| dc.description.abstract | A follow-up monitoring and evaluation plan to assess the use and functioning of an artificial reef at Ekofisk is recommended. Experiments or surveys to obtain quantifying data that are currently unknown and which are rcquired for management, assessment or prediction purposes are proposed. The programme should cover a period of at least five years to assess the colonisation and succession patterns on the reef. The data obtained through this monitoring programme will provide an input into the development of a fisheries model for the reef, a social and economic cost-bencfit analysis, an ecological analysis of the spatial utilisation of the site, an ongoing assessment of the environmental effccts, and a GIS database for managing the environmental and socio-economic data, trend evaluation and forecasting. | en_US |
