‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortality

The Mediterranean ribbed limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791 is the most endangered marine invertebrate listed in the EU Habitats Directive. A diversity of anthropic pressures have reduced its present-day distribution to a fraction of its former size. Perhaps surprisingly, this highly protected s...

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Autores: Darren Andrew, Fa, Finlayson, Geraldine, Sempere Valverde, Juan, García Gómez, José Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/116608
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/116608
https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00921
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Palabra clave:Patella ferruginea
EU Habitats Directive
Endangered species
Conservation management
Rocky intertidal
Artificial coastal constructs
Artificial marine micro-reserves
AMMRs
Gibraltar
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spelling ‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortalityDarren Andrew, FaFinlayson, GeraldineSempere Valverde, JuanGarcía Gómez, José CarlosPatella ferrugineaEU Habitats DirectiveEndangered speciesConservation managementRocky intertidalArtificial coastal constructsArtificial marine micro-reservesAMMRsGibraltarThe Mediterranean ribbed limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791 is the most endangered marine invertebrate listed in the EU Habitats Directive. A diversity of anthropic pressures have reduced its present-day distribution to a fraction of its former size. Perhaps surprisingly, this highly protected species has successfully established along man-made harbour breakwaters, resulting in serious complications when these structures have required modification or repair, often leading to costly impasses due to the legal status of the species. Attempts to move the limpets to other locations have resulted in unacceptably high mortality rates. This article describes the result of a field experiment where 97 P. ferruginea individuals were transported to a new site, using a technique which involved carefully moving the limpets whilst inactive (during low tide), still attached to their home scars on breakwater boulders. The results of this experiment were significantly positive, with 87% of all translocated limpets still alive 10 mo after the move, a mortality rate which compared favourably with that obtained for the existing control population at the receptor site. We propose that this method could be a practical solution to address the conflicts generated by this endangered species’ preference for harbour constructs. We further propose that this method can be used as a management tool to enhance the species’ survival prospects, by creating ‘stepping stones’ of pockets of reproducing individuals that can connect currently fragmented populations to effect a population recovery of this threatened organism.Inter ResearchZoología2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/116608https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00921reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésEndangered Species Research, 37, 219-232.https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00921info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1166082026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv ‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortality
title ‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortality
spellingShingle ‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortality
Darren Andrew, Fa
Patella ferruginea
EU Habitats Directive
Endangered species
Conservation management
Rocky intertidal
Artificial coastal constructs
Artificial marine micro-reserves
AMMRs
Gibraltar
title_short ‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortality
title_full ‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortality
title_fullStr ‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortality
title_full_unstemmed ‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortality
title_sort ‘Impossible’ re-introduction of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791? Progress in resolving translocation mortality
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Darren Andrew, Fa
Finlayson, Geraldine
Sempere Valverde, Juan
García Gómez, José Carlos
author Darren Andrew, Fa
author_facet Darren Andrew, Fa
Finlayson, Geraldine
Sempere Valverde, Juan
García Gómez, José Carlos
author_role author
author2 Finlayson, Geraldine
Sempere Valverde, Juan
García Gómez, José Carlos
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Zoología
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Patella ferruginea
EU Habitats Directive
Endangered species
Conservation management
Rocky intertidal
Artificial coastal constructs
Artificial marine micro-reserves
AMMRs
Gibraltar
topic Patella ferruginea
EU Habitats Directive
Endangered species
Conservation management
Rocky intertidal
Artificial coastal constructs
Artificial marine micro-reserves
AMMRs
Gibraltar
description The Mediterranean ribbed limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791 is the most endangered marine invertebrate listed in the EU Habitats Directive. A diversity of anthropic pressures have reduced its present-day distribution to a fraction of its former size. Perhaps surprisingly, this highly protected species has successfully established along man-made harbour breakwaters, resulting in serious complications when these structures have required modification or repair, often leading to costly impasses due to the legal status of the species. Attempts to move the limpets to other locations have resulted in unacceptably high mortality rates. This article describes the result of a field experiment where 97 P. ferruginea individuals were transported to a new site, using a technique which involved carefully moving the limpets whilst inactive (during low tide), still attached to their home scars on breakwater boulders. The results of this experiment were significantly positive, with 87% of all translocated limpets still alive 10 mo after the move, a mortality rate which compared favourably with that obtained for the existing control population at the receptor site. We propose that this method could be a practical solution to address the conflicts generated by this endangered species’ preference for harbour constructs. We further propose that this method can be used as a management tool to enhance the species’ survival prospects, by creating ‘stepping stones’ of pockets of reproducing individuals that can connect currently fragmented populations to effect a population recovery of this threatened organism.
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