Database of spatial distribution of non indigenous species in Spanish marine waters

Research in marine Spanish waters are focused on several actions to achieve an effectively management on protected areas, with the active participation of the stakeholders and research as basic tools for decision-making. Among these actions, there is one about the knowledge and control on NIS. One of its objectives is the creation of NIS factsheets, which are going to be added to the National Marine Biodiversity Geographical System (GIS) providing complementary information about taxonomic classification, common names, taxonomic synonyms, species illustrations, identification morphological characters, habitat in the native and introduced regions, biological and ecological traits, GenBank DNA sequences, world distribution, first record and evolution in the introduced areas, likely pathways of introduction, effects in the habitats and interaction with native species, and potential management measures to apply. The database will also provide data for (1) the European online platforms, (2) the environmental assessment for the Descriptor 2 (D2-NIS) of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), as well as (3) supporting decisions made by stakeholders. It is the result of extensive collaboration among scientist, manager’s and citizen science in the Spanish North-Atlantic, South-Atlantic, Gibraltar Strait-Alboran, Levantine-Balearic and Canary Islands marine divisions, providing an updated overview of the spatial distribution of relevant extended and invasive NIS of recent and established NIS introduced by maritime transport and aquaculture pathways, as well as on cryptogenic or native species in expansion due to the climatic water warming trend

Pilot case for maritime spatial planning in the Region of Murcia with respect to the habitat conservation. Deliverable 12 of the MSPMED project (EASME/887390/MSPMED/EMFF-MSP-2019). (MSPMED). 164 pp

Caso de estudio de la Región del Murcia en el marco del proyecto MSPMED, donde realizó un análisis de los valores naturales marinos de la Región de Murcia y las actividades y usos que se llevan a cabo en sus aguas, con el fin de involucrar a los actores de los diferentes sectores involucrados en la identificación de recomendaciones que sean útiles en el proceso de Ordenación del Espacio Marítimo de la demarcación marina levantino-balear, en la cual se encuentra la Región de Murcia