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Interdisciplinary science to support North Sea Marine Management: lessons learned and future demands
Hydrobiologia, 2019Co-Authors: S. Degraer, Michael Elliott, V. Van Lancker, T. A. G. P. Van Dijk, S. N. R. Birchenough, B. De Witte, H. Reiss, V. Stelzenmüller, S. Van GaeverAbstract:The expected increase of maritime activities in the North Sea and the growing awareness of its natural environmental value require enhanced science-based environmental advice for more efficient and effective Marine Management. The North Sea Open Science Conference organised by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform in 2016 aimed to take stock of the present-day scientific knowledge on the North Sea ecosystem, its interactions with human activities and its Management. The conference was structured along three themes: (1) ‘the scientific backbone of the North Sea ecosystem: adequacy of the knowledge base?’, (2) ‘A new era in environmental monitoring and assessment: what is at stake?’, and (3) ‘Sustainability: one for all, all for one?’. Focusing on ‘open science’, we welcomed about 200 participants from around the North Sea with different backgrounds and interests in environmental sciences. The participants were challenged to reflect on current and future challenges for the North Sea Management and, in particular, to explore possible nature-friendly solutions for addressing these challenges during a series of introductory oral (69) and poster (59) presentations, and World Cafe and Fish Bowl participatory sessions. The participants agreed on six main actions to (1) provide a solid scientific base for Marine Management decisions; (2) develop society-driven research; (3) increase interdisciplinary science; (4) recognise the need for system knowledge; (5) improve communication, knowledge exchange, and collective implementation of scientific knowledge; and (6) build integrated knowledge bases. For each of these, concrete action points were identified, and this review gives the most important and relevant ones for creating the knowledge base and managerial framework for a sustainable North Sea.
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Interdisciplinary science to support North Sea Marine Management: lessons learned and future demands
Hydrobiologia, 2019Co-Authors: S. Degraer, M. Elliott, V. Van Lancker, T. A. G. P. Van Dijk, S. N. R. Birchenough, B. De Witte, H. Reiss, V. Stelzenmüller, S. Van Gaever, E. BalianAbstract:The expected increase of maritime activities in the North Sea and the growing awareness of its natural environmental value require enhanced science-based environmental advice for more efficient and effective Marine Management. The North Sea Open Science Conference organised by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform in 2016 aimed to take stock of the present-day scientific knowledge on the North Sea ecosystem, its interactions with human activities and its Management. The conference was structured along three themes: (1) ‘the scientific backbone of the North Sea ecosystem: adequacy of the knowledge base?’, (2) ‘A new era in environmental monitoring and assessment: what is at stake?’, and (3) ‘Sustainability: one for all, all for one?’. Focusing on ‘open science’, we welcomed about 200 participants from around the North Sea with different backgrounds and interests in environmental sciences. The participants were challenged to reflect on current and future challenges for the North Sea Management and, in particular, to explore possible nature-friendly solutions for addressing these challenges during a series of introductory oral (69) and poster (59) presentations, and World Café and Fish Bowl participatory sessions. The participants agreed on six main actions to (1) provide a solid scientific base for Marine Management decisions; (2) develop society-driven research; (3) increase interdisciplinary science; (4) recognise the need for system knowledge; (5) improve communication, knowledge exchange, and collective implementation of scientific knowledge; and (6) build integrated knowledge bases. For each of these, concrete action points were identified, and this review gives the most important and relevant ones for creating the knowledge base and managerial framework for a sustainable North Sea.
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a risk based approach to cumulative effect assessments for Marine Management
Science of The Total Environment, 2018Co-Authors: V. Stelzenmüller, Marta Coll, Antonios D Mazaris, Sylvaine Giakoumi, Stelios Katsanevakis, Michelle E Portman, Renate Degen, Peter Mackelworth, Antje GimpelAbstract:Marine ecosystems are increasingly threatened by the cumulative effects of multiple human pressures. Cumulative effect assessments (CEAs) are needed to inform environmental policy and guide ecosystem-based Management. Yet, CEAs are inherently complex and seldom linked to real-world Management processes. Therefore we propose entrenching CEAs in a risk Management process, comprising the steps of risk identification, risk analysis and risk evaluation. We provide guidance to operationalize a risk-based approach to CEAs by describing for each step guiding principles and desired outcomes, scientific challenges and practical solutions. We reviewed the treatment of uncertainty in CEAs and the contribution of different tools and data sources to the implementation of a risk based approach to CEAs. We show that a risk-based approach to CEAs decreases complexity, allows for the transparent treatment of uncertainty and streamlines the uptake of scientific outcomes into the science-policy interface. Hence, its adoption can help bridging the gap between science and decision-making in ecosystem-based Management.
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modelling the spatial distribution of plaice pleuronectes platessa sole solea solea and thornback ray raja clavata in uk waters for Marine Management and planning
Journal of Sea Research, 2009Co-Authors: D L Maxwell, V. Stelzenmüller, Paul D Eastwood, S I RogersAbstract:Abstract Species distribution maps are needed for ecosystem-based Marine Management including the development of Marine spatial plans. If such maps are based on predictive models then modelling procedures should aim to maximise validation success, and any uncertainty in the predictions needs to be made explicit. We developed a predictive modelling approach to produce robust maps of the distributions of selected Marine species at a regional scale. We used 14 years of survey data to map the distributions of plaice, sole and thornback ray in three hydrographic regions comprising parts of the Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and the English Channel with the help of the hybrid technique regression kriging, which combines regression models with geostatistical tools. For each species–region combination we constructed logistic Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) based on presence–absence data using the environmental variables: depth, bottom temperature, bed shear stress and sediment type, as predictors. We selected GLMs using the mean squared error of prediction (MSEP) estimated by cross-validation then conducted a geostatistical analysis of the residuals to incorporate spatial structure in the predictions. In general, we found that species occurrence was positively related to shallow areas, a bed shear stress of between 0 and 1.5 N/m 2 , and the presence of sandy sediment. Predicted species occurrence probabilities were in good agreement with survey observations. This modelling framework selects environmental models based on predictive ability and considers the effect of spatial autocorrelation on predictions, together with the simultaneous presentation of observations, associated uncertainties, and predictions. The potential benefit of these distribution maps to Marine Management and planning is discussed.
Michael Elliott - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Interdisciplinary science to support North Sea Marine Management: lessons learned and future demands
Hydrobiologia, 2019Co-Authors: S. Degraer, Michael Elliott, V. Van Lancker, T. A. G. P. Van Dijk, S. N. R. Birchenough, B. De Witte, H. Reiss, V. Stelzenmüller, S. Van GaeverAbstract:The expected increase of maritime activities in the North Sea and the growing awareness of its natural environmental value require enhanced science-based environmental advice for more efficient and effective Marine Management. The North Sea Open Science Conference organised by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform in 2016 aimed to take stock of the present-day scientific knowledge on the North Sea ecosystem, its interactions with human activities and its Management. The conference was structured along three themes: (1) ‘the scientific backbone of the North Sea ecosystem: adequacy of the knowledge base?’, (2) ‘A new era in environmental monitoring and assessment: what is at stake?’, and (3) ‘Sustainability: one for all, all for one?’. Focusing on ‘open science’, we welcomed about 200 participants from around the North Sea with different backgrounds and interests in environmental sciences. The participants were challenged to reflect on current and future challenges for the North Sea Management and, in particular, to explore possible nature-friendly solutions for addressing these challenges during a series of introductory oral (69) and poster (59) presentations, and World Cafe and Fish Bowl participatory sessions. The participants agreed on six main actions to (1) provide a solid scientific base for Marine Management decisions; (2) develop society-driven research; (3) increase interdisciplinary science; (4) recognise the need for system knowledge; (5) improve communication, knowledge exchange, and collective implementation of scientific knowledge; and (6) build integrated knowledge bases. For each of these, concrete action points were identified, and this review gives the most important and relevant ones for creating the knowledge base and managerial framework for a sustainable North Sea.
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Impediments to achieving integrated Marine Management across borders : The case of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Marine Policy, 2019Co-Authors: Marianna Cavallo, Angel Borja, Michael Elliott, Victor Quintino, Julia TouzaAbstract:Abstract Several initiatives have been taken worldwide to promote international coordination and integrated approach in Marine Management. At the European level, ten years after the adoption of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the Member State strategies still present some ecological, economic and social challenges. This review identifies the minor, intermediate and major impediments (respectively defined as ‘bottlenecks, showstoppers and train-wrecks’) to Marine Management, resulting from a 4-year analysis of national, regional and European reports. Most of the problems are linked to the resistance of countries to collaborate and to the inability to integrate the work already carried out under other pieces of legislation. The European countries will need to better integrate and coordinate their actions in Marine Management in the second cycle of the MSFD, in order to achieve its final goal of Good Environmental Status as well as the objectives of other environmental policies.
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and dpsir begat dapsi w r m a unifying framework for Marine environmental Management
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2017Co-Authors: Michael Elliott, V. N. De Jonge, Roland Cormier, Angel Borja, Daryl Burdon, Jonathan P Atkins, R K TurnerAbstract:The Marine environment is a complex system formed by interactions between ecological structure and functioning, physico-chemical processes and socio-economic systems. An increase in competing Marine uses and users requires a holistic approach to Marine Management which considers the environmental, economic and societal impacts of all activities. If managed sustainably, the Marine environment will deliver a range of ecosystem services which lead to benefits for society. In order to understand the complexity of the system, the DPSIR (Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) approach has long been a valuable problem-structuring framework used to assess the causes, consequences and responses to change in a holistic way. Despite DPSIR being used for a long time, there is still confusion over the definition of its terms and so to be appropriate for current Marine Management, we contend that this confusion needs to be addressed. Our viewpoint advocates that DPSIR should be extended to DAPSI(W)R(M) (pronounced dap-see-worm) in which Drivers of basic human needs require Activities which lead to Pressures. The Pressures are the mechanisms of State change on the natural system which then leads to Impacts (on human Welfare). Those then require Responses (as Measures). Furthermore, because of the complexity of any managed sea area in terms of multiple Activities, there is the need for a linked-DAPSI(W)R(M) framework, and then the connectivity between Marine ecosystems and ecosystems in the catchment and further at sea, requires an interlinked, nested-DAPSI(W)R(M) framework to reflect the continuum between adjacent ecosystems. Finally, the unifying framework for integrated Marine Management is completed by encompassing ecosystem structure and functioning, ecosystem services and societal benefits. Hence, DAPSI(W)R(M) links the socio-ecological system of the effects of changes to the natural system on the human uses and benefits of the Marine system. However, to deliver these sustainably in the light of human activities requires a Risk Assessment and Risk Management framework; the ISO-compliant Bow-Tie method is used here as an example. Finally, to secure ecosystem health and economic benefits such as Blue Growth, successful, adaptive and sustainable Marine Management Responses (as Measures) are delivered using the 10-tenets, a set of facets covering all Management disciplines and approaches.
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The excessive complexity of national Marine governance systems – Has this decreased in England since the introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009?
Marine Policy, 2014Co-Authors: Suzanne J. Boyes, Michael ElliottAbstract:With successive Government restructuring and the introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act in 2009, this paper revisits a previous set of organograms created in 2006 indicating the government departments with responsibilities relating to the Marine and coastal environment in England in 2014. The 2009 Act presented an opportunity to harmonise Marine Management by simplifying the complexity in England through a radical restructuring of Marine governance; however this is apparently not the case with many overlapping responsibilities still existing. This paper provides an overview of the 2009 Act, discussing some of the significant changes like the creation of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), examines the current structure of Marine Management in England following its enactment and highlights the continued overlaps in jurisdiction, responsibilities and complexity of the government agencies with a Marine remit.
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Integrated Marine science and Management: wading through the morass.
Marine pollution bulletin, 2014Co-Authors: Michael ElliottAbstract:Introduction Many countries worldwide are now considering developing (or at least being required to consider developing) a holistic Marine Management planning framework which can encompass all the Marine users and uses, the players and stakeholders, and the demands on the system (e.g. Borja et al., 2010). Given that there are many sectors involved in the Marine environment (shipping, fishing, aquaculture, industries, recreation, etc.), there is the need for integrated Management but within that multi-manager sectoral framework. Each sector usually has its own administrative body (e.g. Boyes and Elliott, 2014a) and often the complexity of the system means that one sectoral body, for example for conservation, is so preoccupied tackling its own conservation aspects that they pay less attention to others, such as fisheries. The aim of that Management framework should be to build on the previous history of Marine Management, for example in Europe and North America since the 1970s, and should not alienate legitimate sectoral planning bodies but rather build on existing expertise and linkages. Furthermore, for it to be successful requires an inclusive system involving stakeholder expertise and understanding. The pages of this journal have long recorded the different aspects of Marine Management although usually these are treated separately – hence the aim of this note is to attempt to integrate the aspects
M. Elliott - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Interdisciplinary science to support North Sea Marine Management: lessons learned and future demands
Hydrobiologia, 2019Co-Authors: S. Degraer, M. Elliott, V. Van Lancker, T. A. G. P. Van Dijk, S. N. R. Birchenough, B. De Witte, H. Reiss, V. Stelzenmüller, S. Van Gaever, E. BalianAbstract:The expected increase of maritime activities in the North Sea and the growing awareness of its natural environmental value require enhanced science-based environmental advice for more efficient and effective Marine Management. The North Sea Open Science Conference organised by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform in 2016 aimed to take stock of the present-day scientific knowledge on the North Sea ecosystem, its interactions with human activities and its Management. The conference was structured along three themes: (1) ‘the scientific backbone of the North Sea ecosystem: adequacy of the knowledge base?’, (2) ‘A new era in environmental monitoring and assessment: what is at stake?’, and (3) ‘Sustainability: one for all, all for one?’. Focusing on ‘open science’, we welcomed about 200 participants from around the North Sea with different backgrounds and interests in environmental sciences. The participants were challenged to reflect on current and future challenges for the North Sea Management and, in particular, to explore possible nature-friendly solutions for addressing these challenges during a series of introductory oral (69) and poster (59) presentations, and World Café and Fish Bowl participatory sessions. The participants agreed on six main actions to (1) provide a solid scientific base for Marine Management decisions; (2) develop society-driven research; (3) increase interdisciplinary science; (4) recognise the need for system knowledge; (5) improve communication, knowledge exchange, and collective implementation of scientific knowledge; and (6) build integrated knowledge bases. For each of these, concrete action points were identified, and this review gives the most important and relevant ones for creating the knowledge base and managerial framework for a sustainable North Sea.
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“And DPSIR begat DAPSI(W)R(M)!” - A unifying framework for Marine environmental Management
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2017Co-Authors: M. Elliott, J. P. Atkins, V. N. De Jonge, Roland Cormier, Angel Borja, Daryl Burdon, R K TurnerAbstract:The Marine environment is a complex system formed by interactions between ecological structure and functioning, physico-chemical processes and socio-economic systems. An increase in competing Marine uses and users requires a holistic approach to Marine Management which considers the environmental, economic and societal impacts of all activities. If managed sustainably, the Marine environment will deliver a range of ecosystem services which lead to benefits for society. In order to understand the complexity of the system, the DPSIR (Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) approach has long been a valuable problem-structuring framework used to assess the causes, consequences and responses to change in a holistic way. Despite DPSIR being used for a long time, there is still confusion over the definition of its terms and so to be appropriate for current Marine Management, we contend that this confusion needs to be addressed. Our viewpoint advocates that DPSIR should be extended to DAPSI(W)R(M) (pronounced dap-see-worm) in which Drivers of basic human needs require Activities which lead to Pressures. The Pressures are the mechanisms of State change on the natural system which then leads to Impacts (on human Welfare). Those then require Responses (as Measures). Furthermore, because of the complexity of any managed sea area in terms of multiple Activities, there is the need for a linked-DAPSI(W)R(M) framework, and then the connectivity between Marine ecosystems and ecosystems in the catchment and further at sea, requires an interlinked, nested-DAPSI(W)R(M) framework to reflect the continuum between adjacent ecosystems. Finally, the unifying framework for integrated Marine Management is completed by encompassing ecosystem structure and functioning, ecosystem services and societal benefits. Hence, DAPSI(W)R(M) links the socio-ecological system of the effects of changes to the natural system on the human uses and benefits of the Marine system. However, to deliver these sustainably in the light of human activities requires a Risk Assessment and Risk Management framework; the ISO-compliant Bow-Tie method is used here as an example. Finally, to secure ecosystem health and economic benefits such as Blue Growth, successful, adaptive and sustainable Marine Management Responses (as Measures) are delivered using the 10-tenets, a set of facets covering all Management disciplines and approaches.
E. Balian - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Interdisciplinary science to support North Sea Marine Management: lessons learned and future demands
Hydrobiologia, 2019Co-Authors: S. Degraer, M. Elliott, V. Van Lancker, T. A. G. P. Van Dijk, S. N. R. Birchenough, B. De Witte, H. Reiss, V. Stelzenmüller, S. Van Gaever, E. BalianAbstract:The expected increase of maritime activities in the North Sea and the growing awareness of its natural environmental value require enhanced science-based environmental advice for more efficient and effective Marine Management. The North Sea Open Science Conference organised by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform in 2016 aimed to take stock of the present-day scientific knowledge on the North Sea ecosystem, its interactions with human activities and its Management. The conference was structured along three themes: (1) ‘the scientific backbone of the North Sea ecosystem: adequacy of the knowledge base?’, (2) ‘A new era in environmental monitoring and assessment: what is at stake?’, and (3) ‘Sustainability: one for all, all for one?’. Focusing on ‘open science’, we welcomed about 200 participants from around the North Sea with different backgrounds and interests in environmental sciences. The participants were challenged to reflect on current and future challenges for the North Sea Management and, in particular, to explore possible nature-friendly solutions for addressing these challenges during a series of introductory oral (69) and poster (59) presentations, and World Café and Fish Bowl participatory sessions. The participants agreed on six main actions to (1) provide a solid scientific base for Marine Management decisions; (2) develop society-driven research; (3) increase interdisciplinary science; (4) recognise the need for system knowledge; (5) improve communication, knowledge exchange, and collective implementation of scientific knowledge; and (6) build integrated knowledge bases. For each of these, concrete action points were identified, and this review gives the most important and relevant ones for creating the knowledge base and managerial framework for a sustainable North Sea.
S. Degraer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Interdisciplinary science to support North Sea Marine Management: lessons learned and future demands
Hydrobiologia, 2019Co-Authors: S. Degraer, Michael Elliott, V. Van Lancker, T. A. G. P. Van Dijk, S. N. R. Birchenough, B. De Witte, H. Reiss, V. Stelzenmüller, S. Van GaeverAbstract:The expected increase of maritime activities in the North Sea and the growing awareness of its natural environmental value require enhanced science-based environmental advice for more efficient and effective Marine Management. The North Sea Open Science Conference organised by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform in 2016 aimed to take stock of the present-day scientific knowledge on the North Sea ecosystem, its interactions with human activities and its Management. The conference was structured along three themes: (1) ‘the scientific backbone of the North Sea ecosystem: adequacy of the knowledge base?’, (2) ‘A new era in environmental monitoring and assessment: what is at stake?’, and (3) ‘Sustainability: one for all, all for one?’. Focusing on ‘open science’, we welcomed about 200 participants from around the North Sea with different backgrounds and interests in environmental sciences. The participants were challenged to reflect on current and future challenges for the North Sea Management and, in particular, to explore possible nature-friendly solutions for addressing these challenges during a series of introductory oral (69) and poster (59) presentations, and World Cafe and Fish Bowl participatory sessions. The participants agreed on six main actions to (1) provide a solid scientific base for Marine Management decisions; (2) develop society-driven research; (3) increase interdisciplinary science; (4) recognise the need for system knowledge; (5) improve communication, knowledge exchange, and collective implementation of scientific knowledge; and (6) build integrated knowledge bases. For each of these, concrete action points were identified, and this review gives the most important and relevant ones for creating the knowledge base and managerial framework for a sustainable North Sea.
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Interdisciplinary science to support North Sea Marine Management: lessons learned and future demands
Hydrobiologia, 2019Co-Authors: S. Degraer, M. Elliott, V. Van Lancker, T. A. G. P. Van Dijk, S. N. R. Birchenough, B. De Witte, H. Reiss, V. Stelzenmüller, S. Van Gaever, E. BalianAbstract:The expected increase of maritime activities in the North Sea and the growing awareness of its natural environmental value require enhanced science-based environmental advice for more efficient and effective Marine Management. The North Sea Open Science Conference organised by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform in 2016 aimed to take stock of the present-day scientific knowledge on the North Sea ecosystem, its interactions with human activities and its Management. The conference was structured along three themes: (1) ‘the scientific backbone of the North Sea ecosystem: adequacy of the knowledge base?’, (2) ‘A new era in environmental monitoring and assessment: what is at stake?’, and (3) ‘Sustainability: one for all, all for one?’. Focusing on ‘open science’, we welcomed about 200 participants from around the North Sea with different backgrounds and interests in environmental sciences. The participants were challenged to reflect on current and future challenges for the North Sea Management and, in particular, to explore possible nature-friendly solutions for addressing these challenges during a series of introductory oral (69) and poster (59) presentations, and World Café and Fish Bowl participatory sessions. The participants agreed on six main actions to (1) provide a solid scientific base for Marine Management decisions; (2) develop society-driven research; (3) increase interdisciplinary science; (4) recognise the need for system knowledge; (5) improve communication, knowledge exchange, and collective implementation of scientific knowledge; and (6) build integrated knowledge bases. For each of these, concrete action points were identified, and this review gives the most important and relevant ones for creating the knowledge base and managerial framework for a sustainable North Sea.
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Protecting the Commons: the use of Subtidal Ecosystem Engineers in Marine Management
Aquatic Conservation-marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2014Co-Authors: Ulrike Braeckman, S. Degraer, Marijn Rabaut, Jan Vanaverbeke, Magda VincxAbstract:Biodiversity conservation often focuses on threatened or rare species. While this structural asset of biodiversity is indeed important, the functional diversity aspect has to be considered as an even more important criterion for Marine Management and conservation. This paper explores the use of functionally important ecosystem engineers in North Sea Management approaches. An overview of several North Sea ecosystem engineering species shows that ecosystem engineers such as bulldozing echinoderms and burrowing shrimps as well as bio-irrigating polychaetes are bound to receive more attention in the Management of Marine areas than they do now, given their important structuring aspect in associated fauna and implications for seafloor ecosystem functioning. The use of ecosystem engineers could contribute considerably to the concept of Ecosystem-Based Management in the Marine realm. This is clearly illustrated in the present case study of the bio-irrigating polychaete Lanice conchilega. Since this species manifests both autogenic and allogenic ecosystem engineering properties, the Management of human activities that affect common species such as L. conchilega reefs can enhance protection of the entire local ecosystem. In the North Sea, some commonly occurring ecosystem engineers and their engineered habitat can be protected under the European Habitats Directive and the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
