Algae
; Ecosystems
; Marine pollution
; Reefs
; Biological indicators
; Biological parameter
; Confidence indices
; Ecosystem functioning
; Marine strategy framework directive(MSFD)
; Marine strategy framework directives
; Mediterranean sea
; Northwestern Mediterranean
; Ecology
; alga
; bioindicator
; conceptual framework
; ecosystem function
; environmental assessment
; reef
; alga
; Article
; controlled study
; coral reef
; Ecosystem Based Quality Index
; environmental impact assessment
; irradiation
; Mediterranean Sea
; nonhuman
; population abundance
; salinity
; sea urchin
; seasonal variation
; sedimentation
; species distribution
; species diversity
; species dominance
; teleost
; water flow
; water temperature
; biological model
; biota
; ecosystem
; environmental monitoring
; reproducibility
; seaweed
; Mediterranean Sea
; algae
; Biota
; Coral Reefs
; Ecosystem
; Environmental Monitoring
; Mediterranean Sea
; Models, Biological
; Reproducibility of Results
; Seaweed
Scopus学科分类:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要:
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 ecosystem functioning, 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 a wide set of functional compartments, rather than upon just a few species; it is easy and inexpensive to implement, robust and not redundant with regard to already existing indices. � 2017 Elsevier Ltd
Aix-Marseille University, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), CNRS/INSU, IRD, UM 110, Campus universitaire de Luminy, case 901, Marseille, France; Centre d'Estudis Avan�ats de Blanes - CSIC, Blanes, Spain; Aix-Marseille University, Institut M�diterran�en de Biodiversit� et d'Ecologie (IMBE), UMR 7263, Station Marine d'Endoume, rue de la batterie des lions, Marseille, France; DiSTAV, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Universit� di Genova, Corso Europa 26, Genova, Italy; Universit� Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, FRE 3729 ECOMERS, Parc Valrose, 28 avenue Valrose, Nice, France; Universit� de Perpignan, CNRS, Via Domitia, Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements M�diterran�ens, UMR 5110, Perpignan, France; Office de l'Environnement de la Corse, Riserva Naturali di i Bucchi di Bunifaziu, Rundinara, Bonifacio, Corsica, France; Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Station Marine de Concarneau, Concarneau, France; Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 643, Barcelona, Spain
Recommended Citation:
Thibaut T.,Blanfun� A.,Boudouresque C.F.,et al. An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of Mediterranean algae-dominated shallow rocky reefs[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2017-01-01,117(2018-01-02)