MARBEFES
@marbefes.bsky.social
🐠🌊MARine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning leading to Ecosystem Services | 🇪🇺Horizon Europe project 2022-2026 | https://www.marbefes.eu
🛳️ In 2023, our colleague Ashley Cahillane asked researchers and crew of the RV #CelticExplorer: how do you interact with the sea? Do you think the sea benefits the society? Should the sea be valued?
🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🛳️ In 2023, our colleague Ashley Cahillane asked researchers and crew of the RV #CelticExplorer: how do you interact with the sea? Do you think the sea benefits the society? Should the sea be valued?
🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
MARBEFES team at the General Assembly in Seville 🇪🇸 Ready for the final year of the project!
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
MARBEFES team at the General Assembly in Seville 🇪🇸 Ready for the final year of the project!
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
🇪🇸 That's a wrap for our 2025 General Assembly!
🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.
Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃
🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.
Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃
October 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🇪🇸 That's a wrap for our 2025 General Assembly!
🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.
Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃
🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.
Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃
🇪🇸Day 2 of MARBEFES General Assembly is behind us!
🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.
🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.
🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🇪🇸Day 2 of MARBEFES General Assembly is behind us!
🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.
🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.
🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
🇪🇸Day 1 of MARBEFES General Assembly in Seville comes to an end.
🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🇪🇸Day 1 of MARBEFES General Assembly in Seville comes to an end.
🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
It was a very busy week, full of fascinating talks and valuable discussions. We thank the organisers - @icesmarine.bsky.social and Klaipeda University - for providing us with the space to share our research!
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It was a very busy week, full of fascinating talks and valuable discussions. We thank the organisers - @icesmarine.bsky.social and Klaipeda University - for providing us with the space to share our research!
A snapshot from #ICESASC2025, where MARBEFES team showcased their research📑
🛜 Read more here: shorturl.at/CYuVY
@icesmarine.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
🛜 Read more here: shorturl.at/CYuVY
@icesmarine.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A snapshot from #ICESASC2025, where MARBEFES team showcased their research📑
🛜 Read more here: shorturl.at/CYuVY
@icesmarine.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
🛜 Read more here: shorturl.at/CYuVY
@icesmarine.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
#ICESASC2025 session Q on ecosystem services continues today, with a talk on the MARBEFES toolbox by Cristina Huertas-Olivares.
September 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#ICESASC2025 session Q on ecosystem services continues today, with a talk on the MARBEFES toolbox by Cristina Huertas-Olivares.
Come visit MARBEFES posters today in the section of in the #ICESASC2025 poster area! Themes: Ecological Value Assessment in two case studies + Biological Trait Analysis.
September 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Come visit MARBEFES posters today in the section of in the #ICESASC2025 poster area! Themes: Ecological Value Assessment in two case studies + Biological Trait Analysis.
Insightful discussions during session Q at #ICESASC2025. And some big questions from the audience about nature restoration, ecosystem functioning, climate change, and more!
September 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Insightful discussions during session Q at #ICESASC2025. And some big questions from the audience about nature restoration, ecosystem functioning, climate change, and more!
Mike Elliott (University of Hull; IECS Ltd.) giving a keynote talk on #EmeraldGrowth at #ICESASC2025.
September 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Mike Elliott (University of Hull; IECS Ltd.) giving a keynote talk on #EmeraldGrowth at #ICESASC2025.
🔵 Presenting the last of 12 MARBEFES case studies: #GulfofGdańsk BBT.
🔵 Gulf of Gdańsk is a a coastal inlet of the #BalticSea located in northern Poland🇵🇱
🔵 Its shallow waters serve as an important habitat for various species of fish, birds, and marine mammals (including the iconic grey seal🦭😉)
🔵 Gulf of Gdańsk is a a coastal inlet of the #BalticSea located in northern Poland🇵🇱
🔵 Its shallow waters serve as an important habitat for various species of fish, birds, and marine mammals (including the iconic grey seal🦭😉)
September 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🔵 Presenting the last of 12 MARBEFES case studies: #GulfofGdańsk BBT.
🔵 Gulf of Gdańsk is a a coastal inlet of the #BalticSea located in northern Poland🇵🇱
🔵 Its shallow waters serve as an important habitat for various species of fish, birds, and marine mammals (including the iconic grey seal🦭😉)
🔵 Gulf of Gdańsk is a a coastal inlet of the #BalticSea located in northern Poland🇵🇱
🔵 Its shallow waters serve as an important habitat for various species of fish, birds, and marine mammals (including the iconic grey seal🦭😉)
🇮🇪On 23rd of August our colleagues from @ucddublin.bsky.social hosted a #BioBlitz at the Irish National Sailing and Powerboat School in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
🔬Throughout the day several scientists and public participants worked on species identification.
📖Results will be available soon!
🔬Throughout the day several scientists and public participants worked on species identification.
📖Results will be available soon!
August 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🇮🇪On 23rd of August our colleagues from @ucddublin.bsky.social hosted a #BioBlitz at the Irish National Sailing and Powerboat School in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
🔬Throughout the day several scientists and public participants worked on species identification.
📖Results will be available soon!
🔬Throughout the day several scientists and public participants worked on species identification.
📖Results will be available soon!
🗺️One of 12 case studies of MARBEFES: #NorthSea BBT. It’s quite a long transect (450 km!), starting in Ostend and extending up to Dogger Bank.
🐟This area is home to 140 species of fish, including commercially exploited common sole, plaice, cod, and European seabass.
🐟This area is home to 140 species of fish, including commercially exploited common sole, plaice, cod, and European seabass.
August 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🗺️One of 12 case studies of MARBEFES: #NorthSea BBT. It’s quite a long transect (450 km!), starting in Ostend and extending up to Dogger Bank.
🐟This area is home to 140 species of fish, including commercially exploited common sole, plaice, cod, and European seabass.
🐟This area is home to 140 species of fish, including commercially exploited common sole, plaice, cod, and European seabass.
Congratulations to Burak Kaynaroglou and his colleagues from Klaipeda University and CNR-ISMAR, who published a new article in #EcologicalInformatics.
💻 In the paper, they describe a new way to automatically calibrate a computer model of the #Curonian Lagoon's ecosystem.
🛜 shorturl.at/mQtun
💻 In the paper, they describe a new way to automatically calibrate a computer model of the #Curonian Lagoon's ecosystem.
🛜 shorturl.at/mQtun
July 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Congratulations to Burak Kaynaroglou and his colleagues from Klaipeda University and CNR-ISMAR, who published a new article in #EcologicalInformatics.
💻 In the paper, they describe a new way to automatically calibrate a computer model of the #Curonian Lagoon's ecosystem.
🛜 shorturl.at/mQtun
💻 In the paper, they describe a new way to automatically calibrate a computer model of the #Curonian Lagoon's ecosystem.
🛜 shorturl.at/mQtun
📑New paper alert! Luis Garrido Mateos, Fernando Rodríguez-López and José Ignacio Sánchez-Macías from University of Salamanca discuss moving from theory to operational #NaturalCapital applications.
🛜 Read more: shorturl.at/y96Jv
#ecosystemsevices #economicvaluation #ecosystemaccounting
🛜 Read more: shorturl.at/y96Jv
#ecosystemsevices #economicvaluation #ecosystemaccounting
July 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
📑New paper alert! Luis Garrido Mateos, Fernando Rodríguez-López and José Ignacio Sánchez-Macías from University of Salamanca discuss moving from theory to operational #NaturalCapital applications.
🛜 Read more: shorturl.at/y96Jv
#ecosystemsevices #economicvaluation #ecosystemaccounting
🛜 Read more: shorturl.at/y96Jv
#ecosystemsevices #economicvaluation #ecosystemaccounting
🇵🇱 Do you live or ever visited the Gulf of Gdańsk? Help us understand its significance by filling in this short (15 min) questionnaire:
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
#zatokagdanska #uslugiekosystemowe #ecosystemservices #culturalvaluation
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
#zatokagdanska #uslugiekosystemowe #ecosystemservices #culturalvaluation
July 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🇵🇱 Do you live or ever visited the Gulf of Gdańsk? Help us understand its significance by filling in this short (15 min) questionnaire:
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
#zatokagdanska #uslugiekosystemowe #ecosystemservices #culturalvaluation
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
#zatokagdanska #uslugiekosystemowe #ecosystemservices #culturalvaluation
Coming up this week: what are the cultural benefits of #MorecambeBay? Workshop in Morecambe is booked out, but you can still register to attend in Grange-over-Sands: shorturl.at/azM4M
#Morecambe #thebaywellbeing #ecosystemservices
#Morecambe #thebaywellbeing #ecosystemservices
June 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Coming up this week: what are the cultural benefits of #MorecambeBay? Workshop in Morecambe is booked out, but you can still register to attend in Grange-over-Sands: shorturl.at/azM4M
#Morecambe #thebaywellbeing #ecosystemservices
#Morecambe #thebaywellbeing #ecosystemservices
🚨Upcoming webinar "Recent developments in the sustainable management of marine resources”, hosted by OCTO.
⏰When: 8th July, 4 pm BST (5 pm CEST), via zoom.
💻Presented by: Mike Elliott from IECS Ltd. & The University of Hull.
➡️Register: shorturl.at/MV9sS
@marinesabres.bsky.social #marinegovernance
⏰When: 8th July, 4 pm BST (5 pm CEST), via zoom.
💻Presented by: Mike Elliott from IECS Ltd. & The University of Hull.
➡️Register: shorturl.at/MV9sS
@marinesabres.bsky.social #marinegovernance
June 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🚨Upcoming webinar "Recent developments in the sustainable management of marine resources”, hosted by OCTO.
⏰When: 8th July, 4 pm BST (5 pm CEST), via zoom.
💻Presented by: Mike Elliott from IECS Ltd. & The University of Hull.
➡️Register: shorturl.at/MV9sS
@marinesabres.bsky.social #marinegovernance
⏰When: 8th July, 4 pm BST (5 pm CEST), via zoom.
💻Presented by: Mike Elliott from IECS Ltd. & The University of Hull.
➡️Register: shorturl.at/MV9sS
@marinesabres.bsky.social #marinegovernance
Hello #Crete!
🇬🇷HCMR invites you to participate in an anonymous questionnaire about the cultural and emotional benefits of the sea and coast within the #GulfofHeraklion.
📱 Scan the QR code or go to:
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
marbefesurvey.ushahidi.io/post/create/1
#Greece #marineconservation
🇬🇷HCMR invites you to participate in an anonymous questionnaire about the cultural and emotional benefits of the sea and coast within the #GulfofHeraklion.
📱 Scan the QR code or go to:
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
marbefesurvey.ushahidi.io/post/create/1
#Greece #marineconservation
June 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Hello #Crete!
🇬🇷HCMR invites you to participate in an anonymous questionnaire about the cultural and emotional benefits of the sea and coast within the #GulfofHeraklion.
📱 Scan the QR code or go to:
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
marbefesurvey.ushahidi.io/post/create/1
#Greece #marineconservation
🇬🇷HCMR invites you to participate in an anonymous questionnaire about the cultural and emotional benefits of the sea and coast within the #GulfofHeraklion.
📱 Scan the QR code or go to:
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
marbefesurvey.ushahidi.io/post/create/1
#Greece #marineconservation
🇬🇷On #WorldEnvironmentDay we travel to Crete, where HCMR researchers study biodiversity of the #Heraklion Gulf BBT.
⚓️With over 3 million tourists every year, increasingly busy harbours, and presence of invasive species, this area is under a lot of pressure. #marineconservation
⚓️With over 3 million tourists every year, increasingly busy harbours, and presence of invasive species, this area is under a lot of pressure. #marineconservation
June 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🇬🇷On #WorldEnvironmentDay we travel to Crete, where HCMR researchers study biodiversity of the #Heraklion Gulf BBT.
⚓️With over 3 million tourists every year, increasingly busy harbours, and presence of invasive species, this area is under a lot of pressure. #marineconservation
⚓️With over 3 million tourists every year, increasingly busy harbours, and presence of invasive species, this area is under a lot of pressure. #marineconservation
Supporting the EU Mission Restore our Ocean & Waters💧
In April, our representatives have participated in the EU Mission forum organized under the #BlueMissionBANOS project. 🔗 www.marbefes.eu/article/marb...
In April, our representatives have participated in the EU Mission forum organized under the #BlueMissionBANOS project. 🔗 www.marbefes.eu/article/marb...
May 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Supporting the EU Mission Restore our Ocean & Waters💧
In April, our representatives have participated in the EU Mission forum organized under the #BlueMissionBANOS project. 🔗 www.marbefes.eu/article/marb...
In April, our representatives have participated in the EU Mission forum organized under the #BlueMissionBANOS project. 🔗 www.marbefes.eu/article/marb...
🇱🇹Labas, #Lietuva!
🌐Do you live in, visit, or enjoy the #CuronianLagoon? Contribute to an international study on the human connection with nature! Please take the (15-min) survey and share your experience: bit.ly/42sSh41
#ecosystemservices #marineconservation #CuronianSpit
🌐Do you live in, visit, or enjoy the #CuronianLagoon? Contribute to an international study on the human connection with nature! Please take the (15-min) survey and share your experience: bit.ly/42sSh41
#ecosystemservices #marineconservation #CuronianSpit
May 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🇱🇹Labas, #Lietuva!
🌐Do you live in, visit, or enjoy the #CuronianLagoon? Contribute to an international study on the human connection with nature! Please take the (15-min) survey and share your experience: bit.ly/42sSh41
#ecosystemservices #marineconservation #CuronianSpit
🌐Do you live in, visit, or enjoy the #CuronianLagoon? Contribute to an international study on the human connection with nature! Please take the (15-min) survey and share your experience: bit.ly/42sSh41
#ecosystemservices #marineconservation #CuronianSpit
❄️Moving on to our northernmost BBTs - both located on #Spitsbergen, the largest island in the #Svalbard archipelago in Norway🇳🇴
🪶Spitsbergen is a breeding ground for many species of seabirds, and home to many iconic species such as polar bears, #Arctic foxes, and Svalbard reindeer.
🪶Spitsbergen is a breeding ground for many species of seabirds, and home to many iconic species such as polar bears, #Arctic foxes, and Svalbard reindeer.
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
❄️Moving on to our northernmost BBTs - both located on #Spitsbergen, the largest island in the #Svalbard archipelago in Norway🇳🇴
🪶Spitsbergen is a breeding ground for many species of seabirds, and home to many iconic species such as polar bears, #Arctic foxes, and Svalbard reindeer.
🪶Spitsbergen is a breeding ground for many species of seabirds, and home to many iconic species such as polar bears, #Arctic foxes, and Svalbard reindeer.