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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access originally published online on September 25, 2008
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2008 65(8):1387-1391; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn154
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© 2008 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. Published by Oxford Journals. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

This article appears in the following ICES Journal of Marine Science issue: Marine Environmental Indicators: Utility in Meeting Regulatory Needs [View the issue table of contents]

Environmental indicators: their utility in meeting the OSPAR Convention's regulatory needs

David Johnson

OSPAR Commission, 48 Carey Street, London WC2A 2JQ, UK

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Johnson, D. 2008. Environmental indicators: their utility in meeting the OSPAR Convention's regulatory needs. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 1387–1391.

The role of marine environmental indicators is clear; selecting indicators to inform management and for the development of accepted frameworks is proving more elusive. The OSPAR Commission, charged with the environmental protection of the Northeast Atlantic, has been applying an ecosystem approach since 1998, applying on a trial basis a system of ecological quality objectives as indicators of ecosystem health for the North Sea. This paper presents a framework for biodiversity monitoring and assessment, and discusses specific issues associated with marine-litter indicators, representing a cell within the matrix of the framework. In the immediate future, European marine legislation will drive the development of environmental indicators in the area, and further harmonization of indicator sets should enhance their utility.

Keywords: biodiversity monitoring, ecosystem approach, OSPAR Commission

Received 20 December 2007; accepted 17 July 2008; advance access publication 25 September 2008.


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