
Our Case Studies
We conduct our work in twenty Case Studies. Fourteen of them are on a regional scale while six are pan-European. All Case Studies are designed to deliver a cause-and-effect understanding, to build predictive capacity in models, and to develop indicators and tools for decision-makers charged with the stewardship of European marine biodiversity under threats from multiple drivers. In each case, drivers examined represent the local/regional priorities from regulators who co-create what-if scenarios of interacting drivers including envisioned management actions. Our Case Studies cover eight European seas and three climatic zones.

Polar & sub-polar
Svalbard
Arctic and arctoboreal fish species
AWI
Barents Sea
Benthos and fish communities
IMR
Norwegian Coast
Macroalgal ecosystem
NIVA
Baltic Sea
Benthos, fish, mammals, and seabirds
SU







Temperate
Shetland Islands
Rocky shores, benthos, birds, mammals
USTAN
North Sea
Plankton, benthos, fish, birds, mammals
NIOZ
Dogger Bank
Benthos, plankton and fish communities
Cefas
Wadden Sea
Dunes to sub-tidal, grasses, plankton, benthos, fish, birds
NIOZ
Black Sea
Shelf and basin, plankton to fish
IBER-BAS
Northern Portugal
Kelp forest systems
CIIMAR







Sub-tropical
Adriatic Sea
Marine animal forests, seagrass, macroalgae
CONISMA
Adriatic Coast
Mediterranean mussel
CONISMA
Mediterranean
MPA impacts on biodiversity protection
IMR
South-East Med.
Shallow reef systems and invasives
IOLR







All climate zones


Phytoplankton & zooplankton communities (food web base)
Harmful algae (toxins, blooms)
Pan-
European

Jellification of European Seas

Canopy-dominated systems

Fish communities


Seabirds & marine mammals
UH
MBA
CONISMA
UNIPI
UM
SWANSEA