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Alejandro Gómez-Pazo, Augusto Pérez-Alberti, Pedro Fraga-Santiago, Martin Souto-Souto and X. L. Otero
The Natura 2000 network is an ambitious European project aimed at nature conservation. Nevertheless, the identification and delimitation of habitats is a complex task and simultaneously essential for correct ecosystem management. In this study we compare...
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Corrado Zoppi and Sabrina Lai
This paper discusses some key points related to the ontology of the ?appropriate assessment? [1] procedure concerning plans significantly affecting Natura 2000 sites. We study this ontology by discussing its implementation into the adjustment process of ...
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Antonio J. Sánchez-Almendro, Pablo J. Hidalgo, Rosario Galán, José M. Carrasco and Javier López-Tirado
(1) Biodiversity, sustainable development and nature conservation are fundamental issues nowadays. All companies, administrations, governments and international organisations take these issues into consideration. Sustainable forest management always requ...
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Pedro Fraga-Santiago, Alejandro Gómez-Pazo, Augusto Pérez-Alberti, Pablo Montero and Xose Lois Otero Pérez
Coastal lagoons are habitats of great environmental value. However, they are currently subject to major threats, particularly due to increasing sea levels. This study aims to identify changes?both natural and induced by anthropic activity?and their impac...
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Mathijs Carmen, Simon D. Berrow and Joanne M. O?Brien
The Shannon Estuary in Ireland is home to a resident population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and is designated as a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive. It is an important industrial area, with numerous deep-water ...
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Chiara Facca, Francesco Cavraro, Piero Franzoi and Stefano Malavasi
Transitional waters are fragile ecosystems with high ecological, social and economic values, that undergo numerous threats. According to the information provided by European Member States in the framework of the European Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitat Dire...
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Peter Feldens, Alexander Darr, Agata Feldens and Franz Tauber
Boulders provide ecologically important hard grounds in shelf seas, and form protected habitats under the European Habitats Directive. Boulders on the seafloor can usually be recognized in backscatter mosaics due to a characteristic pattern of high backs...
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Guadalupe Gimenez, Giuseppe Corriero, Sajmir Beqiraj, Lorela Lazaj, Tamara Lazic, Caterina Longo, Maria Mercurio, Carlotta Nonnis Marzano, Massimo Zuccaro, Violeta Zuna and Cataldo Pierri
Coralligenous bioconstructions are one of the Mediterranean?s most distinctive and biodiverse marine habitats. This research aimed to provide a preliminary characterization of macrobenthic coralligenous assemblages at four sites located in the Marine Nat...
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Benoît O.L. Demars, Gerhard Wiegleb, David M. Harper, Udo Bröring, Holger Brux and Wolfgang Herr
The spatial structure and evolution of river networks offer tremendous opportunities to study the processes underlying metacommunity patterns in the wild. Here we explore several fundamental aspects of aquatic plant biogeography. How stable is plant comp...
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