Lead : IFREMER
also contributing: CNRS, EGE, HCMR
Objectives
To test and apply a new index of conservation state along French Coasts To test this index on coralligenous bottoms in the Eastern Mediterranean basin To compare this index with other methods used to evaluate the conservation states of the benthic communities of coralligenous bottoms
Main outputs
WP3 (1) tested metrics along French Coasts and (2) in the East Mediterranean, (3) produced a listing of Coralligenous facies in the field sites
WP3 is leaded by Stephane SARTORETTO, IFREMER, Centre de Méditerranée, Laboratoire Environnement Ressource – PACA, La Seyne-sur-mer, FR
