0000000000402039
AUTHOR
Enric Sala
An integrated assessment of the Good Environmental Status of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
Este artículo contiene 11 páginas, 2 figuras, 2 tablas.
The Status of Coastal Benthic Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea: Evidence From Ecological Indicators
The Mediterranean Sea is subject to multiple human pressures increasingly threatening its unique biodiversity. Spatially explicit information on the ecological status of marine ecosystems is therefore key to an effective maritime spatial planning and management, and to help the achievement of environmental targets. Here, we summarized scientific data on the ecological status of a selection of marine ecosystems based on a set of ecological indicators in more than 700 sites of the Mediterranean Sea. For Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds, rocky intertidal fringe, and coastal soft bottoms, more than 70% of investigated sites exhibited good to high ecological conditions. In contrast, about two-th…
Warming-related shifts in the distribution of two competing coastal wrasses
13 páginas, 5 figuras , 1 tabla, 1 apéndice con tres tablas y una figura