A MSFD complementary approach for the assessment of pressures, knowledge and data gaps in Southern European Seas: The PERSEUS experience

A. Crise, H. Kaberi, J. Ruiz, A. Zatsepin, E. Arashkevich, M. Giani, A. P. Karageorgis, L. Prieto, M. Pantazi, D. Gonzalez-Fernandez, M. Ribera d'Alcalà, V. Tornero, V. Vassilopoulou, X. Durrieu de Madron, C. Guieu, P. Puig, A. Zenetos, B. Andral, D. Angel, D. AltukhovS. D. Ayata, Y. Aktan, E. Balcioğlu, F. Benedetti, M. Bouchoucha, M. C. Buia, J. F. Cadiou, M. Canals, M. Chakroun, E. Christou, M. G. Christidis, G. Civitarese, V. Coatu, M. Corsini-Foka, S. Cozzi, A. Deidun, A. Dell'Aquila, A. Dogrammatzi, C. Dumitrache, D. Edelist, O. Ettahiri, S. Fonda-Umani, S. Gana, F. Galgani, S. Gasparini, A. Giannakourou, M. T. Gomoiu, A. Gubanova, A. C. Gücü, T. Gürses, G. Hanke, I. Hatzianestis, B. Herut, R. Hone, E. Huertas, J. O. Irisson, M. Işinibilir, J. A. Jimenez, S. Kalogirou, K. Kapiris, V. Karamfilov, S. Kavadas, Keskin, A. E. Kideyş, M. Kocak, G. Kondylatos, C. Kontogiannis, R. Kosyan, P. Koubbi, G. Kušpilić, R. La Ferla, L. Langone, S. Laroche, L. Lazar, E. Lefkaditou, I. E. Lemeshko, A. Machias, A. Malej, M. G. Mazzocchi, V. Medinets, N. Mihalopoulos, S. Miserocchi, S. Moncheva, V. Mukhanov, G. Oaie, A. Oros, A. A. Öztürk, B. Öztürk, M. Panayotova, A. Prospathopoulos, G. Radu, V. Raykov, P. Reglero, G. Reygondeau, N. Rougeron, B. Salihoglu, A. Sanchez-Vidal, G. Sannino, C. Santinelli, D. Secrieru, G. Shapiro, N. Simboura, T. Shiganova, M. Sprovieri, K. Stefanova, N. Streftaris, V. Tirelli, M. Tom, B. Topaloğlu, N. E. Topçu, K. Tsagarakis, C. Tsangaris, G. Tserpes, S. Tuğrul, Z. Uysal, D. Vasile, K. Violaki, J. Xu, A. Yüksek, E. Papathanassiou

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Abstract

PERSEUS project aims to identify the most relevant pressures exerted on the ecosystems of the Southern European Seas (SES), highlighting knowledge and data gaps that endanger the achievement of SES Good Environmental Status (GES) as mandated by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). A complementary approach has been adopted, by a meta-analysis of existing literature on pressure/impact/knowledge gaps summarized in tables related to the MSFD descriptors, discriminating open waters from coastal areas. A comparative assessment of the Initial Assessments (IAs) for five SES countries has been also independently performed. The comparison between meta-analysis results and IAs shows similarities for coastal areas only. Major knowledge gaps have been detected for the biodiversity, marine food web, marine litter and underwater noise descriptors. The meta-analysis also allowed the identification of additional research themes targeting research topics that are requested to the achievement of GES.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)28-39
Number of pages12
JournalMarine Pollution Bulletin
Volume95
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 15 2015

Keywords

  • Good Environmental Status
  • Initial Assessment
  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive
  • PERSEUS project
  • Southern European Seas

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oceanography
  • Aquatic Science
  • Pollution

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