scholarly journals Structure and Functionality of the Mesozooplankton Community in a Coastal Marine Environment: Portofino Marine Protected Area (Liguria)

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Paolo Vassallo ◽  
Daniele Bellardini ◽  
Michela Castellano ◽  
Giulia Dapueto ◽  
Paolo Povero
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Mesozooplankton Community ◽  
Coastal Marine ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
Ecological Functionality ◽  
System Functioning

This research is part of the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) project, a network of terrestrial, freshwater, transitional water and marine sites, on which ecological research is conducted on a multi-decade scale. LTER studies ecosystems, their dynamics and evolution, the relationships between biodiversity and ecological functionality, water quality, productivity, the role of resource availability, the effects of pollution and climate change. The research focuses on the study of the variability of zooplankton groups in the Portofino marine protected area, in Punta Faro. The samplings were carried out in the years 2018–2019, and the results were compared with the values of the years 2003–2005, interesting from a meteorological climatic and biological point of view. The plankton community of the Punta Faro system was analyzed by means of a modeling approach to obtain information on the functionality and health status of the system and to verify whether this has undergone any alterations in the last decade. The analyses carried out show a clear difference between the three-year period 2003–2005 and the two-year period 2018–2019, highlighting how environmental changes, such as the increase in temperature, have led to higher costs of system functioning in the last two years. The mesozooplankton community has changed both in terms of abundance of organisms and in terms of organization and functionality.

scholarly journals INTEGRATING LONG TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH (LTER) AND MARINE PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (02) ◽  
pp. 279-300
Author(s):  
Ricardo Jessouroun Miranda ◽  
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Ana Cláudia Mendes Malhado ◽  
Nidia Noemi Fabré ◽  
Vandick da Silva Batista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
Area Management

scholarly journals Biological complexity behind plankton system functioning: Synthesis and perspectives from a marine Long Term Ecological Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico D'Alelio
Keyword(s):  
Community Dynamics ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Gulf Of Naples ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
System Functioning ◽  
Species Evolution ◽  
Population And Community Dynamics ◽  
Different Levels

The functioning of natural communities is the cumulative outcome of multifaceted and intersecting ecological and evolutionary processes occurring at species level. Species are not stable entities but evolve in consequence of contingent factors including the relationships they establish with the environment and other co-occurring species. Studying ecosystems with an eco-evo approach, i.e., by explicitly considering species evolution and interactions, is thus an essential step to envisioning their adaptation to environmental changes. Such approach is particularly suitable for studying plankton, a community of both rapidly evolving and strongly interconnected species. In this context, Long Term Ecological Research studies (LTER) represent a promising approach to explore nature at different levels of complexity, from species to ecosystems. Herein, I examine the most recent results coming from the three-decades plankton LTER ‘MareChiara’ (LTER-MC) in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea, Italy) and discuss their suitability in deepening knowledge on: i) evolutionary bases to plankton biodiversity (i.e., the founding property of both species and community adaptive potential); ii) ecological and evolutionary determinants of population and community dynamics; and iii) biological mechanisms behind plankton system functioning.

Reef shark movements relative to a coastal marine protected area

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 58-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.W. Speed ◽  
M.G. Meekan ◽  
I.C. Field ◽  
C.R. McMahon ◽  
R.G. Harcourt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Reef Shark ◽  
Coastal Marine

Long-Term Ecological Research and Evolving Frameworks of Disturbance Ecology

BioScience ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn E Gaiser ◽  
David M Bell ◽  
Max C N Castorani ◽  
Daniel L Childers ◽  
Peter M Groffman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Disturbance Ecology ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research

Abstract Detecting and understanding disturbance is a challenge in ecology that has grown more critical with global environmental change and the emergence of research on social–ecological systems. We identify three areas of research need: developing a flexible framework that incorporates feedback loops between social and ecological systems, anticipating whether a disturbance will change vulnerability to other environmental drivers, and incorporating changes in system sensitivity to disturbance in the face of global changes in environmental drivers. In the present article, we review how discoveries from the US Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network have influenced theoretical paradigms in disturbance ecology, and we refine a framework for describing social–ecological disturbance that addresses these three challenges. By operationalizing this framework for seven LTER sites spanning distinct biomes, we show how disturbance can maintain or alter ecosystem state, drive spatial patterns at landscape scales, influence social–ecological interactions, and cause divergent outcomes depending on other environmental changes.

Population trends for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) foraging in the Francisco Coloane Coastal‐Marine Protected Area, Magellan Strait, Chile

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 1212-1231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cole C. Monnahan ◽  
Jorge Acevedo ◽  
A. Noble Hendrix ◽  
Scott Gende ◽  
Anelio Aguayo‐Lobo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Megaptera Novaeangliae ◽  
Population Trends ◽  
Humpback Whales ◽  
Magellan Strait ◽  
Coastal Marine

scholarly journals Potensi Pengembangan Budidaya Pada Kawasan Konservasi Perairan Datok Bandar Kabupaten Lingga

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Tengku Said Razai ◽  
Fitria Ulfah ◽  
Febrianti Lestari ◽  
Dony Apdillah ◽  
Ita Karlina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Aquaculture Water

The development of aquaculture in the Marine Protected Area (KKP) has to recognize the sustainability and the balancing of the ecosystem in that area. It causes limited rights of users who want to develop their business, where the issuance of permits and business management regulations is an obligation that must be followed by aquaculture business developers in the KKP area. The study aimed was to formulate the technical directions in developing the potential for aquaculture business in the Marine Protected Area of Datok Bandar (KKPD) at Lingga Regency. The method used in this research is a descriptive quantitative using analysis of the carrying capacity of the environment for aquaculture, water quality parameters, and a participatory approach. The results showed that the potential area to be developed for aquaculture was 3,736.01 ha. However, based on the carrying capacity analysis, only 268,420 ha or 7.2% from the existing potential can be utilized for aquaculture. Furthermore, based on the water quality measurements for aquaculture, the KKPD area was divided into 3 designations groups of aquaculture areas, namely the KJT, KJA, and seaweed. The number of aquaculture business units that were allowed in this area was 16,776 units consisting of 10,066 small business units and 6,710 medium business units with 7 types of superior fish. The limitation of land area and some business units in conservation areas were important to ensure the sustainability of the environment in the future. The implication of this research could be used as a basis for issuing aquaculture business permits, and to ensure that small-scale aquaculture fishermen have a large proportion. In addition to ensuring the existence of local communities who were generally small farmers, conservation areas were very vulnerable to environmental changes, so the risk factors and impacts of business utilization were important to consider.

scholarly journals Stakeholder Perceptions of a Coastal Marine Protected Area

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (sp1) ◽  
pp. 622-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverley Clarke ◽  
Ruth Thurstan ◽  
Katherine Yates
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Stakeholder Perceptions ◽  
Coastal Marine

scholarly journals Ecological Status of Coralligenous Macroalgal Assemblages in the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Isole Ciclopi (Ionian Sea)

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Luca Giuseppe Costanzo ◽  
Giuliana Marletta ◽  
Giuseppina Alongi
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Seawater Temperature ◽  
Ecological Status ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Percent Cover ◽  
Floristic Studies

The coralligenous habitat represents one of the most important hotspots of Mediterranean biodiversity. However, along the Ionian coast of Sicily (Italy) the coralligenous macroalgal assemblages have always been poorly studied. The present study was carried out in the coralligenous habitat of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Isole Ciclopi, located along the central-eastern coast of Sicily. Previously, only a few floristic studies, including some data on the coralligenous flora, were conducted within this MPA in the 1970s and 2001. Therefore, the present study aimed to gain an updated knowledge on the coralligenous flora and to compare the current data with data derived from the previous floristic studies, to observe if in the last 50 years environmental changes occurred and to monitor the effectiveness of the MPA in protecting this habitat. In particular, the coralligenous flora of the MPA was analyzed through remotely operated vehicles (ROV) surveys and destructive samples. ROV surveys allow us to observe that the coralligenous assemblages of the MPA are well-structured, especially regarding the encrusting Rhodophyta, which showed the highest percent cover among the main morphological groups/taxa. Through the sample analysis in the laboratory, a total of 92 taxa has been recorded. Comparing the floristic lists of the present research and the past studies, an increase of local biodiversity was highlighted. Nevertheless, an increment of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS), warm-water species, and Rhodophyta with wide ecological valence was also noted. The main causes of these variations in the coralligenous flora have been traced back to reduced water transparency, maybe due to sedimentation, and a rise in the seawater temperature. Therefore, although the coralligenous assemblages of the MPA Isole Ciclopi appear to be well-structured, future studies will be necessary to continue monitoring this habitat to evaluate whether the MPA is effective in safeguarding this hotspot of biodiversity.

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