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March 1, 2026Celsius Current Advances in Physics Education and Research Journal0 citations

Development trends of marine communities in protected areas of the North Sea: baseline and tools for long-term monitoring

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MWMichael WeinertNational Fisheries InstituteHNHermann NeumannHochschule BremerhavenCKCasper KraanHochschule Bremerhaven

Key Points

  • The aim is to establish baseline data on fish and epifauna communities to assess long-term effects post-exclusion of mobile bottom trawling.
  • Generated baseline data on fish and epifauna communities
  • Investigated the exclusion of mobile bottom trawling in Natura 2000 sites
  • Assessed alternative monitoring methods for applicability and feasibility
  • Baseline data indicates changes in fish and epifauna community structures
  • Exclusion of mobile bottom trawling may positively affect community occurrence
  • Proposed monitoring tools could enable long-term assessments

Abstract

• Mobile bottom trawling (MGF) is an anthropogenic stressor and is to be excluded from parts of the Natura 2000 sites in the German Exclusive Economic Zone. • In the present project, we generate baseline data to investigate the long-term effects on the occurrence of fish and epifauna communities following the exclusion of MGF in these areas. • In developing a future monitoring concept, alternative methods were additionally assessed in terms of their applicability and feasibility.

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Weinert et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a3d8caec16d51705d2ffa7https://doi.org/10.3220/253-2025-213
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