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Assessment of marine biodiversity in a protected bay: the importance of integrated methods for a better result

15/06/2021

Moura, Érica; Grech, Daniele; Martins, Ana Raquel; Novina, Petra; Dridi, Akrem; Agibaud, Margot; Krauja, Arina; Sgambati, Domenico

Abstract

Like other Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas, Punta Campanella MPA (Italy) is undergoing some significant changes in biodiversity. To properly understand the situation and to depict a valid baseline, several monitoring campaigns have occurred to assess biodiversity in Ieranto Bay, a special zone B of the MPA that allows the sustainable interaction between humans and nature. This work aims to analyze the different monitoring methods used and how each of them has contributed to the assessment of more than 250 species in the bay, from algae to vertebrates. The results represent a substantial biodiversity baseline of data to assess eventual changes in the future, and a valid tool to inspire and suggest management plans. The census of underwater life in this protected bay is an ongoing and constant activity and is an experience of collaborative research involving experts and volunteers supervised by the MPA staff.

FOG - Freiberg Online Geoscience 58

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