Ecological Value Assessment (EVA)

Contents

EVA_phase1_preprocessing_EUSeaMap

This is an example of EVA phase 1 as defined in the Marbefes guidelines. It contains a Python module to convert the EUSeaMap to hexagons or hexagon centers. This is required to match the BBT grid which consists of hexagons.

EVA_phase2-3_assessment

This is EVA tool for phase 2 and phase 3 as defined in the Marbefes guidelines. It contains RMarkdown scripts to:

• determine the ecological value and the confidence score for an ecological componenent (EC)
• merge all EC together in a final ecological valuation