European Red List of Habitats. Part 1. Marine habitats.

Gubbay, S, Sanders, N, Haynes, T, Janssen, JAM, Rodwell, JR, Nieto, S, Garcia Criado, M, Beal, S, Borg, J, Kennedy, M, Micu, D, Otero, M, Saunders, G, Calix, M, Airoldi, L, Alexandrov, VV, Alcazar, E, de Andalucia, J, Babbini, L, Bakran-Petricioli, T, Ballesteros, E, Benares Espana, E, Bariche, M, Bastos, E, Basso, D, Bat, L, Battelli, C, Bazairi, H, Bianchi, CN, Bitar, G, Bo, M, Brazier, P, Bush, L, Canese, S, Catrense, SP, Cefalì, ME, Cerrano, C, Chemello, R, Chernysheva, EB, Connor, D, Cook, R, Dankers, N, Darr, A, Davis, AR, Dolenc-Orbanić, N, Dubois, S, Espino, F, Flores Moya, A, Ford, J, Foulquie, M, Fowler, S, Fourt, M, Fraschetti, S, Fuller, I, Fürhaupter, K, Galil, B, Gerovasileiou, V, Giangrande, A, Giuseppe, C, Goriup, P, Grall, J, Gravina, MF, Guelmami, A, Güreşen, A, Hadjioannou, L, Haldin, JM, Hall-Spencer, JM, Harmelin, JG, Haroun-Tabrae, R, Harries, D, Herkül, K, Hetman, T, Hiscock, K, Holt, R, Issaris, Y, Jackson, EL, Jeudi, A, Jiminez, C, Karamita, C, Karlsson, A, Kersting, D, Keskinen, E, Klinge, F, Klissurov, L, Knittweis-Mifsud, L, Kopiy, V, Korolesova, D, Kružić, P, Komakhidze, G, La Porta, B, Leinikki, J, Lehtonen, P, Linares, C, Lipej, L, Mačić, V, Mangialajo, L, Mariani, S, Melih, C, Metalpa, R, Mielke, E, Mihneva, V, Milchakova, N, Milonakis, K, Minguell, C, Mironova, NV, Näslund, J, Numa, C, Nyström, J, Ocaña, O, Otero, NF, Peña Freire, V, Pergent, C, Perkol-Finkel, S, Pibot, A, Pinedo, S, Poursanidis, D, Ramos, A, Revkov, NK, Roininen, J-T, Rosso, A, Ruiz, J, Salomidi, M, Schembri, P, Shiganov, T, Simboura, N, Sini, M, Smith, C, Soldo, A, Somerfield, PJ, Templado, J, Terentyev, A, Thibaut, T, Topçu, NE, Trigg, C, Turk, R, Tyler-Walters, H, Tunesi, L, Vera, K, Viera, M, Warzocha, J, Wells, S, Westerbom, M, Wikström, S, Wood, C, Yokes, B and Zibrowius, H 2016 European Red List of Habitats. Part 1. Marine habitats.. Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union, 50pp. (UNSPECIFIED)

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Abstract/Summary

The European Red List of Habitats provides an overview of the risk of collapse (degree of endangerment) of marine, terrestrial and freshwater habitats in the European Union (EU28) and adjacent regions (EU28+), based on a consistent set of categories and criteria, and detailed data and expert knowledge from involved countries1. A total of 257 benthic marine habitat types were assessed. In total, 19% (EU28) and 18% (EU28+) of the evaluated habitats were assessed as threatened in categories Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable. An additional 12% were Near Threatened in the EU28 and 11% in the EU28+. These figures are approximately doubled if Data Deficient habitats are excluded. The percentage of threatened habitat types differs across the regional seas. The highest proportion of threatened habitats in the EU28 was found in the Mediterranean Sea (32%), followed by the North-East Atlantic (23%), the Black Sea (13%) and then the Baltic Sea (8%). There was a similar pattern in the EU28+. The most frequently cited pressures and threats were similar across the four regional seas: pollution (eutrophication), biological resource use other than agriculture or forestry (mainly fishing but also aquaculture), natural system modifications (e.g. dredging and sea defence works), urbanisation and climate change. Even for habitats where the assessment outcome was Data Deficient, the Red List assessment process has resulted in the compilation of a substantial body of useful information to support the conservation of marine habitats.

Item Type: Publication - Report (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects: Conservation
Ecology and Environment
Planning
Divisions: Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Marine Ecology and Biodiversity
Depositing User: Dr Paul J Somerfield
Date made live: 13 Mar 2017 12:24
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2020 09:58
URI: https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/7378

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