Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know when we have attained it?

被引:230
作者
Borja, Angel [1 ]
Elliott, Mike [2 ]
Andersen, Jesper H. [3 ]
Cardoso, Ana C. [7 ]
Carstensen, Jacob [3 ]
Ferreira, Joao G. [4 ]
Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina [5 ]
Marques, Joao C. [6 ]
Neto, Joao M. [6 ]
Teixeira, Heliana [7 ]
Uusitalo, Laura [5 ]
Uyarra, Maria C. [1 ]
Zampoukas, Nikolaos [7 ]
机构
[1] AZTI Tecnalia, Div Marine Res, Pasaia 20110, Spain
[2] Univ Hull, Inst Estuarine & Coastal Studies, Kingston Upon Hull HU6 7RX, N Humberside, England
[3] Univ Aarhus, Dept Biosci, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
[4] Univ Nova Lisboa, Fac Ciencias & Tecnol, IMAR Marine & Environm Res Ctr, Dept Ciencias & Engn Ambiente, P-2829516 Monte De Caparica, Portugal
[5] Ctr Marine Res, Finnish Environm Inst, SYKE, FIN-00251 Helsinki, Finland
[6] Univ Coimbra, Fac Sci & Technol, Marine & Environm Res Ctr, IMAR Inst Marine Res, P-3004517 Coimbra, Portugal
[7] Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Environm & Sustainabil, I-21027 Ispra, Italy
关键词
Assessment; Good Environmental Status; Descriptors; Indicators; Integration; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; COASTAL; EUTROPHICATION; INDICATORS; ESTUARINE; BENEFITS; EUROPE; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.042
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires EU Member States (MS) to achieve Good Environmental Status (GEnS) of their seas by 2020. We address the question of what GEnS entails especially with regard to the level at which targets are set (descriptors, criteria, indicators), to scales for assessments (regional, sub-divisions, site-specific), and to difficulties in putting into practice the GEnS concept. We propose a refined and operational definition of GEnS, indicating the data and information needed to all parts of that definition. We indicate the options for determining when GEnS has been met, acknowledge the data and information needs for each option, and recommend a combination of existing quantitative targets and expert judgement. We think that the MSFD implementation needs to be less complex than shown for other similar directives, can be based largely on existing data and can be centred on the activities of the Regional Seas Conventions. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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