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http://hdl.handle.net/2445/167517| Title: | Visual faunistic exploration of geomorphological human-impacted deep-sea areas of the north-western Mediterranean Sea |
| Author: | Mecho Lausac, Ariadna Aguzzi, Jacopo De Mol, Ben Lastras Membrive, Galderic Ramirez-Llodra, Eva Bahamon Rivera, Nixon Company Claret, Joan Baptista Canals Artigas, Miquel |
| Keywords: | Fauna marina Valls submarines Geomorfologia Ecologia marina Mediterrània (Mar : nord-oest) Marine fauna Submarine valleys Geomorphology Marine ecology Mediterranean Sea (northwest) |
| Issue Date: | 1-Sep-2018 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Abstract: | This study reports the composition and distribution of demersal megafauna from various north-western Mediterranean submarine areas such as canyons, seamounts and landslides between 60-800 m depth, based on remotely operated vehicle (ROV) observations. From a total of 30 h of video, 4534 faunistic observations were made and analysed in relationship to environmental factors (i.e. topography, substrate type and depth). In addition, anthropogenic impact was quantified by grouping observations in four categories: fishing nets, longlines, trawl marks and other litter. The different targeted environments showed similarities in faunal composition according to substrate, depth and topography. Our results also indicated the presence of anthropogenic impact in all the sampled areas in which litter and trawl marks were the most observed artefacts. |
| Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000431 |
| It is part of: | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2018, vol. 98, num. 6, p. 1241-1252 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/167517 |
| Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000431 |
| ISSN: | 0025-3154 |
| Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Dinàmica de la Terra i l'Oceà) |
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