{"id":2996,"date":"2018-11-12T15:50:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azti.es\/productos\/ds-tools\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T14:08:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T12:08:53","slug":"ambi","status":"publish","type":"products","link":"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/en\/productos\/ambi\/","title":{"rendered":"AMBI (AZTI\u2019s Marine Biotic Index)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<!-- **********************************************\n     ************* PAGE HEADER - DEFAULT ************ \n     ********************************************** -->\n    <header class=\"page-header page-header-default \">\n        <div>\n            \n    <nav class=\"breadcrumb\">\n        <ul>\n                            <li class=\"\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\">Inicio<\/a>\n                                    <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/en\/research-areas\/\">Campos de aplicaci\u00f3n<\/a>\n                                    <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/en\/application\/marine-and-coastal-environmental-management\/\">Marine and coastal environmental management<\/a>\n                                    <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\">Productos<\/a>\n                                    <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"current\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/en\/productos\/ambi\/\">AMBI (AZTI\u2019s Marine Biotic Index)<\/a>\n                                    <\/li>\n                    <\/ul> \n    <\/nav>\n                                                    <div class=\"page-header-body\">\n                    <div>\n                        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n                                                        <h1 class=\"h1\">AMBI (AZTI\u2019s Marine Biotic Index)<\/h1>\n\n                                                            <div class=\"post-date-categories\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                                                                                                                            <div class=\"page-header-description\">\n                                        <p><p>Assessment of the ecological and environmental status of the marine environment<\/p><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                            \n                        <picture class=\"image default\">\n                                <source media=\"(min-width: 993px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Anemona-incrustante-amarilla-fondo-marino-ambi.jpg\"\/>    \n                <source media=\"(min-width: 769px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Anemona-incrustante-amarilla-fondo-marino-ambi.jpg\"\/>\n                <source media=\"(min-width: 451px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Anemona-incrustante-amarilla-fondo-marino-ambi-768x511.jpg\"\/>\n                <source media=\"(min-width: 0)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Anemona-incrustante-amarilla-fondo-marino-ambi-450x299.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Anemona-incrustante-amarilla-fondo-marino-ambi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Anemona-incrustante-amarilla-fondo-marino-ambi.jpg\" alt=\"Anemona- incrustante-amarilla-fondo-marino-ambi\" title=\"Anemona- incrustante-amarilla-fondo-marino-ambi\"\/>\n                            <\/picture>\n            \n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n\n    \n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ambi.azti.es\/\">DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AZTI has developed diverse methods for the assessment of the ecological and environmental status of the marine environment. These include AMBI and M-AMBI (multivariate-AMBI) tools to determine the state of soft-bottom macroinvertebrate communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This software application (downloadable at <a aria-label=\"http:\/\/ambi.azti.es (abre en una nueva pesta\u00f1a)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ambi.azti.es\" target=\"_blank\">ambi.azti.es<\/a>, and containing a list of almost 12.000 species all over the world) allows the environmental impact assessment of different human activities on the marine environment, such as discharges, dredging, public works, aquaculture, etc., and the marine environmental recovery upon termination of these activities. Moreover, it enables to predict the impact that a new activity may have, proposing suitable measures to minimise such impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tool has been used to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Determine the ecological status of the marine environment according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the environmental status and seabed integrity as per the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), and, in general, the impact on benthos.<\/li><li>Assistance in the sustainable use of the marine environment, in accordance with management decision-making.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The AMBI tool enables the environmental impact assessment or forecasting from different human activities, proposing the appropriate measures to minimise impact<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2>Applicable sectors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Public administrations and environmental agencies.<\/li><li>Marine energy, mining, aquaculture, chemical and oil companies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Advantages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Knowledge and distribution forecasts of the impact that your business may have, minimising it before it happens by selection of the most appropriate location, size, etc.<\/li><li>Calculation of the loading capacity for a place (e.g. for aquaculture) to avoid impact.<\/li><li>Compliance with legislation in force that requires the determination of the ecological status.<\/li><li>Compliance with port dredging management recommendations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The AMBI and M-AMBI tools are used worldwide<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2>An inspiring tool <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Having recommenced mass use of status assessment tools in 2000, AMBI (AZTI\u2019s Marine Biotic Index) has served as inspiration for other indices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Proven track record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Official use of AMBI, in the WFD, by the governments of Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Denmark and Norway.<\/li><li>Official use of M-AMBI, in the WFD, by the governments of Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria and United States.<\/li><li>Recommendation by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) for its worldwide use in aquaculture impact monitoring.<\/li><li>Study by the Chilean Government for its official use in the aquaculture impact monitoring.<\/li><li>Approval by the United States Environment Protection Agency (EPA) for its use in estuarine and coastal assessment throughout the country.<\/li><li>Around 1.300 scientific citations for AMBI and almost 550 for M-AMBI.<\/li><li>Use of both tools in many places around the world, on all five continents.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19927,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","contexts":[210,304,228],"application":[16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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