Table 1. Protected areas surveyed in the study including country and protection status.
| Transitional Waters | Mountains | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Scientists | Managers | Scientists | Managers | Protection status | |
| Camargue | F | + | + | UBR, N2 | ||
| Curonian Lagoon | LT | + | + | NP, N2,UWH | ||
| Danube Delta | RO | + | N2, UBR, UWH | |||
| Doñana | E | + | + | NP, N2, UBR, UWH | ||
| Eastern Scheldt | NL | + | NP, N2 | |||
| Wadden Sea | NL | + | + | NP, N2, UBR, UWH | ||
| Western Scheldt and Saeftinghe | NL | + | N2 | |||
| Samaria | GR | + | + | + | + | NP, N2, UBR |
| Gran Paradiso | I | + | + | NP, N2, | ||
| Hardangervidda | N | + | + | NP | ||
| High Tatra Mountains | SK | + | + | NP, N2, UBR | ||
| La Palma | E | + | NP, N2, UBR | |||
| Kalkalpen National Park | A | + | + | NP,N2 | ||
| Oros Idi | GR | + | NP, N2 | |||
| Peneda-Gerês | P | + | NP, N2, UBR | |||
| Sierra Nevada | E | + | NP, N2, UBR | |||
| Swiss National Park | CH | + | NP, UBR | |||
NP: National Park, UBR: Unesco Biosphere Reserve, N2: Natura 2000 site, UWH: Unesco World Heritage