Biology

Biology is the scientific study of life. Biology examines the structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution of living things.. Within Encora, two themes fall within the subject of biology: Theme 6 - Effect of development and use on eco-morphology and coastal habitats. Impact-assessment tools and environmental techniques for recovery of coastal habitats. Theme 7 - Assessment of biodiversity change. Testing and improving an ecological valuation protocol for the coastal and marine environment, including transitional waters.

Definitions

• Biodiversity
• Biomarker
• Marine biological value
• Habitat
• Saltmarsh
• Seagrass
• Coral reef

Biodiversity

• Theme 7 introduction to marine biodiversity
• Marine Biodiversity
• Biotopes and classification systems
• Using biomarkers for the assessment of marine pollutions
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Conservation and restoration of marine biodiversity
• Literature review: Biodiversity
• Biodiversity, conservation and fisheries
• Effects of global climate change on European marine biodiversity
• Measurements of biodiversity
• Biodiversity in the European Seas
• Effects of fisheries on European marine biodiversity
• Monitoring biodiversity in dunes, beaches and salt marshes
• Effects of invasions on European marine biodiversity
• Biodiversity and conservation, and role of marine protected areas
• Policy and management responses to biodiversity shifts
• Threats to the coastal zone

Biological value

• Biodiversity as a marine valuation concept
• Rarity criterion in marine biological evaluation
• Aggregation and marine biological value
• Introduction to marine biological valuation maps
• Marine biological valuation maps - an example from Belgium