Monitoring the seagrass Posidonia oceanica to understand the effects of local disturbances in a marine protected area

Since the seagrass Posidonia oceanica is highly sensitive to environmental changes, a monitoring of the physiognomy, phenology and lepidochronology of the meadows was conducted during 2015-2020 at Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area (Adriatic Sea). The meadow resulted stressed where anthropogenic...

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Published in2021 International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea) pp. 86 - 90
Main Authors Tursi, Andrea, Mastrototaro, Francesco, Montesanto, Federica, Chimienti, Giovanni
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 04.10.2021
Subjects
Adriatic Sea
Biomedical monitoring
Biometrics (access control)
biometry
Conferences
habitat
meadows
Metrology
Monitoring
MPA
Posidonia oceanica
Sea measurements
Sensitivity
Tremiti
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Summary:Since the seagrass Posidonia oceanica is highly sensitive to environmental changes, a monitoring of the physiognomy, phenology and lepidochronology of the meadows was conducted during 2015-2020 at Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area (Adriatic Sea). The meadow resulted stressed where anthropogenic disturbances occurred, while the implementation of proper management measures proved to trigger the recovery of the habitat. Our results underlined the importance of P. oceanica as a biological indicator to monitor human activities at local scale.
DOI:10.1109/MetroSea52177.2021.9611572