RT journal article
T1 Marine protected communities against biological invasions: A case study from an offshore island
A1 Gestoso García, Ignacio José
A1 Arenas, Francisco
A1 Olabarria, Celia
A2 Biología
AB Biological invasions are a major threat to the world's biota and are considered a major cause of biodiversity loss.Therefore,worldmarine policy has recognized the need for more marine protected areas (MPAs) as amajor toolfor biodiversity conservation. The present work experimentally evaluated how protected communities from anoffshore island can face the settlement and/or expansion of nonindigenous species (NIS). First, NIS colonizationsuccess in marine protected and marina communities was compared by deploying PVC settling plates at theGarajauMPA and Funchal marina (SWMadeira Island). Then, the settling plates from the MPA were transferredto Funchalmarina to test their resistance to NIS invasion under high levels of NIS pressure. Results indicated thatthe structure and composition of fouling communities fromtheMPA differed fromthose collected in themarina.Interestingly, communities fromthe protected area showed lower NIS colonization success, suggesting some degreeof biotic resistance against NIS invasion.
PB Elsevier
SN 1879-3363
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34934
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34934
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 15-nov-2026