Recovery Signals of Rhodoliths Beds since Bottom Trawling Ban in the SCI Menorca Channel (Western Mediterranean)
One of the objectives of the LIFE IP INTEMARES project is to assess the impact of bottom trawling on the vulnerable benthic habitats of the circalittoral bottoms of the Menorca Channel (western Mediterranean), designated a Site of Community Importance (SCI) within the Natura 2000 network. The presen...
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ftieo:oai:repositorio.ieo.es:10508/16190 2023-05-15T17:34:59+02:00 Recovery Signals of Rhodoliths Beds since Bottom Trawling Ban in the SCI Menorca Channel (Western Mediterranean) Farriols, M.T. (Maria Teresa) Irlinger, C. (Camille) Ordines, F. (Francesc) Palomino, D. (Desirée) Marco-Herrero, E. (Elena) Soto-Navarro, J. (Javier) Jordá, G. (Gabriel) Mallol, S. (Sandra) Díaz, D. (David) Martínez-Carreño, N. (Natalia) Sancho-Díaz, J.A. (Julio Alberto) Fernandez-Arcaya, U. (Ulla) Joher, S. (Sergi) Ramírez-Amaro, S. (Sergio) De La Ballina, N. (Nuria) Vázquez, J.T. (Juan Tomás) Massutí, E. (Enric) Océan atlantique Atlantique Nord Atlantic Ocean Atlántico Norte Océano Atlántico ICES North Atlantic 2021-12-29 http://hdl.handle.net/10508/16190 https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010020 eng eng Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares 1424-2818 http://hdl.handle.net/10508/16190 Diversity, 14. 2021: 20-41 https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010020 Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ open access CC-BY-NC-ND community ecology epibenthic communities bottom trawling fishing effort biodiversity rhodoliths morphology rhodoliths size fish maps trawling recovery research article AM 2021 ftieo https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010020 2023-01-25T00:48:07Z One of the objectives of the LIFE IP INTEMARES project is to assess the impact of bottom trawling on the vulnerable benthic habitats of the circalittoral bottoms of the Menorca Channel (western Mediterranean), designated a Site of Community Importance (SCI) within the Natura 2000 network. The present study compares the epibenthic communities of four areas, subjected to different bottom trawl fishing intensity levels. The assignment of fishing effort levels was based on the fishing effort distribution in the area calculated from Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data and the existence of two Fishing Protected Zones in the Menorca Channel. Biological samples were collected from 39 beam trawl stations, sampled during a scientific survey on April 2019. We compare the diversity, composition, and density of the epibenthic flora and fauna, together with the rhodoliths coverage and the morphology of the main species of rhodoliths of four areas subjected to different levels of bottom trawl fishing effort, including one that has never been impacted by trawling. Our results have shown negative impacts of bottom trawling on rhodoliths beds and the first signals of their recovery in areas recently closed to this fishery, which indicate that this is an effective measure for the conservation of this habitat of special interest and must be included in the management plan required to declare the Menorca Channel as a Special Area of Conservation. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Instituto Español de Oceanografía: e-IEO Diversity 14 1 20 |
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One of the objectives of the LIFE IP INTEMARES project is to assess the impact of bottom trawling on the vulnerable benthic habitats of the circalittoral bottoms of the Menorca Channel (western Mediterranean), designated a Site of Community Importance (SCI) within the Natura 2000 network. The present study compares the epibenthic communities of four areas, subjected to different bottom trawl fishing intensity levels. The assignment of fishing effort levels was based on the fishing effort distribution in the area calculated from Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data and the existence of two Fishing Protected Zones in the Menorca Channel. Biological samples were collected from 39 beam trawl stations, sampled during a scientific survey on April 2019. We compare the diversity, composition, and density of the epibenthic flora and fauna, together with the rhodoliths coverage and the morphology of the main species of rhodoliths of four areas subjected to different levels of bottom trawl fishing effort, including one that has never been impacted by trawling. Our results have shown negative impacts of bottom trawling on rhodoliths beds and the first signals of their recovery in areas recently closed to this fishery, which indicate that this is an effective measure for the conservation of this habitat of special interest and must be included in the management plan required to declare the Menorca Channel as a Special Area of Conservation. |
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Farriols, M.T. (Maria Teresa) Irlinger, C. (Camille) Ordines, F. (Francesc) Palomino, D. (Desirée) Marco-Herrero, E. (Elena) Soto-Navarro, J. (Javier) Jordá, G. (Gabriel) Mallol, S. (Sandra) Díaz, D. (David) Martínez-Carreño, N. (Natalia) Sancho-Díaz, J.A. (Julio Alberto) Fernandez-Arcaya, U. (Ulla) Joher, S. (Sergi) Ramírez-Amaro, S. (Sergio) De La Ballina, N. (Nuria) Vázquez, J.T. (Juan Tomás) Massutí, E. (Enric) |
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Farriols, M.T. (Maria Teresa) Irlinger, C. (Camille) Ordines, F. (Francesc) Palomino, D. (Desirée) Marco-Herrero, E. (Elena) Soto-Navarro, J. (Javier) Jordá, G. (Gabriel) Mallol, S. (Sandra) Díaz, D. (David) Martínez-Carreño, N. (Natalia) Sancho-Díaz, J.A. (Julio Alberto) Fernandez-Arcaya, U. (Ulla) Joher, S. (Sergi) Ramírez-Amaro, S. (Sergio) De La Ballina, N. (Nuria) Vázquez, J.T. (Juan Tomás) Massutí, E. (Enric) |
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Recovery Signals of Rhodoliths Beds since Bottom Trawling Ban in the SCI Menorca Channel (Western Mediterranean) |
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Recovery Signals of Rhodoliths Beds since Bottom Trawling Ban in the SCI Menorca Channel (Western Mediterranean) |
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Recovery Signals of Rhodoliths Beds since Bottom Trawling Ban in the SCI Menorca Channel (Western Mediterranean) |
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Recovery Signals of Rhodoliths Beds since Bottom Trawling Ban in the SCI Menorca Channel (Western Mediterranean) |
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Recovery Signals of Rhodoliths Beds since Bottom Trawling Ban in the SCI Menorca Channel (Western Mediterranean) |
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recovery signals of rhodoliths beds since bottom trawling ban in the sci menorca channel (western mediterranean) |
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