Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine
Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine
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were fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r elaborated in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> workshop <strong>on</strong> meadow cartography and image treatment<br />
with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> program Multiscope 4.2. in Corte, organised by RAC/SPA and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> “Coastal<br />
Ecosystems Group” <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Corsica.<br />
Checking <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> aerial photography by SCUBA diving c<strong>on</strong>firmed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> suitability<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this method in shallow waters. The areas with P. oceanica could be distinguished very<br />
precisely from o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r habitat types already from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> DOF. The surface <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sea bottom<br />
covered by P. oceanica was calculated to be 0.63 ha. The results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mapping were<br />
used also to define <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lower border <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meadow. Only in this way we will be able to<br />
m<strong>on</strong>itor <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> spreading or regressi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> P. oceanica in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Slovenian coastal sea.<br />
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