Pelagic habitats under MSFD D1Magliozzi, Chiara (Avtor) Druon, Jean Noel (Avtor) Palialexis, Andreas (Avtor) Aguzzi, Laura (Avtor) Antoniadis, Konstantinos (Avtor) Artigas, Luis Felipe (Avtor) Azzellino, Arianna (Avtor) Bisinicu, Elena (Avtor) Boicenco, Laura (Avtor) Bojanić, Natalia (Avtor) Borrello, Patrizia (Avtor) Boschetti, Simona (Avtor) Carmo, Vanda (Avtor) Skejić, Sanda (Avtor) Vidjak, Olja (Avtor) Francé, Janja (Avtor) Ninčević Gladan, Živana (Avtor) The pelagic habitat is the largest biome on Earth, key for temperature regulation, oxygen, and food production. Its physical and biological components and processes vary spatially and temporally depending on multiple drivers. Understanding this variability, processes and interactions is fundamental to identify the drivers of changes and properly assess pelagic habitats under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). A JRC workshop was organised to align scientific and policy expectations for an improved MSFD pelagic habitat assessment. The workshop brought together experts from the 17 EU Member States and other organisations (e.g. Regional Sea Conventions) across Europe to share knowledge and methods and provide a coordinated regional input towards a harmonised assessment. This report summarizes the workshop outcomes and the way forward for pelagic Good Environmental Status (GES) determination.Publications Office of the European Union20212024-09-03 09:29:59Neznano20290sl