S9.2.2 - Ecosystem health in the North Sea

This application will develop and demonstrate model based assessments of algal bloom activity in the NW European shelf seas (including harmful algal blooms) and will prepare demonstration products for web based dissemination. Application of dissolved oxygen “nowcast” information to coastal fish farming will also be developed and demonstrated. The system will provide information for evidence based decision making to help reduce uncertainty in the status assessments of ecosystem health in the North Sea, including assessment of the status of the OSPAR indicators including dissolved oxygen concentration, and will provide demonstration of the larger-scale ecosystem health indicators application to coastal aquaculture.

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