Overview of DEVOTES progress ( ) Angel Borja

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1 Overview of DEVOTES progress ( ) Angel Borja Spanish Ministry of Environment, Madrid, 18 th February 2016

2 Introduction DEVelopment Of innovative Tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status EU FP7 project Ocean of Tomorrow

3 Introduction

4 Introduction SALT 23 partners 14 countries 12 M (9 M EU)

5 Descriptors and indicators Biodiversity Alien species Foodwebs Commercial Seafloor species integrity 5

6 1 Overview of our work INDICATORS (WP3) Distributional range; Area covered WP1 by the species; Population abundance and biomass; Habitat area; Relative abundance; Composition and proportion of ecosystem components MONITORING (WP5) SeaWifts, MERIS, MODIS, ROV, ARMS, ASU CLASSIFICATION (WP4) Habitat suitability modelling, metagenomics, photography ASSESSMENT (WP2 & 6) New valuation approaches; Ecosystem services; Ecosystem functionality; NEAT Trends in abundance and spatial distribution of NIS; Ratio between NIS and native; Impacts of NIS Fishing mortality; Catch/biomass ratio; SSB Biomass indices; Proportion of fish larger than the mean size; Mean maximum length; % percentile of the fish length distribution observed Performance of key predator species; Large fish; Abundance trends of functionally important groups/species Chlorophyll concentration in the water column; Species shift in floristic composition (diatom/flagellate ratio, blooms); Abundance of seaweeds Extent of the seabed significantly affected by human activities Presence of particularly sensitive and/or tolerant species Ballast waters Fleet data, captures Trophic niche-space imaging; isotopic data SeaWifts, MERIS, MODIS, etc. remote sensing (multibeam), ROV, video Species: ROV, video, ARMS, ASU, grabs, etc Metagenomics Bootstrapping; Management measures New modelling approaches EUNIS, habitat suitability modelling, GIS Traditional identification, metagenomics, GIS NEAT NEAT NEAT NEAT, Approaches used in the WFD, extended offfshore Approaches used in Habitats Directive, NEAT Indices sensitive/opportunist (e.g. gambi), NEAT Multi-metric indices assessing benthic community condition and functionality, Species: grabs, diving, ARMS, ASU Traditional identification, metagenomics Indices from WFD, Biological Trait Analysis; Signal Detection Theory, NEAT

7 WP1: Human pressures Conceptual models on DPSIR Conceptual models of the relationships between drivers (D), activities (A), pressures (P), state change (S), impacts (I) on human welfare (W), and responses (R) using measures (M) in relation to biodiversity

8 WP1: Human pressures

9 WP1: Human pressures

10 WP1: Human pressures Diagrams and evidences showing how climate change will affect MSFD implementation

11 WP1: Human pressures

12 WP2: Socio-economy International Obligations EC Directives, Policies and Strategies International Bodies Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Environmental Standards Bathing beaches Sensitive area Good Chemical Status & Good Ecological Status Protection Afforded IPPC Dir Bathing Waters Dir UWWTD Flood Risk Assessment Nitrates Dir 20% renewable energy target Renewable Energy Dir LONDON CONV. & PROTOCOL WFD (*) FRMD Sustainable use of maritime areas and resources Safer shipping navigation, pollution control and operation Control of harmful aquatic organisms / alien species Sustainable fisheries & safeguarding the marine environment 3 other climate & energy directives Various EU Regs to control shipping & pollution from ships Basic Fish Regs Strategic Environmental Assessments (*) In 2013 the WFD replaced the Dangerous Sub. Dir.; Freshwater Fish Dir.; Shellfish Waters Dir. & Groundwater Dir. MARPOL BALLAST WATER CONV. CFP SEA Dir UN FRAMEWORK CONV. ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC) KYOTO PROTOCOL ICES EIA Dir ESPOO CONV. Environmental Impact Assessments & Environmental Statements IMO CITES UNCLOS Various Regulations to control CITES fauna & flora Endangered species protection UN CONV. on BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BERN CONV. HELCOM OSPAR UNEP -MAP ASCOBAN EU Strategy on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) RAMSAR CONV. Best practice to deal with IAS EU Biodiversity Strategy Proposed IAS Reg Framework Dir for MSP & Coastal Man (proposed) EU Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) Prevention & Management Birds Dir MSFD Habitats & Species Dir Natura 2000 sites (SAC/SPA) Favourable Conservation Status Good Environmental Status Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) International Law & EU Directives

13 WP2: Socio-economy

14 WP3: indicators DEVOTool software version 0.64 (for Mac and Windows)

15 WP3: indicators - Regional seas: Baltic, Atlantic Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea - Components and nr indicators tested: phytoplankton (4), zooplankton (3), macroalgae (8), seagrasses (7), benthic invertebrates (11), fish (1), marine mammals (1) and a biological value indicator, which includes several ecosystem components in its calculation; - Pressures tested: Aggregate extraction, Fishery, Nutrient/organic pressure (Eutrophication) and sediment disposal

16 WP3: indicators

17 WP3: indicators

18 WP4: Modelling

19 WP4: Modelling Ecological models available for assessing the environmental status

20 WP4: Modelling

21 WP4: Modelling

22 WP5: Monitoring

23 WP5: Monitoring

24 WP5: Monitoring Genomic methods Many species of microbes, plankton, meiofauna and macrofauna sequenced and available at BOLD and GeneBank repositories

25 WP5: Monitoring Massive sequencing Species Abundance Phylocheras trispinosus 5 Hydractinia carnea 6 Obelia dichotoma Cavernularia pusilla 4 Actinia equina 6 Tubulanus polymorphus 756 Cerebratulus marginatus 677 Harmothoe glabra 87 Malmgreniella andreapolis 46 Malmgrenia andreapolis 3 Cirriformia tentaculata 31 Classification Barcoding Separation Taxonomic identification Species Phylocheras trispinosus Hydractinia carnea Species Abundance Obelia dichotoma Phylocheras trispinosus 5 Hydractinia Cavernularia carnea pusilla 6 Obelia Actinia dichotoma equina Cavernularia pusilla 4 Tubulanus polymorphus Actinia equina 6 Tubulanus Cerebratulus polymorphus marginatus 756 Cerebratulus Harmothoe marginatus glabra 677 Harmothoe glabra 87 Malmgreniella Malmgreniella andreapolis 46 Malmgrenia andreapolis andreapolis 3 Cirriformia tentaculata 31 Malmgrenia andreapolis Cirriformia tentaculata Standard sequencing Sequence AGGCTCCA AGTCTTCA AGGCTTCA AGGCTCCA AGACACCA AGACTCCA AGGATCCA AGGCTCAA AGGCTCGA AAGCTGCA ATGCTCCA

26 WP5: Monitoring 14-May July-2013 ARMS Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure ASU 17-March-2014 Artificial Substrate Unit 14-May-2014 For hard-substrata monitoring, using genomics 26

27 WP5: Monitoring Microarrays and HABs

28 WP6: Integration

29 WP6: Integration and assessment

30 WP6: Integration and assessment

31 WP6: Integration and assessment NEAT (Nested Environmental status Assessment Tool) Step Action 1 Sectors 2 Habitats 3 Enter data 4 Count 5 Area 6 Quality 7 Weights 8 Status 9 Summary Options Version Info

32 DEVOTES Synthesis DAPSIWORM Criteria indicators DEVOTool Indicators Models Monitoring methods Matrices P-I and Climate Change NEAT Cost-effectivenness Cumulative I Biodiversity concept End-users

33 Papers (nr) And 109 papers published!! Papers published by DEVOTES In press Papers downloadable from:

34 Achievements Actions Expected Accomplished Papers Stakeholder workshops 3 2 Scientific sessions 4 9 Contributions to conferences PhD students 7 12 Training courses? 21 Summer schools 4 4

35 Coming events

36 Coming events Final DEVOTES meeting: Marine Biodiversity, the key to healthy and productive seas Brussels, 17 th 19 th October 2016

37 Dr Ángel Borja ResearchGate Profile: Linkedin: Spanish Ministry of Environment, Madrid, 18 th February 2016