- Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
- A cura di Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Coralligenous cliffs in Tuscany: distribution, extension of the habitat and structure of assemblage
- Enrico Cecchi
- Luigi Piazzi
- Michela Ria
- Giacomo Marino
- Andrea Nicastro
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.56
The present study aims at assessing the distribution and extension of the coralligenous cliffs in Tuscany and describing the structure and the patterns of spatial variability. The mapping of seabed was obtained through Multibeam echosounder data coupled with video images. Coralligenous cliffs were sampled by SCUBA divers in 11 sectors of rocky costs following the STAR procedure. Coralligenous cliffs were present in all study sites, with a total length of about 62.5 km and a total surface of 0.47 km2. The linear extension of the habitat may be estimated about the 20% of Tuscany rocky coast.
- Keywords:
- Benthic assemblages,
- Coralligenous reefs,
- Mapping,
- Mediterranean Sea,
ARPAT, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-8910-891X
UNISS, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-3061-0187
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ARPAT, Italy
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Informazioni sul capitolo
Titolo del capitolo
Coralligenous cliffs in Tuscany: distribution, extension of the habitat and structure of assemblage
Autori
Enrico Cecchi, Luigi Piazzi, Michela Ria, Giacomo Marino, Andrea Nicastro
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.56
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Informazioni bibliografiche
Titolo del libro
Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Sottotitolo del libro
Livorno (Italy) 14th-16th June 2022
Curatori
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1
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979-12-215-0030-1
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979-12-215-0031-8
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Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
e-ISSN della collana
2975-0288