Marine corridors R code

Land corridors R code

prior3D: 3D Prioritization Algorithm

Three-dimensional systematic conservation planning, conducting nested prioritization analyses across multiple depth levels and ensuring efficient resource allocation throughout the water column. It provides a structured workflow designed to address biodiversity conservation and management challenges in the 3 dimensions, while facilitating users’ choices and parameterization.

priorCON: Graph Community Detection Methods into Systematic Conservation Planning

An innovative tool-set that incorporates graph community detection methods into systematic conservation planning. It is designed to enhance spatial prioritization by focusing on the protection of areas with high ecological connectivity. Unlike traditional approaches that prioritize individual planning units, 'priorCON' focuses on clusters of features that exhibit strong ecological linkages. The 'priorCON' package is built upon the 'prioritizr' package, using commercial and open-source exact algorithm solvers that ensure optimal solutions to prioritization problems.

Dataset- Ecosystem-based marine spatial planning assessment results

The dataset shows the results of the assessment of the Spanish and French maritime spatial planning processes.

Deliverable 1.1- Operational ecosystem-based maritime spatial planning (EB-MSP) framework and guidance for practical implementation

Deliverable 2.1- Report on EBSA metrics

Deliverable 2.2- Report on spatial distributions and temporal dynamics of EBSA metrics

Deliverable 6.2- Public, open-source release of a modernized version of OceanViz

Deliverable 7.2- First Annual Report

Deliverable 7.3- Second Annual Report

Thesis- Ecosystem modelling for the ocean decade- facing the challenges 

Are Mediterranean marine threatened species at high risk by climate change?
Chatzimentor, A., Doxa, A., Katsanevakis, S., & Mazaris, A. D. (2023). Global Change Biology, 29, 1809– 1821.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16577

Contribution of area-based fisheries management measures to fisheries sustainability and marine conservation: a global scoping review.
Petza, D., Anastopoulos, P., Kalogirou, S., et al. (2023). Rev Fish Biol Fisheries.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09780-9

Current practices in marine systematic conservation planning: protocol for a global scoping review.
Fabbrizzi, E., Giakoumi, S., Petza, D., et al. (2023). Open Res Europe, 3:136.
https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16300.1

Current practices in marine systematic conservation planning: protocol for a global scoping review - PRISMA-ScR Checklist.
Fabbrizzi, E., Giakoumi, S., Petza, D., et al. (2023).
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/E8H64

Identifying and prioritizing demersal fisheries restricted areas based on combined ecological and fisheries criteria: the western Mediterranean.
Ortega, M., Castro-Cadenas, M. D., Steenbeek, J., & Coll, M. (2023). bioRxiv, 2023-02
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.02.526784

Integrated planning for the adaptive management of human activities and supporting marine conservation in the Aegean Sea. 
Anagnostou, C., Katsanevakis, S., Kastanidi, E., Streftaris, N., Pagou, K., and Papathanassiou, E. (2023). Integrated Planning for the Adaptive Management of Human Activities and Supporting Marine Conservation in the Aegean Sea. In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2023_1044

Managing marine resources sustainably – Ecological, societal and governance connectivity, coherence and equivalence in complex marine transboundary regions.
Elliott M., Borja A., Cormier R. (2023), Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 245, p. 106875
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106875

Marcelona. A review of the last twenty years of the maritime city.
Ortega, M., Nogué, B., & Coll, M. (2023). Book chapter. In Barcelona metròpoli empresa. Editorial Virus. Pp 109-125.
https://www.viruseditorial.net/ca/libreria/libros/659/barcelona-metropoli-empresa

Modelling seabirds biodiversity through Bayesian Spatial Beta regression models: A proxy to inform marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea.
Sarzo, B., Martínez-Minaya, J., Grazia Pennino, M., Conesa, D. and Coll, M. (2023). Marine Environmental Research 185.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105860

Systematic evaluation of a spatially explicit ecosystem model to inform area-based management in the deep-sea.
Brito, J., Soszynski, A., Pham, CK., et al. (2023), Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 244, p. 106807
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106807

An Ecological Connectivity dataset for Black Sea obtained from Sea Currents. 
Nagkoulis, N., Adam, C., Mamoutos, I., Katsanevakis, S., Mazaris, A. (2024). Data in Brief. 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.111268

Assessing the potential of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) for contributing to conservation targets: A global scoping review protocol.
Petza D., Amorim E., Ben Lamine E., et al. (2024) Open Res Europe, 3:118
https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16116.3

­­Chapter 6.1. A Synthesis of Anthropogenic Impacts and Solutions in Estuarine and Coastal Environments.
Elliott, M., Kennish, M.J. (2024). Volume 6, Treatise on Estuarine & Coastal Sciences, 2nd Edition., Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 1-56.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780323910422/treatise-on-estuarine-and-coastal-science-second-edition 

Dynamic marine spatial planning for conservation and fisheries benefits.
Vigo, M., Hermoso, V., Navarro, J., et al. (2024). Fish and Fisheries, 00, 1–17. 
https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12830

Ecosystem modelling for the ocean decade- facing the challenges.
Steenbeek, J. (2024). Doctoral Thesis. 
https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/417801

Network governance and reflexivity in fisheries mangement: a case study of Northern Ireland.
McAteer, B. and Flannery, W. (2024). Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, pp.1-13. 
https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2024.2395860 

Protected Mediterranean invertebrates: The known and the unknown. 
Stranga, Y., Mazaris, A., and Katsanevakis, S. (2024). Biological Conservation, Vol. 297 (110740). 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110740

Science-informed recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of area-based fisheries management for fisheries sustainability and marine conservation: A global mini-review. 
Petza, D., and Katsanevakis, S. (2024). Fisheries Research Vol. 272 (106947). 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.106947

Spatial conservation planning: Proposing clustering methods to improve connectivity protection.
Nagkoulis, N., Papazekou, M., Katsanevakis, S., Mazaris, A. (2024). Methods in Ecology and Evolution 00:1-11. 
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210X.14459

Spatial patterns of β-diversity under cumulative pressures in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
Pennino, G. M., J. P. Zurano, M. Hidalgo, A. Esteban, C. Veloy, J. M. Bellido and M. Coll (2024). Marine Environmental Research 195(106347).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106347 

Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals. 
Giakoumi, S., Richardson, A., Doxa, A., et al. (2025). Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 40:1. 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.12.002

Assessment tool addresses implementation challenges of ecosystem-based management principles in marine spatial planning processes.
Galparsoro et al. (2025). Communications Earth & Environment, Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01975-7

Managing marine resources sustainably- But how do we know when marine management has been successful? 
Elliott, M., Borja, A., Cormier, R. (2025). Ocean and Coastal Management, Vol. 265, (107623). 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107623

prior3D: An R package for three-dimensional conservation priortization. 
Doxa, A., Adam, C., Nagkoulis, N., Mazaris, A., Katsanevakis, S. (2025). Ecological Modelling, Vol. 499, (110919). 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110919

Projected marine heatwaves over the Mediterranean Sea and the network of marine protected areas: a three-dimensional assessment.
Konsta, K., Doxa, A., Katsanevakis, S., Mazaris, A. (2025). Climatic Change, 178:17. 
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-025-03860-4