RT journal article
T1 Monitoring Non-Indigenous Species with Passive Sampling Methods in an Oceanic Island
A1 Diem, Anna
A1 Ramalhosa, Patrício
A1 Cacabelos, Eva
A1 Ferrario, Jasmine
A1 Castro, Nuno
A1 Henriques, Filipe
A1 Monteiro, João Gama
A1 Chainho, Paula
A1 Pham, Christopher Kim
A1 Canning-Clode, João
A1 Paula, José
A1 Gestoso García, Ignacio José
A2 Biología
K1 biological invasions
K1 monitoring
K1 coastal ecosystems
K1 biofouling
AB The synergistic effects of biological invasions have long been considered significant causesof biodiversity loss worldwide. Therefore, early detection monitoring is crucial in mitigating nonindigenousspecies (NIS) threats. In the marine environment, settlement plates were used as monitoringdevices in ports, but this method was mainly applied to assess the sessile benthic community andis less efficient in collecting the mobile biota and accessing its diversity. Moreover, as the potentialexpansion of NIS to the surrounding coastal environment is still poorly understood, a pilot studywas conducted focusing on two aspects: (i) improving the feasibility of the settling method underdifferent environmental contexts and (ii) enhancing the capacity of the developed prototypes tocollect more representative samples (i.e., sessile and mobile biota). Three different prototypes weredesigned: a box prototype consisting of PVC plates encapsulated by a plastic bottle, a CD prototypewith CDs surrounded by a net, and a PVC prototype with uncovered PVC plates. The prototypeswere deployed inside a marina and in an outside area on Madeira Island, Portugal. Results indicatethat the PVC prototype was the most efficient regarding monitoring the sessile community, whereasthe box prototype showed the highest abundance of the mobile fauna. The location influenced boththe sessile community composition and the number of mobile taxa. Our findings suggest combiningfeatures from prototypes to encompass the whole benthic community better.
PB MDPI
SN 2077-1312
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31975
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31975
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 15-nov-2026