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TI Ecological status of coralligenous assemblages: Ten years of application of the ESCA index from local to wide scale validation
BT 
AF Piazzi, L.
   Gennaro, P.
   Cecchi, E.
   Bianchi, C.N.
   Cinti, M.F.
   Gatti, G.
   Guala, I.
   Morri, C.
   SARTORETTO, Stephane
   Serena, F.
   Montefalcone, M.
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:1;6:5;7:6;8:4;9:7;10:8;11:4;
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C1 Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Via Piandanna 4, 07100 Sassari, Italy
   Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA ex ICRAM), Via di Castel Romano 100, 00128 Roma, Italy
   ARPAT - Regional Agency for the Environmental Protection of Tuscany, Via Marradi 114, 57126 Livorno, Italy
   DiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy
   Station Marine d'Endoume, Chemin de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France
   IMC - International Marine Centre, Loc. Sa Mardini, Torregrande, 09170 Oristano, Italy
   IFREMER, Zone Portuaire de Brégaillon, CS 20 330 83507 La Seyne-sur-mer Cedex, France
   CNR-IRBIM, Via Vaccara 61, 91026 Mazara del Vallo (TP), Italy
C2 UNIV SASSARI, ITALY
   ISPRA, ITALY
   ARPAT, ITALY
   UNIV GENOA, ITALY
   UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE
   IMC, ITALY
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   CNR IRBIM, ITALY
SI TOULON
SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC
IN WOS Ifremer UPR
   DOAJ
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
IF 6.263
TC 19
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00658/77011/78271.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00658/77011/78272.doc
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00658/77011/83234.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Coralligenous reefs;Ecological index;Impact evaluation;Mediterranean Sea;Monitoring
AB This paper aims at collating and reviewing all data collected using the ESCA (Ecological Status of Coralligenous Assemblages) index from 2009 to 2018 during different local applications, in order to evaluate at large spatial scale its effectiveness and temporal variability. To this scope, the large-scale response of ESCA to anthropogenic disturbance was tested comparing ESCA values calculated at 42 sites of the Western Mediterranean Sea with the anthropization index. Moreover, the sensitivity of ESCA to punctual human disturbance and the robustness of the index across the natural space and time variability were evaluated. The large spatial scale study showed significant correlation between ESCA and the anthropization index, while very low correlation was detected when descriptors of ESCA (i.e., sensitivity levels, α-diversity, and β-diversity) were considered separately. The three impact evaluation studies highlighted significantly lower values of the ESCA index in disturbed conditions than in the control ones. The coastal monitoring study confirmed the robustness of the index which showed a high ecological quality of coralligenous reefs in reference conditions compared to more anthropized sites, and this pattern was maintained throughout the ten years study period. Application of the ESCA index to different situations tested positively its sensibility to different levels and type of human disturbance and its stability with respect to regional spatio-temporal variability. This confirm the reliability of the ESCA index already tested on the local and annual scale, thus broadening its range of application and validating it on a wider space–time scale. 
PY 2021
PD FEB
SO Ecological Indicators
SN 1470-160X
PU Elsevier BV
VL 121
UT 000605626800008
DI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107077
ID 77011
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