Performing an initial risk identification ensured a comprehensive knowledge
Canagliflozin concerning potential impacts affecting both, the plaice nursery grounds and the human activities. As a proxy of the ecosystem, we considered in our analysis solely human activities occurring within the German EEZ. Taking e.g. the whole Wadden Sea into account, might have been consistent towards a comprehensive ecosystem approach but would also have been associated with numerous conservation laws (national level down to state level) as well as additional different tourism and aquaculture activities which have had to be considered. Therefore, we kept the case study definitions simple. The assessment of the driver footprints revealed that the information regarding the wind farms is lacking. Using the DPSI-approach proved to be very useful for defining the general pressures because it helped to structure the links between drivers, the pressures and the effects that may impact the nursery grounds (e.g.
ecosystem component). In addition, it helped visualise the pathway between the drivers that could potentially impact the nursery grounds. Here, we only considered the most important pressures in relation to their spatial extent. As we focused on drivers which are located offshore, nutrient and organic matter enrichment due to input of fertilizers or organic matter and marine litter were not included.
