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Ecosystem damage from anthropogenic seabed disturbance: A life cycle impact assessment characterisation model for European Seas

01 Feb 2019

Outcomes: Authors were able to quantify indicators of ecosystem damage from disturbance of the seabed, highlighting areas with the longest estimated ecological recovery time. 

How EMODnet Seabed Habitats helped the user: EUNIS classified substrates could be readily transcribed and subcategorized. Additionally, EUSeaMap gave a full coverage of all study sites.

Who used it:

NTNUNorwegian University of Science and Technology

When was it used: Publication due for release in 2019

What product was used: EUSeaMap 2016

How was the product used:  EUSeaMap was used to define the spatial extent of 16 substrate classes within the study area.

Abstract available here