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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Posidonia oceanica Monitoring Indicators, Valencian Community, Spain
This article presents the results from the long-term Water Framework Directive monitoring of Posidonia oceanica in the Valencian Community, Spain. A total of six areas where Posidonia occurs were studied. Locations were characterized by a different ecological condition: degraded Posidonia meadows; meadows in good conditions; meadows close to the best reference conditions. The spatiotemporal variability of different indicators were sampled from 2005 to 2017. Lower quality meadows are characterized by a lower density and coverage of Posidonia, a higher proportion of dead Posidonia, a higher proportion of plagiotropic rhizomes, smaller shoots, and higher epiphyte biomass, as well as the presence of foliar necrosis marks. For all study sites, the temporal trends indicated a decrease in the quality of the meadows from 2005 to 2011 and a recovery from 2012 to 2017. Some variability observed in the indicators such as P. oceanica cover in patchy meadows, could not be explained by changes in the meadow health.
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Posidonia oceanica Monitoring Indicators, Valencian Community, Spain
This article presents the results from the long-term Water Framework Directive monitoring of Posidonia oceanica in the Valencian Community, Spain. A total of six areas where Posidonia occurs were studied. Locations were characterized by a different ecological condition: degraded Posidonia meadows; meadows in good conditions; meadows close to the best reference conditions. The spatiotemporal variability of different indicators were sampled from 2005 to 2017. Lower quality meadows are characterized by a lower density and coverage of Posidonia, a higher proportion of dead Posidonia, a higher proportion of plagiotropic rhizomes, smaller shoots, and higher epiphyte biomass, as well as the presence of foliar necrosis marks. For all study sites, the temporal trends indicated a decrease in the quality of the meadows from 2005 to 2011 and a recovery from 2012 to 2017. Some variability observed in the indicators such as P. oceanica cover in patchy meadows, could not be explained by changes in the meadow health.
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Posidonia oceanica Monitoring Indicators, Valencian Community, Spain
Yolanda Fernández-Torquemada (author) / Marta Díaz-Valdés (author) / Andrés Izquierdo-Muñoz (author) / José Luis Sánchez-Lizaso (author) / Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá (author)
2020
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