DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.04.016
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85045482112
论文题名: A predictive approach to benthic marine habitat mapping: Efficacy and management implications
作者: Vassallo P. ; Bianchi C.N. ; Paoli C. ; Holon F. ; Navone A. ; Bavestrello G. ; Cattaneo Vietti R. ; Morri C.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2018
卷: 131 起始页码: 218
结束页码: 232
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Coralligenous reefs
; EUNIS
; Fuzzy clustering
; Marine Protected Area
; Random forest
; SWOT analysis
Scopus关键词: Conservation
; Decision trees
; Environmental protection
; Fuzzy clustering
; Mapping
; Ocean habitats
; Reefs
; EUNIS
; Management implications
; Marine habitat mapping
; Marine protected area
; Random forests
; Spatial modelling
; SWOT analysis
; Variable importances
; Ecosystems
; article
; classification
; diving
; habitat
; human
; human experiment
; information system
; random forest
; Sardinia
; seashore
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: The availability of marine habitats maps remains limited due to difficulty and cost of working at sea. Reduced light penetration in the water hampers the use of optical imagery, and acoustic methods require extensive sea-truth activities. Predictive spatial modelling may offer an alternative to produce benthic habitat maps based on complete acoustic coverage of the seafloor together with a comparatively low number of sea truths. This approach was applied to the coralligenous reefs of the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo (NE Sardinia, Italy). Fuzzy clustering, applied to a set of observations made by scuba diving and used as sea truth, allowed recognising five coralligenous habitats, all but one existing within EUNIS (European Nature Information System) types. Variable importance plots showed that the distribution of habitats was driven by distance from coast, depth, and lithotype, and allowed mapping their distribution over the MPA. Congruence between observed and predicted distributions and accuracy of the classification was high. Results allowed calculating the occurrence of the distinct coralligenous habitats in zones with different protection level. The five habitats are unequally protected since the protection regime was established when detailed marine habitat maps were not available. A SWOT (Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats) analysis was performed to identify critical points and potentialities of the method. The method developed proved to be reliable and the results obtained will be useful when modulating on-going and future management actions in the studied area and in other Mediterranean MPAs to develop conservation efforts at basin scale. © 2018 Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/88276
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作者单位: DiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, Genova, Italy; Andromède Océanologie, 7 Place Cassan, Carnon-Plage, France; Area Marina Protetta di Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo, Via San Giovanni 14, Olbia, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, Italy
Recommended Citation:
Vassallo P.,Bianchi C.N.,Paoli C.,et al. A predictive approach to benthic marine habitat mapping: Efficacy and management implications[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2018-01-01,131