FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Using EUNIS habitat classification for benthic mapping in European seas: Present concerns and future needs BT AF GALPARSORO, Ibon CONNOR, David W. BORJA, Angel AISH, Annabelle AMORIM, Patricia BAJJOUK, Touria CHAMBERS, Caroline COGGAN, Roger DIRBERG, Guillaume ELLWOOD, Helen EVANS, Douglas GOODIN, Kathleen L. GREHAN, Anthony HALDIN, Jannica HOWELL, Kerry JENKINS, Chris MICHEZ, Noemie MO, Giulia BUHL-MORTENSEN, Pal PEARCE, Bryony POPULUS, Jacques SALOMIDI, Maria SANCHEZ, Francisco SERRANO, Alberto SHUMCHENIA, Emily TEMPERA, Fernando VASQUEZ, Mickael AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:3;5:4;6:5;7:6;8:7;9:3;10:8;11:;12:9;13:10;14:11;15:12;16:8;17:3;18:13;19:14;20:15;21:5;22:16;23:;24:;25:17;26:4;27:5; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-AG;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:;21:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-AG;22:;23:;24:;25:;26:;27:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-AG; C1 AZTI Tecnalia, Div Marine Res, Portualdea Zg 20110, Pasaia, Spain. 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Univ Rhode Isl, Grad Sch Oceanog, Narragansett, RI 02882 USA. C2 AZTI, SPAIN CEC, BELGIUM MNHN, FRANCE UNIV AZORES, PORTUGAL IFREMER, FRANCE MES, UK CEFAS, UK JOINT NAT CONSERVAT COMM, UK NATURESERVE, USA UNIV NATL IRELAND, IRELAND HELCOM, FINLAND UNIV PLYMOUTH, UK ISPRA, ITALY INST MAR RES, NORWAY MARINE ECOL SURVEYS LTD, UK HELLEN CTR MARINE RES, GREECE UNIV RHODE ISL, USA SI BREST SE PDG-ODE-DYNECO-AG IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe IF 2.53 TC 56 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00125/23663/22686.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Habitat classification scheme;EUNIS;Marine habitats;Habitat mapping AB The EUNIS (European Union Nature Information System) habitat classification system aims to provide a common European reference set of habitat types within a hierarchical classification, and to cover all terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats of Europe. The classification facilitates reporting of habitat data in a comparable manner, for use in nature conservation (e.g. inventories, monitoring and assessments), habitat mapping and environmental management. For the marine environment the importance of a univocal habitat classification system is confirmed by the fact that many European initiatives, aimed at marine mapping, assessment and reporting, are increasingly using EUNIS habitat categories and respective codes. For this reason substantial efforts have been made to include information on marine benthic habitats from different regions, aiming to provide a comprehensive geographical coverage of European seas. However, there still remain many concerns on its applicability as only a small fraction of Europe's seas are fully mapped and increasing knowledge and application raise further issues to be resolved. This paper presents an overview of the main discussion and conclusions of a workshop, organised by the MeshAtlantic project, focusing upon the experience in using the EUNIS habitats classification across different countries and seas, together with case studies. The aims of the meeting were to: (i) bring together scientists with exper_ience_in the use of the EUNIS marine classification and representatives from the European Environment Agency (EEA); (ii) agree on enhancements to EUNIS that ensure an improved representation of the European marine habitats; and (iii) establish practices that make marine habitat maps produced by scientists more consistent with the needs of managers and decision-makers. During the workshop challenges for the future development of EUNIS were identified, which have been classified into five categories: (1) structure and hierarchy; (2) biology; (3) terminology; (4) mapping; and (5) future development. The workshop ended with a declaration from the attendees, with recommendations to the EEA and European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, to take into account the outputs of the workshop, which identify weaknesses in the current classification and include proposals for its modification, and to devise a process to further develop the marine component of the EUNIS habitat classification. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. PY 2012 PD DEC SO Marine Pollution Bulletin SN 0025-326X PU Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd VL 64 IS 12 UT 000313380800016 BP 2630 EP 2638 DI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.10.010 ID 23663 ER EF