Evolution of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows and its implications for management
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- 作者：Juan Eduardo Guill茅n ; Jos茅 Luis S谩nchez Lizaso ; Santiago Jim茅nez ; Joaqu铆n Mart铆nez ; Ana Codina ; Mercedes Montero ; Alej ; ro Trivi帽o ; Gabriel Soler ; Jos茅 Jacobo Zubcoff
- 关键词：Posidonia oceanica ; Monitoring ; Population Dynamics ; Seagrass Evolution ; Western Mediterranean
- 刊名：Journal of Sea Research
- 出版年：October, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：83
- 期：Complete
- 页码：65-71
- 全文大小：1039 K
文摘
Results of the monitoring network of the Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Valencia region in Spain are analysed. For spatial comparison the whole data set has been analysed, however, for temporal trends we only selected stations that have been monitored at least 6 years in the period of 2002-2011 (26 stations in 13 localities).
At the south of the studied area, meadows are larger, and they have higher density and covering than that in the Valencia Gulf, excluding Oropesa meadow. Monitoring of P. oceanica meadows in the Valencia region in Spain indicates that most of them are stationary or they are increasing their density and covering while no decline was observed in the studied meadows. These results indicate that there is not a general decline of P. oceanica meadows and that the decline of P. oceanica, when it has been observed in other studies, is produced by local causes that may be managed at the local level. This study also reflects the importance of long series of direct data to analyse trends in the population dynamics for slow-growing species.