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Life SEPOSSO Field Activities: prospecting and survey on Piombino Transplantation (LI)

Home| ACTION B.2| Life SEPOSSO Field Activities: prospecting and survey on Piombino Transplantation (LI)

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Sep, 2018
By LifeFC
Life SEPOSSO Field Activities: prospecting and survey on Piombino Transplantation (LI)
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As part of the events scheduled in Piombino between 9 and 12 October, a series of technical-scientific dives on the study site in the Gulf of Follonica (Action B.2) have been carried out. The surveys have been performed by involving simultaneously the divers of ISPRA, ARPA Toscana (ARPAT), University of Rome Tor Vergata (UNIBio2), University of Palermo (DISTeM), and of the Port System Authority of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea (AdSPMTS). Overall, 50 hours of monitoring involving 11 active operators allowed the sharing of methodological techniques.  During the dives the operators verified the conditions of Posidonia oceanica transplantation, which was carried out in the Gulf of Follonica in 2014. The transplant, prescribed in the frame of the Environmental Impact Assessment decree, was developed as a compensation measure for the impact caused by the dredging of the exit channel in the port of Piombino. The transplant was performed by explanting 340 prairie clods from the dredged area, each about 4 square meters in size, and transferring them to areas identified as suitable. In addition to the existing video-photographic surveys, a new monitoring protocol allowed the acquisition of data from the entire transplant area. The survey was performed on more than 60 clods, equal to about 20% of all the transplanted ones. Preliminary observations show a high variability in the conservation status of clods, some of which are in good condition, some others totally eroded by hydrodynamic action, while others in an intermediate state, still difficult to classify. The most evident criticalities in determining the failure cases in this transplant were the bad techniques for transferring clods, storm surges, and water turbidity generally present on the area. The detailed results of these activities will be fundamental to increase the knowledge base that will lead to implementation of good practices to be used in the transplant management platform (PTWP), whose implementation is one of the central objectives of the Life SEPOSSO project.

 

the Life SEPOSSO underwater science team in action on Piombino transplantation

Plants of Posidonia transplanted are monitored

Life SEPOSSO  on the transplant area

An example of monitoring data collected by underwater scientific operators

 

 

 

 

 

 

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50% of the oxygen we breathe comes from the sea. #Posidonia meadows, also called “lungs of the sea”, are one of the most important sources of oxygen. A study from IMEDEA and the BBVA Foundation states that the meadow produces 14-20 lt of CO2 sqm per day. #LifeProject pic.twitter.com/K3iY…

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Nature protection is a pillar of the #EUGreenDeal and #BiodiversityStrategy2030 with 30% of land&seas to be legally protected by 2030. Member States must prepare legally binding targets on nature restoration during 2021 #LIFEconnectivity #LIFE4Nature 👇 bit.ly/3aR16tK pic.twitter.com/jDJI…

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La protezione degli habitat più preziosi spesso non è sufficiente a garantirne la sopravvivienza. Sono sempre più necessarie azioni di ripristino per garantire la conservazione della naturalità degli ambienti marino costieri e la loro funzionalità. #LifeSEPOSSO #LifeProjects pic.twitter.com/11md…

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