Mediterranean Sea shelters for the gold coral Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819): An assessment of potential distribution of a rare parasitic species.

Autor: Pulido Mantas T; Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, 60131, Italy. Electronic address: tatopm91@gmail.com., Varotti C; Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal. Electronic address: c.varotti@ua.pt., Roveta C; Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, 60131, Italy. Electronic address: c.roveta@pm.univpm.it., Palma M; UnderwaterBio-Cartography (UBICA) srl, Genova, Italy. Electronic address: 2marco.palma@gmail.com., Innocenti C; Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Via V. Brancati 48, 00144, Roma, Italy. Electronic address: carlo.innocenti@isprambiente.it., Giusti M; Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Via V. Brancati 48, 00144, Roma, Italy. Electronic address: michela.giusti@isprambiente.it., Benabdi M; Laboratory Environmental Monitoring Network, University Oran 1, Ahmed Ben Bella, Oran, Algeria. Electronic address: benabdi@gmail.com., Trainito E; Tavolara-PuntaCoda Cavallo', Olbia, Italy. Electronic address: et@egidiotrainito.it., Mačić V; Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro, Put I Bokeljske Brigade 69, 85330, Kotor, Montenegro. Electronic address: macic.v@ucg.ac.me., Gambi MC; Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale, OGS, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: gambimc@gmail.com., Cerrano C; Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, 60131, Italy; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Dept. of Integrative Marine Ecology, Italy; Fano Marine Center, Viale Adriatico 1/N, 61032, Fano, Italy. Electronic address: c.cerrano@staff.univpm.it.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Marine environmental research [Mar Environ Res] 2022 Jul; Vol. 179, pp. 105686. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105686
Abstrakt: Savalia savaglia is an ecosystem engineer listed as Near-Threatened by the IUCN, even though effective management and proper monitoring efforts to assess its distribution is still lacking. The record of large, long-established colonies can indicate the occurrence of areas with limited human local pressure. These areas may be considered as proxies for the creation of baselines of reference useful to design restoration strategies. The aim of this work was to update the distribution of S. savaglia Mediterranean populations to develop an Ecological Niche Model, highlighting potential areas for future monitoring programs. Occurrence data were collected and harmonized into a single dataset using the scientific literature and validated observations to feed a presence-only MaxEnt model, obtaining a basin-level potential distribution of the species. The results of our study can support decision-makers in marine spatial planning measures including the preservation of mesophotic environments and prioritizing areas for conservation.
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