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29 resources

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  Financing marine restoration in Europe: a survey of instruments (sample)

  Survey European SeasConservation

  Public funds, private investment and blended finance used for marine restoration projects so far.

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  European Maritime Spatial Planning Platform

  Web application European SeasBaltic SeaAdriatic SeaConservation

  National maritime spatial plans, practices and contacts across EU countries.

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  Natura 2000 network viewer

  Web application European SeasConservationMarine Protected Areas (MPAs)

  Map of protected sites across the EU, including marine sites and the habitats they protect.

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  Marine Strategy Framework Directive: good environmental status (sample guide)

  Guidelines European SeasConservation

  How the eleven descriptors of good environmental status relate to habitat restoration.

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  Protecting a maerl bed off Brittany (sample case study)

  Case study North AtlanticCeltic SeaConservationGroup 4: Maerl bedsDirect Sampling

  How trawling restrictions and monitoring were combined to protect a slow-growing maerl bed.

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  EUNIS habitat classification

  Database European SeasHabitat mappingAll habitats

  The European reference system for naming habitats, from broad seabed types to specific communities.

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  Marine restoration handbook (MERCES, sample)

  Guidelines North SeaMediterranean SeaConservationGroup 1: Seagrass bedsGroup 2: Macroalgal forestsGroup 5: Sponge, coral and coralligenous bedsSubstrate Enhancement / StabilizationTransplantation

  Practical guidance on restoring seagrass, macroalgal forests and coralligenous habitats, with costs and lessons learnt.

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  Indicators of seagrass meadow condition: a review (sample)

  Review Baltic SeaMediterranean SeaConservationGroup 1: Seagrass bedsDirect SamplingTowed Camera Systems (Scuba/Drop Cameras)

  Which measurements tell a healthy meadow from a declining one, and how comparable they are across seas.

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  Copernicus Marine Service

  Database European SeasMediterranean SeaConservationSatellite

  Ocean temperature, currents and water quality for Europe, from satellites and models.

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  EMODnet Bathymetry: European seabed depth model

  Database European SeasHabitat mappingMultispectral Remote SensingSatellite

  Harmonised depth data for European seas, the base layer of most habitat maps.

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  Mediterranean warming triggers seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) shoot mortality

  Paper

  Links summer heatwaves to Posidonia shoot mortality. Sample record that shows how a paper with a DOI appears.

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  Global analysis of seagrass restoration: the importance of large-scale planting

  Paper

  What predicts the survival of seagrass restoration trials worldwide. Sample record that shows how a paper with a DOI appears.

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  Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems

  Paper

  Global assessment of seagrass loss since 1879. Sample record that shows how a paper with a DOI appears.

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  Seagrass meadows (Posidonia oceanica) distribution and trajectories of change

  Paper

  Mediterranean-wide map of Posidonia meadows and how their extent has changed. Sample record that shows how a paper with a DOI appears.

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  What makes marine restoration succeed? A review (sample)

  Review

  A synthesis of factors linked to long-term restoration outcomes.

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  Posidonia transplantation in a Ligurian bay (sample case study)

  Case study

  Five years of monitoring a small-scale seagrass transplantation.

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  Restoration cost calculator (sample tool)

  Tool

  Estimates cost ranges per hectare for common marine restoration techniques.

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  The Nature Restoration Law explained (sample)

  Guidelines

  What the EU Nature Restoration Law asks Member States to do for marine habitats.

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  Seagrass survey dataset (sample data)

  Database

  Transect counts and survey sites in open formats, to show how datasets and their downloads appear in the catalogue. The values are fictional.

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  EMODnet Seabed Habitats

  Geoportal

  European portal of broad-scale seabed habitat maps and survey data.

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  Guidelines for mapping seagrass meadows (sample)

  Guidelines

  A step-by-step protocol from survey design to habitat map validation.

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  The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats

  Paper

  A landmark synthesis of marine biodiversity across the Mediterranean Sea: estimating known species, mapping spatial patterns of richness and endemism, and ranking the principal threats (habitat loss, overexploitation, pollution, climate change and invasive species) shaping one of the world's most diverse yet most pressured seas.

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  Array programming with NumPy

  Paper

  A foundational paper describing NumPy, the core array-programming library that underpins scientific computing in Python.

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  Mapping marine habitats of the European seas — a complete test case

  Case study European SeasNorth AtlanticHabitat mappingGroup 1: Seagrass bedsAirborneAutonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

  End-to-end test Resource: thumbnail + full picture, rich body, tags on every taxonomy, three downloadable files (PDF/CSV/MD), two external links and multiple contacts. Safe to delete.

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