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H.-J. Ceccaldi et al. (eds.), Marine Productivity: Perturbations and Resilience of Socio-ecosystems,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13878-7_25, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Abstract
Biotic indices, which refl ect the quality of the environment, are widely
used in the marine realm. The Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow is a
benthic sublittoral habitat characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea. The
Ecosystem-Based Quality Index (EBQI) is based upon the overall functioning of the Posidonia oceanica ecosystem, from primary producers and
the litter to top predators. It is compliant with the Marine Strategy
Framework Directive (MSFD) of the European Union (EU). It provides
managers with a response that is very different from that of the indices
only based upon the key species P. oceanica and a few affi liate species.
C. F. Boudouresque (*) • S. Personnic • D. Botha
M. Harmelin-Vivien • J.-C. Poggiale • T. Thibaut
S. Ruitton
Aix-Marseille University and Toulon University
(France) , Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
(MIO), CNRS/IRD, UM 110, Pytheas Institute ,
Campus of Luminy , Marseilles , France
e-mail: charles.boudouresque@mio.osupytheas.fr
P. Astruch • P. Bonhomme
GIS Posidonie, Pytheas Institute , Aix-Marseille
University , Campus of Luminy , Marseilles , France
E. Ballesteros
Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes , CSIC ,
Blanes , Spain
Ecosystem-Based Versus
Species- Based Approach
for Assessment of the Human
Impact on the Mediterranean
Seagrass Posidonia oceanica
Charles F. Boudouresque , Sébastien Personnic ,
Patrick Astruch , Enric Ballesteros ,
Denise Bellan- Santini , Patrick Bonhomme ,
Delphine Botha , Eric Feunteun ,
Mireille Harmelin-Vivien , Gérard Pergent ,
Jérémy Pastor , Jean- Christophe Poggiale ,
Florent Renaud , Thierry Thibaut ,
and Sandrine Ruitton
D. Bellan-Santini • F. Renaud
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie
(IMBE), Pytheas Institute , Aix-Marseille University ,
Station Marine d’Endoume , Marseilles , France
E. Feunteun
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle ,
Station Marine de Dinard , Dinard , France
G. Pergent
Equipe Ecosystèmes Littoraux , University of Corsica
Pasquale Paoli , Corti , France
J. Pastor
Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les
Environnements Méditerranéens , Perpignan
University , Perpignan , France
H.-J. Ceccaldi et al. (eds.), Marine Productivity: Perturbations and Resilience of Socio-ecosystems,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13878-7_25, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Abstract
Biotic indices, which refl ect the quality of the environment, are widely
used in the marine realm. The Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow is a
benthic sublittoral habitat characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea. The
Ecosystem-Based Quality Index (EBQI) is based upon the overall functioning of the Posidonia oceanica ecosystem, from primary producers and
the litter to top predators. It is compliant with the Marine Strategy
Framework Directive (MSFD) of the European Union (EU). It provides
managers with a response that is very different from that of the indices
only based upon the key species P. oceanica and a few affi liate species.
C. F. Boudouresque (*) • S. Personnic • D. Botha
M. Harmelin-Vivien • J.-C. Poggiale • T. Thibaut
S. Ruitton
Aix-Marseille University and Toulon University
(France) , Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
(MIO), CNRS/IRD, UM 110, Pytheas Institute ,
Campus of Luminy , Marseilles , France
e-mail: charles.boudouresque@mio.osupytheas.fr
P. Astruch • P. Bonhomme
GIS Posidonie, Pytheas Institute , Aix-Marseille
University , Campus of Luminy , Marseilles , France
E. Ballesteros
Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes , CSIC ,
Blanes , Spain
Ecosystem-Based Versus
Species- Based Approach
for Assessment of the Human
Impact on the Mediterranean
Seagrass Posidonia oceanica
Charles F. Boudouresque , Sébastien Personnic ,
Patrick Astruch , Enric Ballesteros ,
Denise Bellan- Santini , Patrick Bonhomme ,
Delphine Botha , Eric Feunteun ,
Mireille Harmelin-Vivien , Gérard Pergent ,
Jérémy Pastor , Jean- Christophe Poggiale ,
Florent Renaud , Thierry Thibaut ,
and Sandrine Ruitton
D. Bellan-Santini • F. Renaud
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie
(IMBE), Pytheas Institute , Aix-Marseille University ,
Station Marine d’Endoume , Marseilles , France
E. Feunteun
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle ,
Station Marine de Dinard , Dinard , France
G. Pergent
Equipe Ecosystèmes Littoraux , University of Corsica
Pasquale Paoli , Corti , France
J. Pastor
Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les
Environnements Méditerranéens , Perpignan
University , Perpignan , France