Needs and gaps in optical underwater technologies and methods for the investigation of marine animal forest 3D-structural complexity

Marine animal forests are benthic communities dominated by sessile suspension feeders (such as sponges, corals, and bivalves) able to generate three-dimensional (3D) frameworks with high structural complexity. The biodiversity and functioning of marine animal forests are strictly related to their 3D...

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Autores: Rossi, Paolo, Ponti, Massimo, Righi, Sara, Castagnetti, Cristina, Simonini, Roberto, Mancini, Francesco, Agrafiotis, Panagiotis, Bassani, Leonardo, Bruno, Fabio, Cerrano, Carlo, Cignoni, Paolo, Corsini, Massimiliano, Drap, Pierre, Dubbini, Marco, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gori, Andrea, Gracias, Nuno, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Linares Prats, Cristina, Pulido Mantas, Torcuato, Menna, Fabio, Nocerino, Erica, Palma, Marco, Pavoni, Gaia, Ridolfi, Alessandro, Rossi, Sergio (Rossi Heras), Skarlatos, Dimitrios, Treibitz, Tali, Turicchia, Eva, Yuval, Matan, Capra, Alessandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/176487
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/176487
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fauna marina
Biodiversitat
Dades de recerca
Marine fauna
Biodiversity
Research data
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Sumario:Marine animal forests are benthic communities dominated by sessile suspension feeders (such as sponges, corals, and bivalves) able to generate three-dimensional (3D) frameworks with high structural complexity. The biodiversity and functioning of marine animal forests are strictly related to their 3D complexity. The present paper aims at providing new perspectives in underwater optical surveys. Starting from the current gaps in data collection and analysis that critically limit the study and conservation of marine animal forests, we discuss the main technological and methodological needs for the investigation of their 3D structural complexity at different spatial and temporal scales. Despite recent technological advances, it seems that several issues in data acquisition and processing need to be solved, to properly map the different benthic habitats in which marine animal forests are present, their health status and to measure structural complexity. Proper precision and accuracy should be chosen and assured in relation to the biological and ecological processes investigated. Besides, standardized methods and protocols are strictly necessary to meet the FAIR (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability) data principles for the stewardship of habitat mapping and biodiversity, biomass, and growth data.

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