habitat mapping in the European Seas - is it fit for purpose in the marine restoration agenda? 

      Gerovasileiou, Vasilis; Smit, Christopher J; Sevastou, Katerina; Papadopoulou, Nadia; Dailianis, Thanos; Bekkby, Trine; Fiorentino, Dario; McOwen, Chris J.; Amaro, Teresa; Bengil, Elizabeth Grace Tunka; Bilan, Meri; Boström, Christoffer; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Cebrian, Emma; Cerrano, Carlo; Danovaro, Roberto; Fraschetti, Simonetta; Gagnon, Karine; Gambi, Cristina; Grehan, Anthony; Hereu, Bernat; Kipson, Silvija; Kotta, Jonne; Linares, Cristina; Morato, Telmo; Ojaveer, Henn; Orav-Kotta, Helen; Sarà, Antonio; Scrimgeour, Rachael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      As habitat mapping is crucially important for developing effective management and restoration plans, the aim of this work was to produce a census of available map resources at the European scale focusing on: a) key marine ...
    • Human activities and resultant pressures on key European marine habitats: An analysis of mapped resources 

      Dailianis, Thanos; Smith, Christopher J.; Papadopoulou, Nadia; Gerovasileiou, Vasilis; Sevastou, Katerina; Bekkby, Trine; Bilan, Meri; Billett, David; Boström, Christoffer; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Danovaro, Roberto; Fraschetti, Simonetta; Gagnon, Karine; Gambi, Cristina; Grehan, Anthony; Kipson, Silvija; Kotta, Jonne; McOwen, Chris J.; Morato, Telmo; Ojaveer, Henn; Pham, Christopher K.; Scrimgeour, Rachael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Human activities exert a wide range of pressures on marine ecosystems, often resulting in the loss of species and degradation of habitats. If effective policies and management practices to restore past damage and reduce ...
    • Impact of CO2 leakage from sub-seabed carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) reservoirs on benthic virus-prokaryote interactions and functions 

      Rastelli, Eugenio; Corinaldesi, Cinzia; Dell'Anno, Antonio; Amaro, Teresa; Queirós, Ana M.; Widdicombe, Stephen; Danovaro, Roberto (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Atmospheric CO2 emissions are a global concern due to their predicted impact on biodiversity, ecosystems functioning, and human life. Among the proposed mitigation strategies, CO2 capture and storage, primarily the injection ...
    • 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 ...