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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Descriptors of Posidonia oceanica meadows: Use and application
Ecological Indicators, Volume 5, No. 3, Year 2005
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The conservation of the coastal marine environment requires the possession of information that enables the global quality of the environment to be evaluated reliably and relatively quickly. The use of biological indicators is often an appropriate method. Seagrasses in general, and Posidonia oceanica meadows in particular, are considered to be appropriate for biomonitoring because of their wide distribution, reasonable size, sedentary habit, easy collection and abundance and sensitivity to modifications of littoral zone. Reasoned management, on the scale of the whole Mediterranean basin, requires standardized methods of study, to be applied by both researchers and administrators, enabling comparable results to be obtained. This paper synthesises the existing methods applied to monitor P. oceanica meadows, identifies the most suitable techniques and suggests future research directions. From the results of a questionnaire, distributed to all the identified laboratories working on this topic, a list of the most commonly used descriptors was drawn up, together with the related research techniques (e.g. standardization, interest and limits, valuation of the results). It seems that the techniques used to study meadows are rather similar, but rarely identical, even though the various teams often refer to previously published works. This paper shows the interest of a practical guide that describes, in a standardized way, the most useful techniques enabling P. oceanica meadows to be used as an environmental descriptor. Indeed, it constitutes the first stage in the process. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pergent-Martini, Christine
France, Corte
Universita Di Corsica Pascal Paoli
Leoni, V.
France, Corte
Universita Di Corsica Pascal Paoli
Pasqualini, Vanina
France, Corte
Universita Di Corsica Pascal Paoli
Ardizzone, Giandomenico
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Balestri, Elena
Italy, Pisa
Università Di Pisa
Bedini, R.
Italy, Piombino
Istituto Di Biologia ed Ecologia Marina
Belluscio, A.
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Belsher, Thomas
France, Plouzane
Ifremer Institut Francais de Recherche Pour L'exploitation de la Mer
Borg, J. A.
Malta, Msida
L-università Ta' Malta
Boudouresque, Charles François
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Boumaza, Salima
Algeria, Algiers
École Nationale Supérieure Des Sciences de la Mer et de L'aménagement du Littoral
Bouquegneau, Jean Marie
Belgium, Liege
Université de Liège
Buia, Maria Cristina
Italy, Naples
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Calvo, S.
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Cebrian, J.
United States, Dauphin Island
Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory
Charbonnel, E.
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Cinelli, Francesco
Italy, Pisa
Università Di Pisa
Cossu, A.
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Di Maida, G.
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Dural, B.
Turkey, Izmir
Ege Üniversitesi
Francour, Patrice
France, Nice
Université Côte D'azur
Gobert, Sylvie
Belgium, Liege
Université de Liège
Lepoint, Gilles
Belgium, Liege
Université de Liège
Meinesz, Alexandre
France, Nice
Université Côte D'azur
Molenaar, H.
France, Nice
Université Côte D'azur
Mansour, H. M.
Egypt, Alexandria
Faculty of Science
Panayotidis, P.
Greece, Anavyssos
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Peirano, Andrea
Italy, La Spezia
Centro Ricerche Ambiente Marino S. Teresa
Pergent, Gérard
France, Corte
Universita Di Corsica Pascal Paoli
Piazzi, Luigi
Italy, Pisa
Università Di Pisa
Pirrotta, M.
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Relini, G.
Italy, Genoa
Irccs San Martino Polyclinic Hospital
Romero, J.
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Sanchez-Lizaso, Jose Luis
Spain, Alicante
Universitat D'alacant
Semroud, Rachid
Algeria, Algiers
École Nationale Supérieure Des Sciences de la Mer et de L'aménagement du Littoral
Shembri, P.
Malta, Msida
L-università Ta' Malta
Shili, Abdessalem
Tunisia, Tunis
Universié de Tunis
Tomasello, Agostino
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Velimirov, Branko
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Statistics
Citations: 187
Authors: 39
Affiliations: 23
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.02.004
ISSN:
1470160X