Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine
Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine
Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM ON MARINE VEGETATION (ATHENS, 12-13 DECEMBER 2003)<br />
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• mei<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>auna species;<br />
• nutrients in intersticial water;<br />
• sediment metabolism expressed through respirati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Marking <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lower limit <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meadow<br />
In order to be able to m<strong>on</strong>itor <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> development <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meadow, 6 marks were placed at<br />
its lower limit while 4 <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m were used to mark <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> outer border <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>e single patch.<br />
In accordance with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> methodology used in GIS Posid<strong>on</strong>ie, photographs <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> situati<strong>on</strong><br />
were taken in order to enable <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> follow-up <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> evoluti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meadow and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
eventual changes in its lower limit.<br />
Installing signposts<br />
Due to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> fact that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meadow is located in an urbanised area with a ra<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r intense<br />
recreati<strong>on</strong>al use, especially in summer, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> signposts represent an important tool in<br />
spreading <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> awareness <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> importance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meadow and its c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong>. Taking<br />
into account <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> specificity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> area, five signposts, explaining <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> main characteristics and<br />
importance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Posid<strong>on</strong>ia oceanica and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> measures adopted, were foreseen.<br />
Increasing public awareness<br />
As menti<strong>on</strong>ed above, all <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> activities were used as a tool to icrease public awareness<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cerning <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> importance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meadow and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> need for its c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong>. However a<br />
special event was organised in order also to inform <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> public <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> activities carried out<br />
in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> framework <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> project. The event included a press c<strong>on</strong>ference, a fild trip, lectures<br />
by Gerard Pergent and Christine Pergent-Martini<br />
from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Corsica and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> opening<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> an exhibiti<strong>on</strong> dedicated to P. oceanica<br />
meadows, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir importance and role.<br />
CONCLUSIONS<br />
The implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> activities foreseen<br />
in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Memorandum <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Understanding was<br />
carried out succesfully and what is even more<br />
important; <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y were very well accepted by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
general public and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> local authorities. One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> direct<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sequences <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> activities is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> inclusi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mapping in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> elaborati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> plans for<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future development <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> area. Beside that, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> activities – mapping, marking <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lower<br />
limit etc. represent <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> necessary basis for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a l<strong>on</strong>g-term m<strong>on</strong>itoring <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> area<br />
and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> definiti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> effective measures for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meadow.<br />
Fig. 2 : Lecture by pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Pergent