• Combined effects of human pressures on Europe’s marine ecosystems 

      Korpinen, Samuli; Laamanen, Leena; Bergström, Lena; Nurmi, Marco; Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Haapaniemi, Juuso; Harvey, E. Therese; Murray, Ciaran Joseph; Peterlin, Monika; Kallenbach, Emilie; Klancnik, Katja; Stein, Ulf; Tunesi, Leonardo; Vaughan, David; Reker, Johnny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Marine ecosystems are under high demand for human use, giving concerns about how pressures from human activities may affect their structure, function, and status. In Europe, recent developments in mapping of marine habitats ...
    • Development and testing of a prototype indicator-based tool for identification of potential problem areas for marine litter in Europe's seas 

      Murray, Ciaran Joseph; van Bavel, Bert; Kideyş, Ahmet E.; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Reker, Johnny; Šubelj, Gašper; Andersen, Jesper Harbo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      We demonstrate a prototype multi-metric indicator-based assessment tool (i.e. Marine Litter Assessment Tool - MALT) for mapping and identification of ‘problem areas’ and ‘non-problem areas’ regarding the occurrence of ...
    • Mapping of contamination problem areas in Europe’s seas using a multi-metric indicator-based assessment tool 

      Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Caetano, Miguel; Grouhel-Pellouin, Anne; Harvey, Eva Therese; Reker, Johnny; Murrey, Ciaran J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      We report identification and mapping of areas in Europe’s seas and coastal areas impacted by contaminants, i.e., areas with concentrations above internationally agreed threshold values. The study is based on (1) a ...
    • Tales from a thousand and one ways to integrate marine ecosystem components when assessing the environmental status 

      Borja, Angel; Prins, Theo C.; Simboura, Nomiki; Andersen, Jesper Harbo; Berg, Torsten; Marques, Joao-Carlos; Neto, Joao M.; Papadopoulou, Nadia; Reker, Johnny; Teixeira, Heliana; Uusitalo, Laura (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Assessing the environmental status of marine ecosystems is useful when communicating key messages to policy makers or the society, reducing the complex information of the multiple ecosystem and biodiversity components and ...