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Seagrass Meadow Distribution Mapping in the Coastal Lagoon of Buan Island, Anambas

Jurnal Kelautan Tropis, 2023
Seagrasses are vital monocotyledonous marine flowering plants that serve as essential food sources for megaherbivores, contribute significantly to organic carbon production, and offer a multitude of crucial ecosystem services.
Dominikus Yoeli Wilson Laia, Ganang Wibisono, Eddy Handoko, Gita Endang Palufi, Fajar Kurniawan, Syofyan Roni, Muhammad Alrizky Ratno Budiarto   +6 more
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Marine Protected Areas

, 2019
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a key tool in ecosystem-based management, implementing a spatial approach to biodiversity conservation in the oceans. While the use of protected areas to conserve and/or protect resources has a long history, including centuries of royal hunting areas and traditionally managed areas, the modern conceptualization of ...
Laffoley, Dan, Baxter, John M., Day, Jon C., Wenzel, Lauren, Bueno, Paula, Zischka, Katherine   +5 more
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Multiple indices on different habitats and descriptors provide consistent assessments of environmental quality in a marine protected area

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
In the last decades, climate change and human pressures have increasingly and dramatically impacted the ocean worldwide, calling for urgent actions to safeguard coastal marine ecosystems.
Alice Oprandi, Fabrizio Atzori, Annalisa Azzola, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Nicoletta Cadoni, Lara Carosso, Elena Desiderà, Francesca Frau, Maria Leonor Garcia Gutiérrez, Paolo Guidetti, Paolo Guidetti, Carla Morri, Carla Morri, Luigi Piazzi, Federica Poli, Monica Montefalcone, Monica Montefalcone   +17 more
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Testing a Novel Aggregated Methodology to Assess Hydrodynamic Impacts on a High-Resolution Marine Turtle Trajectory

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
We designed a novel aggregated methodology to infer the impact of ocean motions on the movements of satellite-tracked marine turtles adopting available oceanographic observations and validated products of a numerical oceanographic forecasting system. The
Giovanni Quattrocchi, Andrea Cucco, Giulia Cerritelli, Resi Mencacci, Giorgia Comparetto, Daniela Sammartano, Alberto Ribotti, Paolo Luschi   +7 more
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3D MODELS COMPARISON OF COMPLEX SHELL IN UNDERWATER AND DRY ENVIRONMENTS [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
In marine biology the shape, morphology, texture and dimensions of the shells and organisms like sponges and gorgonians are very important parameters. For example, a particular type of gorgonian grows every year only few millimeters; this estimation was ...
S. Troisi, S. Del Pizzo, S. Gaglione, A. Miccio, R. L. Testa   +4 more
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First Report of Gametogenesis and Spawning for the Invasive Alga Caulerpa cylindracea in the Tyrrhenian Sea: The Key Role of Water Motion and Temperature

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
In this study, gamete release by Caulerpa cylindracea was investigated for the first time in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Sardinia, Western Mediterranean), focusing on the main environmental factors triggering gametogenesis and spawning of the species.
Sarah Caronni, Maria Anna Delaria, Rodolfo Gentili, Chiara Montagnani, Augusto Navone, Pieraugusto Panzalis, Sandra Citterio   +6 more
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Oceanographic drivers of deep-sea coral species distribution and community assembly on seamounts, islands, atolls, and reefs within the Phoenix Islands Protected Area [PDF]

, 2020
© The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Auscavitch, S. R., Deere, M. C., Keller, A. G., Rotjan, R. D., Shank, T. M., & Cordes, E.
Auscavitch, Steven R., Cordes, Erik E., Deere, Mary C., Keller, Abigail G., Rotjan, Randi, Shank, Timothy M.   +5 more
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Reproductive Behaviours and Potentially Associated Sounds of the Mottled Grouper Mycteroperca rubra: Implications for Conservation

Diversity, 2022
Most grouper species worldwide are threatened by overfishing. Effective marine protected areas (MPAs) are known to enable population recovery, and consideration of vulnerable species’ reproductive behaviours is fundamental to monitoring and management ...
Elena Desiderà, Carlotta Mazzoldi, Augusto Navone, Pieraugusto Panzalis, Cédric Gervaise, Paolo Guidetti, Lucia Di Iorio   +6 more
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Length-Weight Relationships of Lutjanus decussatus as Conservation Target Species in Anambas Islands Marine Protected Area, Indonesia [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Lutjanus decussatus, commonly known as the checkered snapper or sadang fish (locally), is a key coral reef species in the Anambas Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA) and serves as a conservation target and indicator of reef health.
Palufi Gita Endang, Anggara Satria Putra, Laia Dominikus Yoeli Wilson, Shabari Anugrah Riskel, Daniel Nadia Amalina, Irfansyah Rahmat, Nguyen Huong Mai, Susiana Susiana   +7 more
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The Extent and spatial scale of connectivity among reef fish populations: implications for marine protected areas designated for fisheries enhancement [PDF]

, 2003
Enthusiasm for the use of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) as management tools for the protection and enhancement of coral reef fishes is widespread.
Ludsin, S.A., Sale, P.F.
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