Using remote sensing as a support to the implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive in SW Portugal

Cristina, Sónia; Icely, John; Goela, Priscila; DelValls, T.À.; Newton, Alice

doi:10.1016/j.csr.2015.03.011

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“…A recent application of this approach to oceanic regions, where populations of small organisms can be dominant, has proven to be particularly useful to distinguish the contribution of cryptophytes, prymnesiophytes, and prasinophytes to TChla concentration . Thus, the use of chemotaxonomic methods in combination with the classical methods (e.g., microscope enumeration, phytoplankton size-structure) would be useful to evaluate and characterize Descriptor 5 of the MSFD (Mangoni et al, 2013;Cristina et al, 2015;Goela et al, 2015; Table 1). Once the HPLC methodology is implemented and running, CHEMTAX offers a rapid and cost-effective way to assess the taxonomic composition of a sample, used as a first assessment of the phytoplankton assemblage.…”

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Implementing and Innovating Marine Monitoring Approaches for Assessing Marine Environmental Status

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Marine environmental monitoring has tended to focus on site-specific methods of investigation. These traditional methods have low spatial and temporal resolution and are relatively labor intensive per unit area/time that they cover. To implement the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), European Member States are required to improve marine monitoring and design monitoring networks. This can be achieved by developing and testing innovative and cost-effective monitoring systems, as well as indicators of environmental status. Here, we present several recently developed methodologies and technologies to improve marine biodiversity indicators and monitoring methods. The innovative tools are discussed concerning the technologies presently utilized as well as the advantages and disadvantages of their use in routine monitoring. In particular, the present analysis focuses on: (i) molecular approaches, including microarray, Real Time quantitative PCR (qPCR), and metagenetic (metabarcoding) tools; (ii) optical (remote) sensing and acoustic methods; and (iii) in situ monitoring instruments. We also discuss Danovaro et al. Innovative Approaches in Marine Monitoring their applications in marine monitoring within the MSFD through the analysis of case studies in order to evaluate their potential utilization in future routine marine monitoring. We show that these recently-developed technologies can present clear advantages in accuracy, efficiency and cost.

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Implementing and Innovating Marine Monitoring Approaches for Assessing Marine Environmental Status

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“…Integration of EO data with in situ data from research vessels, AUVs and ROVs, fixed point marine observing systems, SOO and subsurface floats is essential for validation of EO products. Recent validation studies of MERIS chlorophyll (Cristina et al, 2015) support the feasibility of integrating EO data for marine monitoring, specifically for MSFD Descriptor 5 (minimizing eutrophication).…”

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“…EO measurements from next-generation satellites have the potential to improve data collection for a range of current and future monitoring requirements, including identification and differentiation of phytoplankton functional types for harmful algal bloom detection, measuring of total suspended particulate materials, pigmented fraction of dissolved organic matter, and changes to systems in response to changes in climate (Cristina et al, 2015;Tyler et al, 2016).…”

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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 and Scientific Ambitions

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Marine environmental monitoring is undertaken to provide evidence that environmental management targets are being met. Moreover, monitoring also provides context to marine science and over the last century has allowed development of a critical scientific understanding of the marine environment and the impacts that humans are having on it. The seas around the UK are currently monitored by targeted, impact-driven, programmes (e.g., fishery or pollution based monitoring) often using traditional techniques, many of which have not changed significantly since the early 1900s. The advent of a new wave of automated technology, in combination with changing political and economic circumstances, means that there is currently a strong drive to move toward a more refined, efficient, and effective way of monitoring. We describe the policy and scientific rationale for monitoring our seas, alongside a comprehensive description of the types of equipment and methodology currently used and the technologies that are likely to be used in the future. We contextualize the way new technologies and methodologies may impact monitoring and discuss how whole ecosystems models can give an integrated, comprehensive approach to impact assessment. Furthermore, we discuss how an understanding of the value of each data point is crucial to assess the true costs and benefits to society of a marine monitoring programme.

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“…Similarly, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a framework for Maritime Spatial Planning in Europe (MSP) [2] that recognizes the importance of rationalizing competing uses of the marine environment, guarding its quality but also providing a greater confidence and certainty for investors in order to exploit the full potential of the blue economy [3,4]. With the purpose of creating synergies among different activities for multiple uses of space, this directive increases the cross-border cooperation to plan sustainable growth of marine aquaculture [5].…”

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Earth Observation for Maritime Spatial Planning: Measuring, Observing and Modeling Marine Environment to Assess Potential Aquaculture Sites

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Physical, chemical and biological characteristics of seawaters are primary descriptors for understanding environmental patterns and improving maritime spatial planning for potential aquaculture uses. By analyzing these descriptors in spatial and temporal dimensions, it is possible to characterize the potential productivity performances of different locations for specific aquaculture species. We developed a toolbox that, starting from the actual competing uses of the maritime space, aims at: (a) identifying sites with conditions feasible for aquaculture fish growth (feasibility scenario); and (b) assessing their different productivity performances in terms of potential fish harvest (suitability scenario). The toolbox is being designed in the Mediterranean, northern Adriatic Sea, but because of its modularity/multi-stage process, it can be easily adapted to other areas, or scaled to larger areas. The toolbox, representing a pre-operational Copernicus downstreaming service that integrates data and products from different sources (in situ, Earth Observation and modeling), is innovative because it is based more on parameters relevant for fish vitality than on those oriented to farm functioning. Stakeholders and farmers involved in the maritime spatial planning can use resulting scenarios for decision-making and market-trading processes.

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Using remote sensing as a support to the implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive in SW Portugal

Cited by 36 publications

References 41 publications

Implementing and Innovating Marine Monitoring Approaches for Assessing Marine Environmental Status

Implementing and Innovating Marine Monitoring Approaches for Assessing Marine Environmental Status

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 and Scientific Ambitions

Earth Observation for Maritime Spatial Planning: Measuring, Observing and Modeling Marine Environment to Assess Potential Aquaculture Sites

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