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Local benthic assemblages in shallow rocky reefs find refuge in a marine protected area at Madeira Island

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dc.contributor.authorAlves, F.
dc.contributor.authorCanning-Clode, João
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorGestoso, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorKaufmann, Manfred
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-05T08:49:32Z
dc.date.available2020-08-05T08:49:32Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe patterns of variability in the composition and structure of benthic communities along two depth strata (5 and 10m) and the presence of sea urchins in structuring the subtidal rocky reefs were quantified in a long-established coastal marine protected area (Garajau MPA) and in two size equivalent and contiguous impacted areas (one highly urbanized and other with high fishing pressure) at Madeira Island (northeast Atlantic). Results suggest i) the MPA could be acting as a refuge for local biodiversity, ii) communities from the highly fished area could be suffering an impoverishment of local biodiversity, and iii) communities from the highly urbanized area would be enriched by the establishment of opportunistic species. These findings support that the level of human-pressure likely plays an important role in the composition of benthic communities in this insular ecosystem, although this was more relevant at the shallower stratum where the key grazer Diadema africanum explained 65% of the variance of benthic assemblages. It is suggested that this MPA small dimension and proximity to human impacted areas are limiting the survival of predators of the D. africanum.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipAgência financiadora Oceanic Observatory of Madeira M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000001-OOM ARDITI - Madeira's Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation Madeira M1420-09-5369-FSE-000001 2014 FCT Investigator Programme IF/01606/2014/CP1230/CT0001pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11852-018-0669-ypt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14603
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSpringerpt_PT
dc.subjectCommunity structurept_PT
dc.subjectDiadema africanumpt_PT
dc.subjectMacroalgaept_PT
dc.subjectHuman pressurept_PT
dc.subjectMadeira Islandpt_PT
dc.subjectSessile macrofaunapt_PT
dc.titleLocal benthic assemblages in shallow rocky reefs find refuge in a marine protected area at Madeira Islandpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage383pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage373pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Coastal Conservationpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume23pt_PT
person.familyNameRibeiro
person.givenNameCláudia
person.identifier.ciencia-id7113-F344-A20D
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0703-8795
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