A review of the tools used for marine monitoring in the UK: combining historic and contemporary methods with modeling and socioeconomics to fulfill legislative needs …

TP Bean, N Greenwood, R Beckett… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Marine environmental monitoring is undertaken to provide evidence that environmental
management targets are being met. Moreover, monitoring also provides context to marine …

Where Marine Protected Areas would best represent 30% of ocean biodiversity

Q Zhao, F Stephenson, C Lundquist, K Kaschner… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature) World Conservation
Congress called for the full protection of 30% of each marine habitat globally and at least …

Discovering marine biodiversity in the 21st century

AD Rogers, W Appeltans, J Assis, LT Ballance… - Advances in Marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
We review the current knowledge of the biodiversity of the ocean as well as the levels of
decline and threat for species and habitats. The lack of understanding of the distribution of …

Modeling risks in marine protected areas: Mapping of habitats, biodiversity, and cultural ecosystem services in the southernmost atlantic coral reef

WC Niz, IRA Laurino, DM de Freitas, FA Rolim… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Marine Protected Area (MPA) is a fundamental strategy for the maintenance of
ocean ecological processes worldwide and, consequently, their associated ecosystem …

Very high-resolution satellite-derived bathymetry and habitat mapping using pleiades-1 and ICESat-2

A Le Quilleuc, A Collin, MF Jasinski, R Devillers - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accurate and reliable bathymetric data are needed for a wide diversity of marine research
and management applications. Satellite-derived bathymetry represents a time saving …

Combining pixel and object based image analysis of ultra-high resolution multibeam bathymetry and backscatter for habitat mapping in shallow marine waters

D Ierodiaconou, ACG Schimel, D Kennedy… - Marine Geophysical …, 2018 - Springer
Habitat mapping data are increasingly being recognised for their importance in
underpinning marine spatial planning. The ability to collect ultra-high resolution (cm) …

[HTML][HTML] Putting on a bow-tie to sort out who does what and why in the complex arena of marine policy and management

R Cormier, M Elliott, J Rice - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Marine policy and management has to cope with a plethora of human activities that cause
pressures leading to changes to the natural and human systems. Accordingly, it requires …

Mapping cold-water coral habitats at different scales within the Northern Ionian Sea (Central Mediterranean): an assessment of coral coverage and associated …

A Savini, A Vertino, F Marchese, L Beuck, A Freiwald - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
In this study, we mapped the distribution of Cold-Water Coral (CWC) habitats on the northern
Ionian Margin (Mediterranean Sea), with an emphasis on assessing coral coverage at …

Applying an integrated approach to coastal marine habitat mapping in the north-western United Arab Emirates

D Mateos-Molina, M Antonopoulou, R Baldwin… - Marine Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Habitat mapping is essential for the management and conservation of coastal marine
habitats. However, accurate and up-to-date habitat maps are rarely available for the marine …

A spatially explicit comparison of quantitative and categorical modelling approaches for mapping seabed sediments using random forest

B Misiuk, M Diesing, A Aitken, CJ Brown, EN Edinger… - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Seabed sediment composition is an important component of benthic habitat and there are
many approaches for producing maps that convey sediment information to marine …