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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM ON MARINE VEGETATION (ATHENS, 12-13 DECEMBER 2003)<br />

28<br />

Despite <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> fact that hundreds <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> maps <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Mediterranean</str<strong>on</strong>g> benthic vegetati<strong>on</strong> are<br />

available, it is doubtful whe<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r many <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m fulfil any <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> possible purposes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

cartography: acquisiti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> scientific knowledge, coastal management taking into<br />

c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> nature c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong>, l<strong>on</strong>g term dynamics and short term m<strong>on</strong>itoring. Major<br />

criticisms are that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y lack accuracy and that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y are <strong>on</strong>ly qualitative (i.e. presence or<br />

absence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a species, a community, a landscape or a type <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> bottom).<br />

Never<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>less, provided that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> methods and degree <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> accuracy suit <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> use to which<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> maps are to be put (a rare feature: many maps were established without anticipating<br />

any specific use), cartography can be a valuable tool. Clearly, marine ecology, coastal<br />

management, nature c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> and envir<strong>on</strong>mental m<strong>on</strong>itoring do require maps.<br />

In additi<strong>on</strong>, with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> excepti<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> seagrass Posid<strong>on</strong>ia oceanica (Magnoliophyta,<br />

Viridobi<strong>on</strong>ta, Plantae), maps <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> communities dominated by o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r macrophytes, e.g.<br />

Cystoseira spp., Sargassum spp., Laminaria ochroleuca, Stypopodium shimperi<br />

(Chromobi<strong>on</strong>ta, Stramenopiles), Halopitys incurvus, Digenea simplex, Corallina<br />

el<strong>on</strong>gata, Peyss<strong>on</strong>nelia spp., encrusting corallines (Rhodobi<strong>on</strong>ta, Plantae) and Caulerpa<br />

prolifera (Chlorobi<strong>on</strong>ta, Viridobi<strong>on</strong>ta, Plantae) are too scrarce.<br />

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