Marine landscapes and habitats

WP 2 (work package no. 2)

This WP focuses on marine landscapes and habitats of the Baltic Sea. See a presentation describing WP2 - ko6_wp2a.pdf (~430 kb) / ko7_wp2b_sparrevohn.pdf (~110 kb) (The corresponding PowerPoint presentations can be obtained via the BALANCE Secretariat ( ) or from the authors).
The responsible partner is the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS).

Strategic focus

Identification of Baltic marine landscapes and habitat distribution for use in marine spatial planning and nature conservation.

Planned results

An agreed approach to identification and mapping of Baltic Sea marine landscapes and habitats through development and production of maps.
In areas with little biological information habitat predictive models will be developed and validated.

WP2 - Marine landscapes and habitats

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