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Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: Synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools
- Source :
- Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname, Holmer, M, Argyrou, M, Dalsgaard, T, Danovaro, R, Dias-Almela, E, Duarte, C M, Frederiksen, M, Grau, A, Karakassis, I, Marbá, N, Mirto, S, Pérez, M, Pusceddu, A & Tsapakis, M 2008, ' Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: Synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools ', Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 56, pp. 1618-1629 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.020
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Pergamon Press, 2008.
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Abstract
- Holmer, Marianne et al.<br />This paper provides a synthesis of the EU project MedVeg addressing the fate of nutrients released from fish farming in the Mediterranean with particular focus on the endemic seagrass Posidonia oceanica habitat. The objectives were to identify the main drivers of seagrass decline linked to fish farming and to provide sensitive indicators of environmental change, which can be used for monitoring purposes. The sedimentation of waste particles in the farm vicinities emerges as the main driver of benthic deterioration, such as accumulation of organic matter, sediment anoxia as well as seagrass decline. The effects of fish farming on P. oceanica meadows are diverse and complex and detected through various metrics and indicators. A safety distance of 400 m is suggested for management of P. oceanica near fish farms followed by establishment of permanent seagrass plots revisited annually for monitoring the health of the meadows. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Subjects :
- Mediterranean climate
Geologic Sediments
Environmental change
Fish farming
Population Dynamics
Aquaculture
Aquatic Science
Mediterranean
Oceanography
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Feces
Mediterranean Sea
Animals
Ecosystem
Alismatales
biology
business.industry
Ecology
Fishes
Environmental impacts
biology.organism_classification
Pollution
Fishery
monitoring
Seagrass
Habitat
sediment
Benthic zone
Posidonia oceanica
Environmental science
business
seagrasses
Water Pollutants, Chemical
management
Subjects
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- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname, Holmer, M, Argyrou, M, Dalsgaard, T, Danovaro, R, Dias-Almela, E, Duarte, C M, Frederiksen, M, Grau, A, Karakassis, I, Marbá, N, Mirto, S, Pérez, M, Pusceddu, A & Tsapakis, M 2008, ' Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: Synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools ', Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 56, pp. 1618-1629 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.020
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e96adbbf0bbd31846449665b3a79d7cd