MATERIELS AND METHODS
Figure 5. Example of 10Km side grid subdivided into 500m X 500m squares along the
coastline.
2.2.2. Anthropogenic pressures assessment supplemented by data census
2.2.2.1. Using the method described by Hu et al. (2021) and adjusted
It’s a quantitative approach based on data census to assess anthropogenic pressures on
seagrass where the human pressure intensity was quantified. This approach was proposed to
rapidly estimate the magnitude of quantified pressures. The area considered here is always
within the 25Km x 25Km square, and the intensity of human pressure has been quantified
considering data collected from different sources.
The pressures included surface urbanization, distance from industry, demography
(residents), fishing activity represented by the total number of vessels for each port, aquaculture
activity represented by the annual production of the fish farms, the number of wastewater
discharge points and the presence or absence of the introduced specie (Caulerpa cylindracea).
This approach has been applied in two ways on the basis of two urbanization estimation
methods:
Figure 5. Example of 10Km side grid subdivided into 500m X 500m squares along the
coastline.
2.2.2. Anthropogenic pressures assessment supplemented by data census
2.2.2.1. Using the method described by Hu et al. (2021) and adjusted
It’s a quantitative approach based on data census to assess anthropogenic pressures on
seagrass where the human pressure intensity was quantified. This approach was proposed to
rapidly estimate the magnitude of quantified pressures. The area considered here is always
within the 25Km x 25Km square, and the intensity of human pressure has been quantified
considering data collected from different sources.
The pressures included surface urbanization, distance from industry, demography
(residents), fishing activity represented by the total number of vessels for each port, aquaculture
activity represented by the annual production of the fish farms, the number of wastewater
discharge points and the presence or absence of the introduced specie (Caulerpa cylindracea).
This approach has been applied in two ways on the basis of two urbanization estimation
methods: