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

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...

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Main Author: Borja, Angel (author)
Other Authors: Elliott, Mike (author), Andersen, Jesper H. (author), Cardoso, Ana C. (author), Carstensen, Jacob (author), Ferreira, João G. (author), Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina (author), Marques, J. C. (author), Neto, João M. (author), Teixeira, Heliana (author), Uusitalo, Laura (author), Uyarra, María C. (author), Zampoukas, Nikolaos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/25590
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/25590