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Strategic Roadmap for Addressing Microplastic Pollution in the Global South: Bridging Monitoring Gaps, Harmonizing Methods, and Building Analytical Capacity

Environmental Quality Management, Volume 35, Issue 4, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT Microplastic (MP) pollution represents a growing environmental challenge, especially in tropical and subtropical coastal regions of the Global South, where methodological fragmentation, funding discontinuity, and dependence on external analytical infrastructure limit the production of comparable data and the formulation of evidence‐based ...
Guilherme Malafaia, Thiarlen Marinho da Luz   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Do We Know About the Environmental Status of European Seas?

Conservation Letters
The European Union (EU) established the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) to achieve good environmental status (GES) in European seas through an ecosystem‐based approach to management.
Athanasios Nikolaou, Angel Borja, Stelios Katsanevakis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microplastics Baseline Surveys at the Water Surface and in Sediments of the North-East Atlantic

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
Microplastic contamination was determined in sediments of the Southern North Sea and floating at the sea surface of North West Europe. Floating concentrations ranged between 0 and 1.5 microplastic/m3, whereas microplastic concentrations in sediments ...
Thomas Maes, Thomas Maes, Myra D. Van der Meulen, Lisa I. Devriese, Heather A. Leslie, Arnaud Huvet, Laura Frère, Johan Robbens, A. Dick Vethaak   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

eDNA signals improve local predictions of fish abundances in Mediterranean coastal ecosystems

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 6, June 2026.
This study demonstrates that integrating eDNA metabarcoding data into species distribution models can improve fish abundance predictions, especially for site‐attached and reef‐associated species. This approach provides a scalable and cost‐effective tool for monitoring, impact assessment, spatial planning and adaptive management of marine resources ...
Noémie Coulon, Ulysse Flandrin, Lisandro Benedetti‐Cecchi, Iacopo Bertocci, Pierre Boissery, Letizia Lamperti, Anthony Maire, Stéphanie Manel, Caterina Mintrone, Baptiste Mulot, José A. Sanabria‐Fernández, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, Alice Valentini, Laure Velez, David Mouillot   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marine Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Analysis Tools in the Management Process of Spanish Marine Protected Areas

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Spain’s extensive marine jurisdiction—comprising a continental shelf of approximately 100,000 km2 and an Exclusive Economic Zone approaching one million km2—requires robust geospatial frameworks to support ecosystem assessment and marine policy ...
Dulce Mata, Paula Gil, Ángela Bellido, Olvido Tello   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Preliminary Snapshot Investigation of the Marine Soundscape for Malta: A Steppingstone towards Achieving ‘Good Ecological Status’

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
The ever-accelerating rate of research focusing on the issue of underwater noise pollution, particularly concerning low-frequency, continuous noise, has steadily been unveiling the myriad of detrimental ecological implications caused to marine life ...
Julia Micallef Filletti, Adam Gauci, Alan Deidun, Giorgio Riccobene, Salvatore Viola   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2012. A contribution to the application of European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part 2. Introduction trends and pathways

Mediterranean Marine Science, 2012
More than 60 marine non-indigenous species (NIS) have been removed from previous lists and 84 species have been added, bringing the total to 986 alien species in the Mediterranean [775 in the eastern Mediterranean (EMED), 249 in the central Mediterranean (CMED), 190 in the Adriatic Sea (ADRIA) and 308 in the western Mediterranean (WMED)]. There were 48
Α. ZENETOS, S. GOFAS, C. MORRI, A. ROSSO, VIOLANTI, Donata, J. E. GARCÍA RASO, M. E. ÇINAR, A. ALMOGI LABIN, A. S. ATES, E. AZZURRO, E. BALLESTEROS, C. N. BIANCHI, M. BILECENOGLU, M. C. GAMBI, A. GIANGRANDE, C. GRAVILI, O. HYAMS KAPHZAN, P. K. KARACHLE, S. KATSANEVAKIS, L. LIPEJ, F. MASTROTOTARO, F. MINEUR, M. A. PANCUCCI PAPADOPOULOU, A. RAMOS ESPLÁ, C. SALAS, G. SAN MARTÍN, A. SFRISO, N. STREFTARIS, M. VERLAQUE   +28 more
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Biogeographic Spread of the Non‐Indigenous Copepod Pseudodiaptomus marinus in Italian Waters—Insights by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Surveys

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim This research investigates the distribution of the non‐indigenous calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus marinus Sato, 1913 in Italian coastal waters as retrieved by the data collected in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) programme in the 2015–2023 time window. Location Italian marine coastal waters, Mediterranean Sea.
Stefano Corona, Érica Caroline Becker, Ylenia Carotenuto, Alessandra de Olazabal, Iole Di Capua, Alenka Goruppi, Valentina Tirelli, Marco Uttieri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relating benthic sensitivity and status to spatial distribution and intensity of trawling in the Eastern Mediterranean

Ecological Indicators, 2023
The ecosystem approach to fisheries management needs information of not just where bottom trawlers operate but also on their impact on the seabed, which is also highly relevant to the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor D6, seafloor ...
Christopher J. Smith, Nadia K. Papadopoulou, Irida Maina, Stefanos Kavadas, P. Daniel van Denderen, Nikolaos Katsiaras, Sofia Reizopoulou, Ioannis Karakassis, Anastasios Tselepides, Irini Tsikopoulou   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The metadata catalogue of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography: a tool to implement the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)

, 2022
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Otero, P. (Pablo), Bruque-Carmona, G. (Gerardo), Tello-Antón, M.O. (María Olvido)   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources