Europe is a continent with a high coast-to-surface ratio, and European seas encompass a broad range of settings and regimes. The sustainable development of living and non-living marine resources, the protection of the marine environment and the provision of marine-based services are critical to economic prosperity and to the quality of life of European citizens. Addressing these concerns, marine-science researchers conducted a workshop reviewing major topics of European marine research. This publication contains overview and thematic background papers, as well as reports and recommendations for future research covering topics such as ocean-climate coupling, biogeochemistry, coastal and shelf processes, and ecosystem functioning/biodiversity.
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Ocean-Climate Coupling, Variability and Change. - Tropical Pacific Influences on the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation. - Climate Records from Corals. - Fisheries and Climate. - Variability of the Thermohaline Circulation (THC). - Coupled Biogeochemical Cycling and Controlling Factors. - Biogeochemical Processes in Estuaries. - Trace Metals in the Oceans: Evolution. Biology and Global Change. - Ocean-Atmosphere Exchange and Earth-System Biogeochemistry. - What Controls the Sequestration of Phytogenic Carbon in the Ocean? . - Coupled Biogeochemical Cycling and Controlling Factors. - Coastal and Shelf Processes, Science for Integrating Management. - Operational Oceanography the Stimulant for Marine Research in Europe. - x201C; Sea of Substances Pollution: Future Research Needs. - Long-Term Habitat Changes and their Implications for Future Fisheries Management. - More Sand to the Shorelines of the Wadden Sea Harmonizing Coastal Defense with Habitat Dynamics. - Sustainability and Management: Coastal Systems. - Coastal and Shelf Processes, Science for Integrating Management. - Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity. - Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity: Bioengineering. - What Structures Marine Biodiversity and why does it vary? . - Marine Microbial Food Web Structure and function. - Ecosystem Function, Biodiversity and Vertical Flux Regulation in the Twilight Zone. - Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity.