@article{depellegrin_current_2021,

title = {Current status, advancements and development needs of geospatial decision support tools for marine spatial planning in European seas},

author = {D. Depellegrin and H. Sten Hansen and L. Schr\oder and L. Bergstr\"{o}m and G. Romagnoni and J. Steenbeek and M. Gon\c{c}alves and G. Carneiro and L, Hammar and J. Pr{a}lsson and J. Schmidtbauer Crona and D. Hume and J. Kotta and M. Fetissov and A. Milo\v{s} and J. Kaitaranta and S. Menegon},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569121001289},

doi = {10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105644},

issn = {0964-5691},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-08-01},

urldate = {2021-08-01},

journal = {Ocean \& Coastal Management},

volume = {209},

pages = {105644},

keywords = {Cumulative effects assessment, Decision support instruments, Ecosystem-based management, Geospatial tools, Maritime spatial planning},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{depellegrinCurrentStatusAdvancements2021,

title = {Current Status, Advancements and Development Needs of Geospatial Decision Support Tools for Marine Spatial Planning in European Seas},

author = {Daniel Depellegrin and Henning Sten Hansen and Lise Schr\oder and Lena Bergstr\"{o}m and Giovanni Romagnoni and Jeroen Steenbeek and Magali Gon\c{c}alves and Gon\c{c}alo Carneiro and Linus Hammar and Jonas Pr{a}lsson and Jan Schmidtbauer Crona and Duncan Hume and Jonne Kotta and Mihhail Fetissov and And\v{z}ej Milo\v{s} and Joni Kaitaranta and Stefano Menegon},

doi = {10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105644},

issn = {0964-5691},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-08-01},

urldate = {2021-05-15},

journal = {Ocean \& Coastal Management},

volume = {209},

pages = {105644},

abstract = {The implementation of marine spatial plans as required by the Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) of the European Union (EU) poses novel demands for the development of decision support tools (DST). One fundamental aspect is the need for tools to guide decisions about the allocation of human activities at sea in ways that are ecosystem-based and lead to sustainable use of resources. The MSP Directive was the main driver behind the development of spatial and non-spatial DSTs for the analysis of marine and coastal areas across European seas. In this research we develop an analytical framework designed by DST software developers and managers for the analysis of six DSTs supporting MSP in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. The framework compares the main conceptual, technical and practical aspects, by which these DSTs contribute to advancing the MSP knowledge base and identified future needs for the development of the tools. Results show that all of the studied DSTs include elements to support ecosystem-based management at different geographical scales (from national to macro-regional), relying on cumulative effects assessment and functionalities to facilitate communication at the science-policy interface. Based on our synthesis we propose a set of recommendations for knowledge exchange in relation to further DST developments, mechanisms for sharing experience among the user-developer community, and actions to increase the effectiveness of the DSTs in MSP processes.},

keywords = {Cumulative effects assessment, Decision support instruments, Ecosystem-based management, Geospatial tools, Maritime spatial planning},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{serpettiModelingSmallScale2021,

title = {Modeling Small Scale Impacts of Multi-Purpose Platforms: An Ecosystem Approach},

author = {Natalia Serpetti and Steven Benjamins and Stevie Brain and Maurizio Collu and Bethany J. Harvey and Johanna J. Heymans and Adam D. Hughes and Denise Risch and Sophia Rosinski and James J. Waggitt and Ben Wilson},

doi = {10.3389/fmars.2021.694013},

issn = {2296-7745},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

urldate = {2021-07-25},

journal = {Frontiers in Marine Science},

volume = {0},

publisher = {Frontiers},

abstract = {Aquaculture and marine renewable energy are two expanding sectors of the Blue Economy in Europe. Assessing the long-term environmental impacts in terms of eutrophication and noise is a priority for both the EU Water Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and cumulative impacts will be important for the Maritime Spatial Planning under the Integrated Maritime Policy. With the constant expansion of aquaculture production, it is expected that farms might be established further offshore in more remote areas, as high-energy conditions offer an opportunity to generate more power locally using Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) devices. A proposed solution is the co-location of MRE devices and aquaculture systems using Multi-Purpose Platforms (MPPs) comprising offshore wind turbines (OWTs) that will provide energy for farm operations as well as potentially shelter the farm. Disentangling the impacts, conflicts and synergies of MPP elements on the surrounding marine ecosystem is challenging. Here we created a high-resolution spatiotemporal Ecospace model of the West of Scotland, in order to assess impacts of a simple MPP configuration on the surrounding ecosystem and how these impacts can cascade through the food web. The model evaluated the following specific ecosystem responses: i) top-down control pathways due to distribution changes among top-predators (harbour porpoise, gadoids and seabirds) driven by attraction to the farming sites and/or repulsion/killing due to OWT operations; ii) bottom-up control pathways due to salmon farm activity providing increasing benthic enrichment predicated by a fish farm particle dispersal model, and sediment nutrient fluxes to the water column by early diagenesis of organic matter (recycled production). Weak responses of the food-web were found for top-down changes, whilst the results showed high sensitivity to increasing changes of bottom-up drivers that cascaded through the food-web from primary producers and detritus to pelagic and benthic consumers respectively. We assessed the sensitivity of the model to each of these impacts and the cumulative effects on the ecosystem, discuss the capabilities and limitations of the Ecospace modelling approach as a potential tool for marine spatial planning and the impact that these results could have for the Blue Economy and the EU's New Green Deal.},

keywords = {aquaculture, Ecopath with Ecosim, Ecospace, Marine renewable energy, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Maritime spatial planning, Multi purpose platform, Offshore wind, West coast of Scotland},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}