2024-03-28T19:56:02Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1458072018-07-11T10:03:35Zcom_10261_88com_10261_8col_10261_341
An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of Mediterranean algae-dominated shallow rocky reefs
Thibaut, Thierry
Blanfuné, Aurélie
Boudouresque, Charles F.
Personnic, Sébastien
Ruitton, Sandrine
Ballesteros, Enric
Bellan-Santini, Denise
Bianchi, C. N.
Bussotti, Simona
Cebrian, Emma
Cheminée, A.
Culioli, Jean-Michel
Derrien-Courtel, Sandrine
Guidetti, P.
Harmelin-Vivien, M.
Hereu, Bernat
Morri, C.
Poggiale, Jean-Christophe
Verlaque, M.
Photophilic algae
Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
Biological indicators
Mediterranean Sea
Este artículo contiene 18 páginas, 4 figuras, 5 tablas.
A conceptual model was constructed for the functioning the algae-dominated rocky reef ecosystem of the Mediterranean
Sea. The Ecosystem-Based Quality Index (reef-EBQI) is based upon this model. This index meets the
objectives of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. It is based upon (i) the weighting of each compartment,
according to its importance in the functioning of the ecosystem; (ii) biological parameters assessing the
state of each compartment; (iii) the aggregation of these parameters, assessing the quality of the ecosystemfunctioning,
for each site; (iv) and a Confidence Index measuring the reliability of the index, for each site. The reef-
EBQI was used at 40 sites in the northwestern Mediterranean. It constitutes an efficient tool, because it is
based upon awide set of functional compartments, rather than upon just a fewspecies; it is easy and inexpensive
to implement, robust and not redundant with regard to already existing indices.
2017-02-28T08:15:42Z
2017-02-28T08:15:42Z
2017
artículo
Marine Pollution Bulletin : DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.029 (2017)
0025-326X
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/145807
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.029
eng
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.029
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closedAccess
Elsevier