Progress in Marine Conservation in Europe NATURA 2000 Sites in German Offshore Waters - Nordheim, Henning; Boedeker, Dieter; Krause, Jochen C.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
MPAs in the German EEZ - conventions and legal aspects -- International conventions for marine nature conservation and marine protected areas relevant to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea -- Marine Protected Areas in the EEZ in light of international and European Community law - Legal basis and aspects of implementation -- Site selection procedure -- Interpretation, identification and ecological assessment of the NATURA 2000 habitats "sandbank" and "reef" -- Rationale behind site selection for the NATURA 2000 network in the German EEZ -- Identification and assessments of habitats -- Identification of submarine banks in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea with the aid of TIN modelling -- Identification of submarine hard-bottom substrates in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea EEZ with high-resolution acoustic seafloor imaging -- Search for particularly valuable benthic areas within the German North Sea EEZ -- Benthic assessment of marine areas of particular ecological importance within the German Baltic Sea EEZ -- Identification and assessments of sites - fish, mammals and birds -- Survey of NATURA 2000 fish species in the German North and Baltic Seas -- Utilisation of time and space by harbour seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina) determined by new remote-sensing methods -- Evaluating the distribution and density of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in selected areas in German waters -- Seasonal and geographical variation of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) habitat use in the German Baltic Sea monitored by passive acoustic methods (PODs) -- Identification of areas of seabird concentrations in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea using aerial and ship-based surveys -- The MINOS project: ecological assessments of possible impacts of offshore wind energy projects -- Public awareness and consultation -- Consultation and public involvement -- Raising public awareness - "HabitatMareNATURA2000.de".
Keywords: Nature conservation; Geobiology; Ecology .; Physical geography; Geoecology; Environmental geology; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Nature Conservation; Biogeosciences; Ecology; Physical Geography; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.