Assessing effects of fishing prohibition on Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in the Marine Natural Reserve of Cerbère-Banyuls |
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Authors: | Bruno Ferrari Nuria RaventosSerge Planes |
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Affiliation: | UMR 5244 EPHE CNRS UPVD, Centre de Biologie et d’Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne, Universite de Perpignan, 52, Av. Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan, France |
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Abstract: | The potential of alleviated fishing pressure measures established at the Marine Natural Reserve of Cerbère-Banyuls to affect phenological characters of P. oceanica, the main canopy-forming seagrass, was studied. Our results show differences in some leaf parameters between meadows under fishing prohibition measures compared to those without. In addition shallow P. oceanica meadows inside MPAs had lower non-structural carbohydrate content, yet are able to maintain themselves and, moreover, with an increased density. On the other hand, sexual reproduction was reduced inside protected areas. |
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Keywords: | Posidonia oceanica Fishing prohibition Sarpa salpa Grazing Mediterranean Sea |
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