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Sustainable Marine Ecosystem Services
https://sumesproject.be/en
https://www.blauwecluster.be/project/sumes
Funder identifier: HBC.2019.2903 (AIO contract id)
Principal funding codes: 5552 - VLAIO - Blue Cluster - cSBO
Acronym: SUMES
Period: September 2020 till January 2024
Status: Completed

Thesaurus terms Ecosystem services; Environmental impact and risk assessment; Life cycle assessment; Natural resource management; Risk assessment
The SUMES project aims to develop a comprehensive model to assess the impact of human-induced changes on the marine ecosystem and beyond. The model investigates the structure (e.g. biodiversity) and function (e.g. food chains, biogeochemistry) of the marine ecosystem, its capacity to provide goods and services (e.g. sequestration of carbon) and the effect of activities on the aforementioned aspects. The model integrates Ecosystem Services, Risk Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment methods and indicators, which will be aggregated at the level of U+2018endpointsU+2019 or U+2018Areas of ProtectionU+2019, and serves therefore as a decision support model. The objective is to gain improved knowledge of cause-effect chains, with human activities being the stressor or cause, and the effects are the impact on local (to a specific marine ecosystem), regional (e.g. the North Sea) and global (to humans and nature) scale. A thorough understanding and quantification of the mechanisms is currently lacking in scientific literature, especially for the marine environment. Validation of the model is based on case studies related to the Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS).
  • Van der Biest, K. (2024). SUMES ES-model: A quantative marine ecosystem services model. Deliverable 3.3. SUMES Consortium: Antwerpen/Gent/Oostende. 109 pp., more
  • Knockaert, C.; Dhondt, C.A.L.; Rondelez, J.; Taelman, S.E. (2024). SUMES Project data: Information platform. Deliverable 5.4. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 18 pp., more
  • Van de Pol, L.; Van der Biest, K. (2021). Conceptual model of marine ecosystem functioning, supply of Ecosystem Services andinteractions. Deliverable 1.2. Universiteit Antwerpen: Antwerpen. 28 pp., more
  • Van der Biest, K. (2023). D3.4: Ecosystem services maps. Universiteit Antwerpen: Antwerpen. 6 pp., more
  • Taelman, S.E.; Préat, N.; De Luca, L.; Freire Custodio, M.; Dewulf, J.; Van de Pol, L.; Van der Biest, K.; Hernandez Lucas, S. (2021). D4.1: Description and (semi-) quantification of a first selected case study: a showcase. A basis for assessing the environmental impact from a life cycle perspective. UGent-STEN: Gent. 28 pp., more
  • Bas, B.; Taelman, S.E.; Van der Biest, K.; Lorré, D. (2022). D4.2: Selection, description and (semi-)quantification of advanced case studies. A basis for assessing the environmental impact from a life cycle perspective. UGent-STEN: Gent. 104 pp., more
  • Adriaen, J.; Veys, K.; Vandamme, S.; Taelman, S.E. (2024). D5.5: Valorization potential. De Blauwe Cluster: [s.l.]. 10 pp., more
  • VLIZ (2021). Data processing strategy. Deliverable 2.1. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 9 pp., more
  • Custódio, M. (2021). Ecosystem Services relevant for the Belgian Continental Shelf based on multi-actor lab. Deliverable 2.2. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 27 pp., more
  • De Luca Peña, L.V.; Taelman, S.E.; Staes, J.; Bas, B.; Préat, N.; Dewulf, J. (2023). How sustainable are offshore windfarms? An assessment to quantify local to global (socio-) environmental impacts of a case study in the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 22, more
  • Lorré, D. (2023). Identification and selection of Risk Assessment indicators and the coupling with the SDES model. Deliverable 4.3. Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology (GhEnToxLab): Gent. 52 pp., more
  • Van de Pol, L.; Van der Biest, K.; Taelman, S.E.; De Luca Peña, L.; Everaert, G.; Hernandez, S.; Culhane, F.; Borja, A.; Heymans, J.J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Meire, P. (2023). Impacts of human activities on the supply of marine ecosystem services: A conceptual model for offshore wind farms to aid quantitative assessments. Heliyon 9: e13589. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13589, more
  • Taelman, S.E.; de Luca Peña, L.V.; Préat, N.; Bachmann, T.M.; Van der Biest, K.; Maes, J.; Dewulf, J. (2024). Integrating ecosystem services and life cycle assessment: A framework accounting for local and global (socio-)environmental impacts. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 29: 99-115. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02216-3, more
  • Custódio, M. (2022). Legal-political context of human marine activities. Deliverable 2.3. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. , more
  • Van der Biest, K.; Prigge, P.; Van de Pol, L.; Dupont, R.; Taelman, S.E.; De Luca, L.; Bas, B. (2022). Methodologies for quantifying ecosystem services supply: A case-study for an offshore wind farm in the Belgian Continental Shelf. UGent-STEN: Gent. 48 pp., more
  • Van der Biest, K. (2024). Methodologies for quantifying ecosystem services supply: A case-study for a multi-use platform (mussel aquaculture and offshore wind energy) in the Belgian Continental Shelf. Deliverable 3.2. SUMES Consortium: Antwerpen/Gent/Oostende. 37 pp., more
  • de Luca Peña, L.V.; Taelman, S.E.; Bas, B.; Staes, J.; Mertens, J.; Clavreul, J.; Préat, N.; Dewulf, J. (2024). Monetized (socio-)environmental handprint and footprint of an offshore windfarm in the Belgian Continental Shelf: An assessment of local, regional and global impacts. Appl. Energy 353: 122123. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122123, more
  • Van de Pol, L.; Van der Biest, K. (2021). Overview of existing mechanistic ecosystem functioning models and selection of suitable models. Deliverable 1.1. Universiteit Antwerpen: Antwerpen. 23 pp., more
  • Custódio, M.; Moulaert, I.; Asselman, J.; van der Biest, K.; van de Pol, L.; Drouillon, M.; Hernandez Lucas, S.; Taelman, S.E.; Everaert, G. (2022). Prioritizing ecosystem services for marine management through stakeholder engagement. Ocean Coast. Manag. 225: 106228. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106228, more
  • Taelman, S.E.; Préat, N. (2022). Suitable aggregation techniques: overview. Deliverable 5.1. UGent-STEN: Gent. 26 pp., more
  • Wijsman, J.W.M.; Smaal, A.C. (2017). The use of shellfish for pre-filtration of marine intake water in a reverse electro dialysis energy plant: Inventory of potential shellfish species and design of conceptual filtration systems. Wageningen Marine Research Report, C078/17. Wageningen Marine Research (University & Research centre): Wageningen. 31 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.18174/424555, more
  • de Luca Peña, L.V.; Taelman, S.E.; Préat, N.; Boone, L.; Van der Biest, K.; Custódio, M.; Hernandez, S.L.; Everaert, G.; Dewulf, J. (2022). Towards a comprehensive sustainability methodology to assess anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems: Review of the integration of Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment and Ecosystem Services Assessment. Sci. Total Environ. 808: 152125. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152125, more
  • Custódio, M. (2022). Valuation of ES demand. Deliverable 2.4. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 54 pp., more