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Contents: Volume 65, Number 8, November 2008   [Index by Author] 

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Down Policy/regulatory frameworks for indicator applications
Down Satisfying the need: case studies of the operational use of environmental indicators
Down Short Communication
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Down Overview and forward look
Down List of referees

 
Marine Environmental Indicators: Utility in Meeting Regulatory Needs

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Hubert L. Rees, Jeffrey L. Hyland, Ketil Hylland, Colleen S. L. Mercer Clarke, John C. Roff, and Suzanne Ware
Environmental indicators: utility in meeting regulatory needs. An overview
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on September 22, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1381-1386; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Policy/regulatory frameworks for indicator applications Back

David Johnson
Environmental indicators: their utility in meeting the OSPAR Convention's regulatory needs
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on September 25, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1387-1391; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn154 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Heslenfeld and E. Lisette Enserink
OSPAR Ecological Quality Objectives: the utility of health indicators for the North Sea
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1392-1397; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hermanni Backer
Indicators and scientific knowledge in regional Baltic Sea environmental policy
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on September 25, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1398-1401; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Bayer, Richard A. Barnes, and Hubert L. Rees
The regulatory framework for marine dredging indicators and their operational efficiency within the UK: a possible model for other nations?
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on September 10, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1402-1406; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn141 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Gavin F. Birch and Marco A. Olmos
Sediment-bound heavy metals as indicators of human influence and biological risk in coastal water bodies
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on September 15, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1407-1413; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn139 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Whomersley, Suzanne Ware, Hubert L. Rees, Claire Mason, Thi Bolam, Mark Huxham, and Helen Bates
Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 26, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1414-1420; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Walter G. Nelson and Cheryl A. Brown
Use of probability-based sampling of water-quality indicators in supporting development of quality criteria
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on September 25, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1421-1427; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mariapaola Moreno, Luigi Vezzulli, Valentina Marin, Paola Laconi, Giancarlo Albertelli, and Mauro Fabiano
The use of meiofauna diversity as an indicator of pollution in harbours
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1428-1435; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Valentina Marin, Mariapaola Moreno, Paolo Vassallo, Luigi Vezzulli, and Mauro Fabiano
Development of a multistep indicator-based approach (MIBA) for the assessment of environmental quality of harbours
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1436-1441; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Fuensanta Salas, Heliana Teixeira, Concepción Marcos, João Carlos Marques, and Angel Pérez-Ruzafa
Applicability of the trophic index TRIX in two transitional ecosystems: the Mar Menor lagoon (Spain) and the Mondego estuary (Portugal)
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on August 1, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1442-1448; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerjan J. Piet, Henrice M. Jansen, and Marie-Joëlle Rochet
Evaluating potential indicators for an ecosystem approach to fishery management in European waters
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1449-1455; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn124 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Promising new indicator developments Back

Jon Barry and Hubert L. Rees
Use of simulated data as a tool for testing the performance of diversity indices in response to an organic enrichment event
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1456-1461; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul J. Somerfield, K. Robert Clarke, Richard M. Warwick, and Nick K. Dulvy
Average functional distinctness as a measure of the composition of assemblages
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 29, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1462-1468; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn118 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scott A. Ryan, John C. Roff, and Philip A. Yeats
Development and application of seasonal indices of coastal-zone eutrophication
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1469-1474; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn121 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Tett, C. Carreira, D. K. Mills, S. van Leeuwen, J. Foden, E. Bresnan, and R. J. Gowen
Use of a Phytoplankton Community Index to assess the health of coastal waters
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1475-1482; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Belpaire, G. Goemans, C. Geeraerts, P. Quataert, and K. Parmentier
Pollution fingerprints in eels as models for the chemical status of rivers
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on June 30, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1483-1491; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yolanda Fernández-Torquemada, Marta Díaz-Valdés, Francisco Colilla, Beatriz Luna, José Luis Sánchez-Lizaso, and Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá
Descriptors from Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile meadows in coastal waters of Valencia, Spain, in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on September 9, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1492-1497; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas J. Hardman-Mountford, Gerald Moore, Dorothee C. E. Bakker, Andrew J. Watson, Ute Schuster, Rosa Barciela, Adrian Hines, Gwenaelle Moncoiffé, Juan Brown, Stephen Dye, Jerry Blackford, Paul J. Somerfield, Jason Holt, David J. Hydes, and James Aiken
An operational monitoring system to provide indicators of CO2-related variables in the ocean
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on June 26, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1498-1503; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Communication Back

L. Crosnier, M. Drévillon, S. Ramos Buarque, and F. Soulat
Three ocean state indices implemented in the Mercator-Ocean operational suite
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1504-1507; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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John E. Thain, A. Dick Vethaak, and Ketil Hylland
Contaminants in marine ecosystems: developing an integrated indicator framework using biological-effect techniques
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 28, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1508-1514; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon P. R. Greenstreet
Biodiversity of North Sea fish: why do the politicians care but marine scientists appear oblivious to this issue?
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on June 21, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1515-1519; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matt Parsons, Ian Mitchell, Adam Butler, Norman Ratcliffe, Morten Frederiksen, Simon Foster, and James B. Reid
Seabirds as indicators of the marine environment
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1520-1526; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeff A. Ardron
Three initial OSPAR tests of ecological coherence: heuristics in a data-limited situation
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on July 17, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1527-1533; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colleen S. L. Mercer Clarke, John C. Roff, and Shannon M. Bard
Back to the future: using landscape ecology to understand changing patterns of land use in Canada, and its effects on the sustainability of coastal ecosystems
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access published on June 30, 2008
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1534-1539; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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List of referees
ICES J. mar. Sci. 2008 65: 1540; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn136 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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