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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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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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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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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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Analysis of Factors Affecting Fishermen Participation in Marine Protected Area East Java

Jurnal Pembangunan dan Alam Lestari, 2022
The main failure of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in achieving its objectives is the lack of involvement of users (communities) and stakeholders in the planning and decision-making processes, with unforeseen social consequences.
Reny Tiarantika, Anthon Efani
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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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Social Value of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in England and Wales. [PDF]

, 2010
The U.K. government is committed to establishing a coherent network of marine protected areas by 2012 and the recentMarine and Coastal Access Act, 2009 will designate marine conservation zones and provide wider access rights to the coast.
David Johnson, Wright, Paul, Johnson, David, Steve Fletcher, Fletcher, Steve, Paul Wright, Pike, Kate, Lee, Barbara, Kate Pike, Barbara Lee   +9 more
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Stepwise strategic environmental management in marine protected area [PDF]

Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 2016
In recent decades, necessity to protect environment has been a serious concern for all people and international communities. In appropriate development of human economic activities, subsistence dependence of the growing world population on nature ...
A. Padash, S.A. Jozi, S.M.B. Nabavi, B. Dehzad   +3 more
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"Get on board with researchers": Life Conceptu Maris marine citizen science campaign [PDF]

ARPHA Proceedings
The manuscript provides an overview of the mid-term results of the citizen science campaign activities conducted within the Life CONCEPTU MARIS project (LIFE20 NAT/IT/001371) whose aim is to improve the conservation status of cetaceans and pelagic sea ...
Loredana Mulas, Elena Santini, Marta Azzolin, Mauro Buonocore, Ilaria Campana, Lara Carosso, Giovanni Coppini, Matteo Costantino, Léa David, Marianna Farina, Livio Favaro, Natalia Fraija-Fernández, Marco Gamba, Maria Leonor Garcia Gutiérrez, Cristina Giacoma, Martina Gregorietti, Rita Lecci, Giulia Luzi, Fulvio Maffucci, Francesco Paolo Mancuso, Valeria Masala, Erica Moura, Eugenia Pasanisi, Juan Antonio Raga, Selvaggia Santin, Gianluca Sarà, Antonella Servidio, Paola Tepsich, Francesco Tomasinelli, Gianluca Treglia, Roberta Teti, Elena Valsecchi, Morgana Vighi, Antonella Arcangeli   +33 more
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