Chapter 10
Invertebrates: The Realm of Diversity
José Templado, Ángel A. Luque, Diego Moreno,
José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, Luis Sánchez Tocino, Ricardo Aguilar,
and Ana de la Torriente
10.1 Emblematic Species
There is a body of literature about the terminology related to “focal species”
(flagship, keystone, umbrella or charismatic species) from an ecological or conservation point of view (e.g. Caro et al. 2004; Ducarme et al. 2013). Without going into
this debate, we prefer to use simply here the term “emblematic species” for those
representatives of the Alboran Sea which have successful populations and serve as a
symbol to draw attention and stimulate conservation awareness and action. The term
emblematic species overlaps in part with flagship or charismatic species (see
J. Templado (*)
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
e-mail: templado@mncn.csic.es
Á. A. Luque
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
e-mail: angel.luque@uam.es
D. Moreno
Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua, Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Desarrollo
Sostenible, Junta de Andalucía, Almería, Spain
e-mail: diego.moreno@juntadeandalucia.es
J. M. Tierno de Figueroa · L. Sánchez Tocino
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
e-mail: jmtdef@ugr.es; lstocino@ugr.es
R. Aguilar
Oceana, Madrid, Spain
e-mail: raguilar@oceana.org
A. de la Torriente
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Santander, Spain
e-mail: ana.torriente@ieo.es
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
J. C. Báez et al. (eds.), Alboran Sea - Ecosystems and Marine Resources,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65516-7_10
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Invertebrates: The Realm of Diversity
José Templado, Ángel A. Luque, Diego Moreno,
José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, Luis Sánchez Tocino, Ricardo Aguilar,
and Ana de la Torriente
10.1 Emblematic Species
There is a body of literature about the terminology related to “focal species”
(flagship, keystone, umbrella or charismatic species) from an ecological or conservation point of view (e.g. Caro et al. 2004; Ducarme et al. 2013). Without going into
this debate, we prefer to use simply here the term “emblematic species” for those
representatives of the Alboran Sea which have successful populations and serve as a
symbol to draw attention and stimulate conservation awareness and action. The term
emblematic species overlaps in part with flagship or charismatic species (see
J. Templado (*)
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
e-mail: templado@mncn.csic.es
Á. A. Luque
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
e-mail: angel.luque@uam.es
D. Moreno
Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua, Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Desarrollo
Sostenible, Junta de Andalucía, Almería, Spain
e-mail: diego.moreno@juntadeandalucia.es
J. M. Tierno de Figueroa · L. Sánchez Tocino
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
e-mail: jmtdef@ugr.es; lstocino@ugr.es
R. Aguilar
Oceana, Madrid, Spain
e-mail: raguilar@oceana.org
A. de la Torriente
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Santander, Spain
e-mail: ana.torriente@ieo.es
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
J. C. Báez et al. (eds.), Alboran Sea - Ecosystems and Marine Resources,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65516-7_10
359