Marine protected areas (MPAs) are designed to reduce threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning from anthropogenic activities. Assessment of MPAs effectiveness requires synchronous sampling of protected and non-protected areas at multiple spatial and temporal scales. We used an autonomous underwater vehicle to map benthic communities in replicate 'no-take' and 'general-use' (fishing allo...

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Doctor of Philosophy MICRO FLUIDIC CYTOMETRY FOR ANALYSIS OF MARINE MICROORGANISMS by Giuseppe Benazzi Knowledge of the distribution and concentration of phytoplankton (microscopic algae that live in the oceans) is important, as this reflects and may modify environmentally important events such as pollution, climate change and ca...

Almost all ICES member countries have policies that address the impacts of human activities on marine ecosystems. These policies may explicitly be framed as an implementation of an ecosystem approach. An important example is the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) of the European Union (EC, 2008), which is a comprehensive framework for achieving good environmental status (GES) for Europe...

Chronic undersampling of the marine environment, including both biological and physical components, has been and remains a major block to understanding how marine ecosystems function and how they respond to changes, whether natural or anthropogenic. Consequently, data-based models that accurately predict local variations in the abundance of plant and animal life in the sea are rare or do not ex...

The future of the composites market looks attractive with opportunities in transportation, construction, wind energy, pipe - tank, marine, consumer goods, electrical and electronics, aerospace, others. composite materials is expected to reach an estimated $40.2 billion by 2024 it forecast grow at a CAGR 3.3% from 2019 2024. that have started be used production tourist boats, especially those ya...

Early detection of marine invasive species is key for mitigating and managing their impacts to ecosystems industries. Human divers are considered the gold standard tool detecting species, especially when dive teams familiar with local biodiversity. However, diver operations can be expensive dangerous, not always practical. Remote operated vehicles (ROVs) potentially overcome these limitations, ...

the spanish turbot aquaculture sector holds a top position in the international market. thisactivity is mainly developed along the galician coast (nw spain). this article evaluates the environmentalperformance of galician turbot aquaculture according to the life cycle assessment (lca) methodology.previously, on account of the expected relevance of feed for aquaculture, marine aquafeed productio...