Genetic tools for Ecosystem health Assessment in the North Sea region (GEANS)
The quality of the seafloor habitat is an important barometer for marine ecosystem health. In order to accurately measure the quality, GEANS will mainstream implementation of fast, accurate and cost-effective DNA-based assessments. This will enable national authorities to improve the management of human activities and protection of the marine environment across the North Sea Region in a transnational coherent way. GEANS will conduct pilot studies concerning environmental impact assessments (renewable energy, aquaculture and sand extraction and suppletion), and concerning monitoring in relation to European directives (non-indigenous species and hard substrates). These pilots will be conducted in close cooperation with stakeholders.
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What is the difference between bulk DNA and eDNA and how to monitor Non-Indigenous Species with DNA?
22 June 2022Find out about our newly published fact sheets!
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Monitoring hard-bottom communities: the podcast
13 June 2022Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures or ARMS are proving to be excellent monitoring tools for hard-bottom communities, especially in combination with…
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Launch of GEANS.eu!
15 March 2022The GEANS project is now in a stage where results are being published, and protocols and guidelines are being drafted. To facilitate the transfer of t…
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Discover two new GEANS publications
21 January 2022GEANS scientists are still working on methodology and harmonization, but we are also applying our methods in several pilots and case studies. This is …
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