Underwater Seascapes 2014
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03440-9_18
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The Seascape as an Indicator of Environmental Interest and Quality of the Mediterranean Benthos: The in Situ Development of a Description Index: The LIMA

Abstract: The LIMA index conveys the environmental interest and quality of the landscape formed by the Mediterranean benthos, ranging from 0 to − 40 m, in numerical format. The LIMA index allows a comparison spatially and temporarily between sites. It is a comprehensive index which is easy to implement and is composed of two factors: a topographical description (classification of 15 typologies) and a biological description (the presence or absence of some thirty species or groups of structuring, remarkable and invasive … Show more

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“…The area is considered as a Low Nutrient-High Chlorophyll system 73 , with exceptionally low anthropogenic disturbances. The Calvì Bay serves the status of reference body of water for the northwestern Mediterranean, according to the PREI ( Posidonia oceanica Rapid Easy Index) method applied on existing P. oceanica meadows 74 75 76 . P. oceanica samples were collected by SCUBA diving six times over a 24 hour period at 06:00, 09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:30 and 00:00 (GMT+2), at 5 and 20 m depth, in mid-October 2011.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The area is considered as a Low Nutrient-High Chlorophyll system 73 , with exceptionally low anthropogenic disturbances. The Calvì Bay serves the status of reference body of water for the northwestern Mediterranean, according to the PREI ( Posidonia oceanica Rapid Easy Index) method applied on existing P. oceanica meadows 74 75 76 . P. oceanica samples were collected by SCUBA diving six times over a 24 hour period at 06:00, 09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:30 and 00:00 (GMT+2), at 5 and 20 m depth, in mid-October 2011.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The future of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) therefore does not lie in a unified integrative index, but rather in a combined set of indices, each one providing information regarding a given problem, parameter and/or ecosystem, at a given scale. For instance, the CARLIT index provides information on the ecological status of large water bodies and shallow habitats (Ballesteros et al, 2007), the EBQI Posidonia oceanica assesses the functioning of a pivotal ecosystem resulting from multiple pressures, including overfishing Giakoumi et al, 2015), the MEDOCC index (MEDiterranean OCCidental index) assesses the ecological status of macroinvertebrate assemblages inhabiting soft substrates, in relation to organic pollution (Pinedo et al, 2015, the ALEX index (ALien Biotic Index) assesses the pressure of biological invasions on hard substrate assemblages (Piazzi et al, 2015), the LIMA index conveys the environmental interest and quality of the seascape formed by the Mediterranean benthos (Gobert et al, 2014), and the OCI (Overall Complexity Index) measures the ecological complexity of coastal marine ecosystems (Paoli et al, 2016). Both managers and scientists are now well aware that looking for a single, unified index would be equivalent to hunting the snark (Bond, 2001).…”
Section: Baseline For Future Prospectsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Díez et al, 2003;Ballesteros et al, 2007;Orfanidis et al, 2011;Díez et al, 2012;Le Gal and Derrien-Courtel, 2015;Ar Gall et al, 2016;Blanfuné et al, 2016, and references therein). A further aim of seascape indicators using macroalgae is to provide information on the ecological status of the littoral zone (Cariou et al, 2013;Gobert et al, 2014). These indirect indicators are satisfactory for achieving specific goals (see above); however, their aim is not to reflect the structure and functioning of an ecosystem in pristine conditions or under anthropogenic stressors.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several massive coralligenous reefs emerge from the sandy habitat, comprising only 43 900 m2 (1.1% of the overall study area). The site is described as 'in good ecological state' and hosts a rich biodiversity (Seytre & Francour 2009, Gobert et al 2014. …”
Section: Study Sitementioning
confidence: 99%