Chapter 11
Management of Infralittoral Habitats: Towards
a Seascape Scale Approach
Adrien Cheminée, Eric Feunteun, Samuel Clerici, Bertrand Cousin
and Patrice Francour
Abstract This study highlighted that the management of coastal fish assemblages
still requires to upgrade and involve not only the approach of controlling catches but
also in addition the management of all the essential habitats frequented during the
different stages in the life cycle of these species. On the basis of a specific case study,
the nurseries of the Sparidae fishes of the genus Diplodus (white seabream) in the
area of the Calanques National Park (Marseilles; north-western Mediterranean), the
present article proposes a conceptual scheme to guide coastal managers in following
a seascape scale approach while using the tools they dispose of. This case study
furthermore enables us to make practical recommendations applicable to the statutory
and contractual management of the whole of the Mediterranean coastal zone.
Keywords Seascape · Essential habitats · Connectivity · Nurseries · Coastal
management · Statutory protection · Contractual protection
A. Cheminée ()
Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, EA 4228 ECOMERS, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
e-mail: adrien.cheminee@unice.fr
Association Septentrion Environnement, Maison de la Mer,
Corniche Kennedy, 13007 Marseille, France
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, IRD, MIO, UM 110,
Campus de Luminy, Case 901, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
P. Francour
Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, EA 4228 ECOMERS, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
E. Feunteun
UMR 7208 BOREA MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-IRD, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle,
Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement sur les Systèmes Cˆ otiers, 35800 Dinard, France
S. Clerici · B. Cousin
Parc National des Calanques, 13009 Marseille, France
O. Musard et al. (eds.), Underwater Seascapes, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-03440-9_11,
161
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Management of Infralittoral Habitats: Towards
a Seascape Scale Approach
Adrien Cheminée, Eric Feunteun, Samuel Clerici, Bertrand Cousin
and Patrice Francour
Abstract This study highlighted that the management of coastal fish assemblages
still requires to upgrade and involve not only the approach of controlling catches but
also in addition the management of all the essential habitats frequented during the
different stages in the life cycle of these species. On the basis of a specific case study,
the nurseries of the Sparidae fishes of the genus Diplodus (white seabream) in the
area of the Calanques National Park (Marseilles; north-western Mediterranean), the
present article proposes a conceptual scheme to guide coastal managers in following
a seascape scale approach while using the tools they dispose of. This case study
furthermore enables us to make practical recommendations applicable to the statutory
and contractual management of the whole of the Mediterranean coastal zone.
Keywords Seascape · Essential habitats · Connectivity · Nurseries · Coastal
management · Statutory protection · Contractual protection
A. Cheminée ()
Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, EA 4228 ECOMERS, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
e-mail: adrien.cheminee@unice.fr
Association Septentrion Environnement, Maison de la Mer,
Corniche Kennedy, 13007 Marseille, France
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, IRD, MIO, UM 110,
Campus de Luminy, Case 901, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
P. Francour
Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, EA 4228 ECOMERS, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
E. Feunteun
UMR 7208 BOREA MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-IRD, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle,
Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement sur les Systèmes Cˆ otiers, 35800 Dinard, France
S. Clerici · B. Cousin
Parc National des Calanques, 13009 Marseille, France
O. Musard et al. (eds.), Underwater Seascapes, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-03440-9_11,
161
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014