Our next BBT highlight is from Crete, Greece, with work led by HCMR - Institute of Oceanography applying project tools to better understand this amazing ecosystem which includes loggerhead turtles and seagrass meadows!
#heraklion #crete #posidoniaoceanica

The next work we highlight today investigates species specific macrophyte production in the Baltic!

For a link, click here -> doi.org/10.1007/s10811…

Today we take the opportunity to highlight some work by the MARBEFES team!

First, a look at seasonal changes in seaweed growth based on warming climates. Check it out in the link here -> doi.org/10.1016/j.scit…

An exciting opportunity for ECRs! This session focuses on some excellent insight from researchers at various stages. For more details and a link, please fill out the registration below! OBAMA-NEXT Marine SABRES Project ges4seas_mooc

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🌎Today is Earth Day! 🌏As we celebrate and appreciate the natural environment, the MARBEFES project continues to apply innovative techniques to protect our valuable Earth resources 🌍
To learn more about the project, click below! marbefes.eu
#marine #biodiversity

Excellent contributions from members of our team to the FRAM Forum.
1) Marine biodiversity, ecosystem function, services, and societal benefit.
2) Cooperation between Poland and Norway in Arctic studies.
Click here -> framforum.com/wp-content/upl…

A new paper from our project looking at saltmarsh carbon storage! 📢📢📢
'Quantifying the role of saltmarsh as a vulnerable carbon sink: A case study from Northern Portugal'
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Highlighting our next BBT, we move to the North Sea.
This region consists of a diverse ecosystem, 140+ fish species, 60+ bird species, seals, and porpoises!
Led by Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ, the team will conduct ecological valuations, providing key data for policy makers and env. managers.

In the first instalment of “Meet the BBTs”, we invite you to the Polish coast!🇵🇱

🎬 Watch a short movie, 1 of 4 to discover our BBTs. The key to understanding biodiversity lies in the scale of observation.
youtu.be/1vOqjNN22Nc

marbefes.eu/article/discov…

🪸Over the next coming weeks, we will highlight some of our study sites, referred to as Broad Belt Transects (BBTs). Using environmental science, economics, and social studies, our team will map out the ocean's wealth in new ways, aiming to guide better policies and management.

Still not too late to register for this exciting symposium!

The SC meeting in Tromsø - the meeting was organized around specific topics to move away from working groups and focus on integration and interaction in BBT and WPs.

See more: marbefes.eu/article/sc-mee…

#tromsø #marbefes #bbt #integration
#interaction #internationalproject

I am in beautiful Zandvoort 🇳🇱 for the MARBEFES & Marine SABRES Project joint workshop. I have been selected as the Overarching Stakeholder for Dublin Bay & these two days will inform what my role will be until 2026. I'm looking forward to getting started! 🌊

Highlighting a new paper from Jan Marcin Węsławski and Jacek A. Urbański!
Forty years of warming: Environmental change in marine coastal habitats on Svalbard between 1981 and 2022.
Link: journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publica…

Merry Christmas everyone ! ☃⛄🎄🌲❄

#Christmas2023 #marbefes #biodiversity #joy #ecosystem

The socio-cultural valuation team in the Irish Sea BBT have been busy with fieldwork the last few months. To understand the non-monetary benefits of the coast and sea - such as sense of place, recreation, and local identity.
Read full article: marbefes.eu/article/socio-…

A new MARBEFES-flagged paper for the Sardinian BBT, ‘Taxonomic and functional diversity of nematode fauna: two sides of the same coin in the ecological quality assessment of transitional environments’, has been published by Eleonora Grassi et al.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss…