Disclaimer: This webpage is intended to support work within C2B2, including our LivingLabs. Even if you do not belong to a C2B2 LivingLab (or a C2B2 work package) you can always contact us at c2b2@gu.se.
Contact regarding the C2B2 tools
- General questions about the list of C2B2 tools, and questions from outside C2B2: Contact Torsten Linders
- Questions about specific tools, from participants in C2B2 LivingLabs (or work packages): Contact the C2B2 expert/contact directly, or contact your LivingLab lead (or WP lead).
Listed tools
Marine spatial plans
Tools for everyone
| Owner | Tool & link | Description | C2B2 expert/contact |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Maps for MSP 2022 | Interactive maps of Sweden’s marine spatial plans, in Swedish. |  Andrea Morf |
| Maps for suggested MSP 2025 | Interactive maps of Sweden’s marine spatial suggested updated plans, in Swedish. | Andrea Morf |
  | Vindbrukskollen | A national map service about the establishment of wind power. | Andrea Morf |
 | Maps for Denmark’s MSP | Interactive maps with relevant information about Denmark’s maritime spatial plan. | |
 | Norwegian marine spatial management tool | Interactive maps that show natural resources, environmental status, business activities, plans and regulations and various reference data. | |
 | Finland’s maritime spatial plan 2030 | Interactive maps indicating areas of significance and with potential. |
Economy
Tools for everyone
| Owner | Tool & link | Description | C2B2 expert/contact |
|---|---|---|---|
 | European Atlas of the Seas | Explore, collate and create your own sea map. | Torsten Linders |
| EU Blue Economy Observatory | Monitors and analyses economic activities related to oceans, seas, and coasts. Data from 2009 – 2021. |  Nikolaos Xafenias |
 | Facts and figures, by C2B2 | About the economic/financial aspects of the Swedish Blue Economy. To be implemented. | Nikolaos Xafenias |
 | Spatial Pressure and Impact assessment tool | Includes some data layers for human activities of the Baltic Sea. Data from 2016 – 2021. | |
  | Data & Information Management System |
Ecosystem and climate
Tools for everyone
| Owner | Tool & link | Description | C2B2 expert/contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spatial Pressure and Impact assessment tool | Spatial pressure and impact calculations using the data layers of the Baltic Sea, not including Skagerrak. Data from 2016 – 2021. |  Mats Lindegart |
| Marine environmental status | Explore the assessment of the status of the Swedish marine environment. | Mats Lindegart |
 | Water trends – Sweden’s water environment | Map and graph tool for exploring trends, based on aquatic monitoring data, in Swedish. | Torsten Linders |
| Reversed map | Interactive map of the bottom landscape, in Swedish. | Mats Lindegart |
 | MyOcean | Ocean visualisation tools for users at different levels. | Mats Lindegart |
 | IPCC WGI Interactive Atlas. | A tool for spatial and temporal analyses of observed and projected climate change. |  Hui-Wen Lai |
Tools for experts
| Owner | Tool & link | Description | C2B2 expert/contact |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) More details. | An ecological/ecosystem modeling software suite. |  Samuel Morsbach |
| Copernicus Marine Data Store | Ocean product catalogue, including hindcast, current and forecast data. | |
| Copernicus Marine Toolbox | A free and easy-to-use tool that interoperates with the Copernicus Marine Data Store. |
Facilitation and auxiliary
Tools for everyone
| Owner | Tool & link | Description | C2B2 expert/contact |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Value Chain Facilitation Tool | Developed for facilitating workshops within the BlueBioClusters and beyond. | Nikolaos Xafenias |
| Marine projects, listed by C2B2 | Swedish marine research projects in the Swecris database. |  Per Bergström |
Tools for experts
| Owner | Tool & link | Description | C2B2 expert/contact |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kumu | Kumu makes it easy to organize complex data into relationship maps. | |
 | SUBSIM More details. | The Swedish national platform for analysis of subsea images. | Torsten Linders |
| Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE) | License/access: Most is for free. ‘Spatial temporal data framework’ and technical support come with a priced license. | Minimum effort for usable result: 1 year, expert, full time. |
| Input: Biomass (time-series), physiological ratios/parameters, diet composition. | Output: Ecologic and economic descriptors, hind- and forecasting. | C2B2 usage: – Quantifying effects of offshore installations on biodiversity External examples: – Co-creating a food web model – Spillover effects of a fishery closure – Tracing ecosystem contaminant |
| SUBSIM | License/access: Access after agreement, typically involving user covering some expert support time. | Minimum effort for usable result: 1 month, expert, full time. |
| Input: User’s own image data. | Output: Pipelines for managing image data, machine learning algorithms, trend lines and other indicators. | External examples: – Estimation of vertical zonation – Invasive and native fish |