
La Ville de Nice a participé au meeting MaCoBioS sur la défense des écosystèmes côtiers marins
On 17 and 18 May, Nice took part in the annual meeting of MaCoBioS, a European programme for the protection of marine coastal ecosystems, organised
However, to evaluate the ecosystem and its services at a precise spatial scale, direct observation by divers is still a very accurate option. Since we are not aquatic species, it is hard to spend a lot of time underwater, moving fast, being located in this 3D environment or see far away. These limitations explain why monitoring at a seascape level can be difficult to achieve. Fortunately, thanks to innovative tools these challenges can be overcome. Indeed, using close circuit rebreather (CCR), dry suits and waterproof scooters, we were able to spend more time in the water and to move faster between each sampling point. Underwater navigation between sampling points was further facilitated by wireless geolocated waterproof tablets. We were pretty heavy underwater with this complete set of tools, but we still had space to carry our sampling materials. At each sampling point, we characterised the structural complexity of the habitat by 3D photogrammetry, made in situ samplings, evaluation of benthic communities and assessment of fish diversity that will be complimentary to the biodiversity assessed through bioacoustics.
Text by Géraldine Pérez and Rémy Simide
Photos by the IOPR team
On 17 and 18 May, Nice took part in the annual meeting of MaCoBioS, a European programme for the protection of marine coastal ecosystems, organised
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