SGSPATIAL - Report of the Study Group on Spatial Analyses for the Baltic Sea

The ICES Study Group on Spatial Analyses for the Baltic Sea (SGSPATIAL) met in Riga, Latvia, 5–8 November 2013 (Chairs: Michele Casini, Sweden, and Stefan Neuen-feldt, Denmark), with nine participants and four countries represented. The objectives of SGSPATIAL 2013 were to i) continue the analyses of the drivers of species spatial distribution; ii) quantify the spatial overlap between interacting spe-cies; iii) analyse the connectivity between open sea and coastal waters; iv) update the spatial indicators suggested in SGSPATIAL 2012.