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Título: Marine Habitats in an Emerging Eco-Touristical Small Oceanic Island: A Methodological Strategy to Marine Spatial Planning
Autores/as: Cosme, M.
Otero Ferrer, F. 
Tuya, F. 
Abreu, A.D.
Haroun, R. 
Clasificación UNESCO: 310512 Ordenación y conservación de la fauna silvestre
590208 Política del medio ambiente
241705 Biología marina
Palabras clave: Cartography
Habitat mapping
Rhodoliths
Side Scan Sonar
Tropical
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Publicación seriada: Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal
Resumen: Accurate mapping of marine benthic communities, through acoustic technologies such as the Side-Scan Sonar (SSS), is highly demanded as critical baseline biological database to promote smart management of unknown tropical coastal environments, where rapid anthropogenic development is often occurring. In this study, SSS methodological protocol was developed to describe subtidal marine seabed’s (3 to 30 m depth) in four areas around Principe Island (Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Gulf of Guinee, Africa). A list of 6 habitats, within three main typologies (sandy bottoms, rocky reefs and biogenic seabed’s), was generated using a post-processing software and then corroborated with SCUBA diving and video transects. Sandy bottoms with ripple marks and small biogenic areas (rhodolith seabeds and Scleractinian corals) predominated in the north, east and south of the island. The southwestern sites concentrated most of the biogenic seabed’s, with greater variability and richness of the habitat and should be considered for future conservation purposes, according to Marine Spatial Planning policies. In the eastern zone of Principe Island, with an important local fishermen community, it is foreseen the implementation of sustainable marine resources management policies to support long-term exploitation. Geo-referenced habitat maps elaborated through SSS are an efficient tool for marine management and conservation.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/106793
ISSN: 2476-0536
DOI: 10.19080/OFOAJ.2019.09.555766
Fuente: Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal [ISSN 2476-0536], v. 9(4), 555766 (Marzo 2019)
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