Publications

BALANCE publications and products:

BALANCE publications will be presented here as the products becomes available. A notice will be send to the BALANCE mailing list when all the reports are published. The BALANCE Technical Summary Report are in currently going through a layout and printing process, but are here available for a preview.

BALANCE Technical Summary Report:
BALANCE Techncial Summary Report, part 1: Marine environmental data - availabilty and harmonisation
BALANCE Technical Summary Report, part 2: Baltic Sea marine landscapes and habitats - mapping and modelling
BALANCE Technical Summary Report, part 3: Ecological coherence and principles for MPA assessment, selection and design
BALANCE Technical Summary Report, part 4: Towards marine spatial planning in the Baltic Sea


BALANCE Interim Reports:
BALANCE Interim Report no. 33: The BALANCE Conference
BALANCE Interim Report no. 32: Guidelines for harmonisation of marine data
BALANCE Interim Report no. 31: Marine landscapes and benthic habitats in the Archipelago Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 30: Mapping of Natura 2000 areas in Baltic Sea archipelago areas
BALANCE Interim Report no. 29: Essential fish habitats and fish migration patterns in the Northern Baltic Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 28: GIS tools for marine spatial planning in the Baltic Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 27: Mapping and modelling of marine habitats in the Baltic Sea (draft)
BALANCE Interim Report no. 26: What´s happening to our shores?
BALANCE Interim Report no. 25: Towards ecological coherence of the MPA network in the Baltic Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 24: Towards a representative MPA network in the Baltic Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 23: The modelling of Furcellaria lumbricalis habitats along the Latvian coast
BALANCE Interim Report no. 22: E-participation as tool in planning processess
BALANCE Interim Report no. 21: Mapping of marine habitats in the Kattegat
BALANCE Interim Report no. 20: Pelagic habitat mapping: A tool for area-based fisheries management in the Baltic Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 19: The BALANCE Data Portal
BALANCE Interim Report no. 18: A practical guide to Blue Corridors
BALANCE Interim Report no. 17: Baltic Sea oxygen maps
BALANCE Interim Report no. 16: The stakeholder - nature conservation´s best friend or it´s worst enemy
BALANCE Interim Report no. 15: Biodiversity on boulder reefs in the Kattegat
BALANCE Interim Report no. 14: Intercalibration of sediment data from the Archipelago Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 13: Harmonizing marine geological data with the EUNIS habitat classification (LARGE file ~26mb)
BALANCE Interim Report no. 12: Evaluation of satellite imagery as a tool to characterise shallow marine habitats in the Baltic Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 11: Fish habitat modelling in a Baltic Sea archipelago region
BALANCE Interim Report no. 10: Towards marine landscapes in the Baltic Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 9: Model simulations of Blue Corridors in the Baltic Sea
BALANCE Interim Report no. 8: BALANCE Stakeholder Communication Guide
BALANCE Interim Report no. 7: BALANCE Cruise Report: The Kattegat
BALANCE Interim Report no. 6: BALANCE Cruise Report: The Archipelago Sea.
BALANCE Interim Report no. 5: Evaluation of remote sensing methods as a tool to characterise shallow marine habitats.
BALANCE Interim Report no. 4: Literature review of the "Blue Corridors" concept and it´s applicability to the Baltic Sea.
BALANCE Interim Report no. 3: Feasibility of hyperspectral remote sensing for mapping benthic macroalgae cover in turbid coastal waters of the Baltic Sea.
BALANCE Interim Report no. 2: Development of a methodology for selection and assessment of a representative MPA network in the Baltic Sea.
BALANCE Interim Report no. 1: Delineation of pilot areas.

BALANCE Newsletters:
BALANCE Newsletter no. 3: balance newsletter 3 210707
BALANCE Newsletter no. 2: balance newsletter 2 300606
BALANCE Newsletter no. 1: balance_newsletter_1_070705.pdf (~100 kb)

BALANCE Posters:
balance_poster_ 140506.pdf (large file ~34Mb)

Selected literature describing habitat and landscape classification:
Roff, J.C. and Taylor, M.E. (2000). National frameworks for marine conservation – a hierarchical geophysical approach. Aquatic conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 10: 209-223.
Vincent, M.A., Atkins, S.M., Lumb, C.M., Golding, N., Lieberknecht, L. M. and Webster, M. (2004). Marine nature conservation and sustainable development – the Irish Sea Pilot. Report to Defra by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. Please download at www.jncc.gov.uk .
David W. Connor, James H. Allen, Neil Golding, Louise M. Lieberknecht, Kate O. Northen and Johnny B. Reker. The National Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland version 03.02. 2003. Copyright JNCC Peterborough. ISBN 1-86107 546 4 (Internet version). Please download at www.jncc.gov.uk .

Selected literature describing the principles in marine zone planing:
Workshop on the Development and Management of Marine Protected Areas (TemaNord 2005:587). www.norden.org/pub/sk/showpub.asp?pubnr=2005:587
Anonymous. Biophysical Operational Principles as recommended by the Scientific Steering Committee for the Representative Areas Program. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Please download at www.gbrmpa.gov.au
Anonymous. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Zoning Plan 2003. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Australian Government. Please download at www.gbrmpa.gov.au .
Day et al. 2002. THE REPRESENTATIVE AREAS PROGRAM FOR PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF WOLRD HERITAGE AREA. Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium, Indonesia, 2000. Please download at www.gbrmpa.gov.au
Lewis et al. 2003. Use of Spatial Analysis and GIS techniques to Re-zone the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Coastal GIS Workshop, July 7-8 2003, University of Wollongong, Australia. Please download at www.gbrmpa.gov.au