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Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine

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features <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> P. oceanica made it possible to definitely rule out <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> possibility that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

differences between most <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se maps may have been due to actual changes in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

seagrass meadow expanse. For example, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> horiz<strong>on</strong>tal growth <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a plagiotropic (=<br />

creeping) rhizome never exceeds 10 cm/a, and averages over l<strong>on</strong>g periods 4 cm/a<br />

(Boudouresque et al., 1984; Meinesz and Lefèvre, 1984). Therefore a progressi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

more than 1 km in an <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fshore directi<strong>on</strong> (between Mari<strong>on</strong>'s 1883 and Pruvot's 1897<br />

map), <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> nearly 1 km in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> directi<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> shore (between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pruvot and Picard<br />

1958 maps) is hardly credible (Fig. 1). Even <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1979 Cristiani map is dubious in some<br />

places (e.g. in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> north-east part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> cove).<br />

In order to assess <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> value <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ancient maps, attempts have been made to estimate<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> reliability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> maps (Iehlé et al., 1995; Pasqualini, 1997; Pergent-Martini, 2000;<br />

Leriche-Guichard, 2001; B<strong>on</strong>-homme et al., 2003). Leriche et al. (2004) have proposed<br />

a Reliability Index (RI), rated 1 to 50, which weights three parameters, within 3 depth<br />

ranges (0-5, 5-15 and >15 m): (i) <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> initial scale <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> map (source map) and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

working scale (target scale); (ii) <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> method(s) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> data acquisiti<strong>on</strong> (e.g. dredging, grabs,<br />

aerial photographs, side scan s<strong>on</strong>ar, scuba diving); and (iii) <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> method <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> geographical<br />

positi<strong>on</strong>ing <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> data.<br />

Leriche et al., (2004) stated that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> RI value <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>

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