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Manuela Falautano

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Megabenthos Underwater Video (MUV): a new device to evaluate species distribution in hard-to-reach marine areas

2021

A device, called Megabenthos Underwater Video (MUV), was designed and built for the counting and the size estimate of benthic organisms in hard-to-reach areas. Since 2014 Cassiopea andromeda, an invasive alien jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea with benthic behavior, colonized a recreational harbor (Cala) of Palermo with a stable population. Studying the species distribution in this area with classical methods (such as visual census, ROV, etc.) was not applicable due to the large presence of obstacles (ropes, anchor cables, boats) and to dive difficulties in these types of area. The MUV was tested from 2017 to 2018 for the study of the spatial-temporal distribution of C. andromeda in the Ca…

education.field_of_studyJellyfishbiologyPopulationSpecies distributionRemotely operated underwater vehiclebiology.organism_classificationMediterranean seaOceanographyBenthic zonebiology.animalEnvironmental science14. Life underwaterUnderwatereducationCassiopea andromeda2021 International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea)
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Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

2020

Este artículo contiene 18 páginas, 4 figuras.

Invasions biològiques -- Mediterrània (Mar)geo-referenced records0206 medical engineeringNon-native speciesInvasive alien speciesLibrary sciencenon-native species non-indigenous distribution citizen science invasive alien species geo-referenced records Mediterranean Sea02 engineering and technologyAlienDistributionCitizen science01 natural sciencesRecords -- ManagementScience -- Mediterranean Region0103 physical sciencesAgency (sociology)citizen scienceCitizen sciencedistributionMediterranean Seamedia_common.cataloged_instancenon-indigenousZoología14. Life underwaterEuropean unionnon-indigenous speciesComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsGlobal environmental analysismedia_commonBiological invasions -- Mediterranean Seainvasive alien species010304 chemical physicsEcologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaMarine reservenon-native speciesGeo-referenced records020601 biomedical engineeringEspècies introduïdes -- Mediterrània (Mar)Introduced organisms -- Mediterranean Sea13. Climate actionGeneral partnership[SDE]Environmental SciencesMarine protected areaCitizen science; Distribution; Geo-referenced records; Invasive alien species; Mediterranean Sea; Non-indigenous; Non-native speciesNon-indigenousScience -- Methodology -- Case studies
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Sneaking into a Hotspot of Biodiversity: Coverage and Integrity of a Rhodolith Bed in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean Sea)

2022

Habitat mapping, physical characteristics and benthic community of a rhodolith bed in the Pelagie Islands (Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea) were studied through Multi–Beam Echo–Sounder (MBES), Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and grab samples. The geomorphological analysis revealed an articulated and wide rhodolith bed; video inspections highlighted a bed with high coverage, few sandy patches and with a prevalence of the boxwork morphotype. A total of 207 taxa with 876 specimens were identified, and Polychaeta was the dominant taxon. Linguimaera caesaris, a Lessepsian benthic amphipod, was recorded in all sampling sites, and its presence represents an input to deepen the benthic assembla…

macroalgaeSettore BIO/07 - Ecologiabiodiversity; community composition; rhodolith morphotypes; habitat mapping; Lampedusa Island; macroalgae; bioconstructions; <i>Linguimaera caesaris</i>Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematicahabitat mappingLampedusa IslandSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaOcean Engineeringbioconstructionrhodolith morphotypeLinguimaera caesariscommunity compositionWater Science and TechnologyCivil and Structural EngineeringbiodiversityJournal of Marine Science and Engineering; Volume 10; Issue 12; Pages: 1808
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