Abstract
<p class="p1">BEAT 3.0 is a multi-metric indicator-based tool for integrated assessments of marine biodiversity status implemented in R. It follows the structure and requirements of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive and allows for use of monotonic, unimodal, conditional, trend-based and qualitative indicators. The tool handles tabular data files (.txt format), in which the assessment structure and indicator results are specified. Integration of indicators is primarily based on weighted averaging, where both spatial assessment scale and ecosystem level are considered. Parallel to the biodiversity status assessment, a confidence assessment is also included. BEAT 3.0 uses HELCOM Assessment units and HELCOM core indicators as default but can be customized for use in any geographical region and any set of indicators. <p class="p1"> <p class="p2"><strong>Funding Statement: </strong>BEAT 3.0 was developed in the HELCOM coordinated EU co-financed project ‘Baltic Sea project to boost regional coherence of marine strategies through improved data flow, assessments, and knowledge base for development of measures (BalticBOOST)’ EU grant number 11.0661/2015/712632/SUB/ENVC.2.
Highlights
BEAT 3.0 is a multi-metric indicator-based tool for integrated assessments of marine biodiversity status implemented in R
In the Baltic Sea, the first steps towards a tool for integrating biodiversity indicators were taken in the initial holistic assessment of the Baltic Sea [3, 4]
The prototype of BEAT was further developed to better fit the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) objectives and an approach for confidence rating was introduced in BEAT 2.0 [5]
Summary
BEAT 3.0 is a multi-metric indicator-based tool for integrated assessments of marine biodiversity status implemented in R. The tool handles tabular data files (.txt format), in which the assessment structure and indicator results are specified. Integration of indicators is primarily based on weighted averaging, where both spatial assessment scale and ecosystem level are considered.
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