BWZee
A Biological Valuation Map for the Belgian Continental Shelf
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The BWZee project aims at setting up a Biological Valuation Map for the Belgian Continental Shelf.

The general objectives of the project are therefore:

  1. to select criteria for biological valuation of the marine environment

  2. to map the spatial distribution of well-studied ecosystem components at the BCS (i.e. macrobenthos and seabirds)

  3. to create a full coverage baseline BVM for the BCS, based on the valuation of the macrobenthos and the seabirds

  4. to upgrade the baseline BVM for selected areas, based on the valuation of hyper- and epibenthos.
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Supported by
the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
General coordination: Magda Vincx, Steven Degraer
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