Marine Habitats in an Emerging Eco-Touristical Small Oceanic Island: A Methodological Strategy to Marine Spatial Planning

Cosme M, Otero Ferrer F, Tuya F, Abreu A D and Haroun R
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Tuya F: Biodiversity & Conservation Research Group, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Haroun R: Instituto Portugûes de Malacologia, Portugal

Organic & Medicinal Chemistry International Journal, 2019, vol. 9, issue 4, 68-71

Abstract: Accurate mapping of marine benthic communities, through acoustic technologies such as the Side-Scan Sonar (SSS), is highly demanded as critical baseline biological database to promote smart management of unknown tropical coastal environments, where rapid anthropogenic development is often occurring. In this study, SSS methodological protocol was developed to describe subtidal marine seabed’s (3 to 30 m depth) in four areas around Principe Island (Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Gulf of Guinee, Africa). A list of 6 habitats, within three main typologies (sandy bottoms, rocky reefs and biogenic seabed’s), was generated using a post-processing software and then corroborated with SCUBA diving and video transects. Sandy bottoms with ripple marks and small biogenic areas (rhodolith seabeds and Scleractinian corals) predominated in the north, east and south of the island.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/omcij.2019.09.555766

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