Naslov
Testing of monitoring protocol for coralligenous community (2): Field Report

Autori
Kipson, Silvija

Izvornik
MedMPAnet project

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, izvještaj

Godina
2014

Ključne riječi
coralligenous assemblages, Adriatic Sea, monitoring protocol, underwater video, photosampling, EU Habitat Directive

Sažetak
This document reports on the additional field activities of a pilot study carried out from June 28th until July 11th 2014 within Primorje- Gorski Kotar County in order to: 1) Test the most recent version of the protocol proposed by the MedMPAnet Working Group for the monitoring of coralligenous outcrops, a habitat endemic to the Mediterranean Sea and included in the priority habitat type “1170 Reefs“ by the EU Habitats Directive 2) Check the applicability of low cost videography in the monitoring program 3) Assess additional coralligenous sites within Primorje-Gorski Kotar County that could qualify as sites of the national monitoring program 4) Contribute to the knowledge of sessile macrobenthos (algae and invertebrates) thriving in coralligenous community found within Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Development and testing of the coralligenous monitoring protocol has been carried out in the framework of the "MedMPAnet Project – Pilot project Croatia".

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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