OSPAR CEMP Guideline. Common indicator: Condition of benthic habitat communities (BH2) – common approach. OSPAR Agreement 2018-06. Updated 2022/2023.
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2023Corporate Author
OSPAR Commission
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These guidelines outline the monitoring and assessment requirements for the OSPAR common approach: “condition of benthic habitat communities (BH2)”.
More detailed technical specifications for this indicator are in Annex 1. As a conceptual “umbrella” (see below), it is recommended that, in the future, a set of guidelines (according to each habitat and pressure types to be assessed) should be developed for this common approach to operationalise it at its full potential (all MSFD/OSPAR issues for benthic habitats) and update OSPAR CEMP to ensure coherence and comparability at (sub)-regional scale.
Specific applications of the indicator to date are described in Annex 2 and Annex 3. These applications contributed to the OSPAR Intermediate Assessment (BH2-A and BH2-B)......
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OSPAR CommissionLondon, UK
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enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.2Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)
Macroalgal canopy cover and compositionMaturity Level
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OSPAR Commission (2023) OSPAR CEMP Guideline. Common Iindicator: Condition of benthic habitat communities (BH2) – common approach. OSPAR Agreement 2018-06. Updated 2022/2023. London, UK, OSPAR Commission, 76pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1999Collections
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