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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/69637| Title: | Do tuna farms impact the benthos? A Malta case study |
| Authors: | Mangion, Marija Borg, Joseph A. Schembri, Patrick J. Sanchez-Jerez, Pablo |
| Keywords: | Tuna -- Mediterranean Region Tuna fisheries -- Mediterranean Region Tuna fishing -- Mediterranean Region Aquaculture -- Mediterranean Region Benthic ecology -- Mediterranean Region |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | MEDCOAST |
| Citation: | Mangion, M., Borg, J. A., Schembri, P. J., & Sanchez-Jerez, P. (2017). Do tuna farms impact the benthos? A Malta case study. In: Özhan E. (ed.), Proceedings of the thirteenth International MEDCOAST Congress on Coastal and Marine Sciences, Engineering, Management and Conservation, Malta, 31 October-4 November 2017, p. 225–235. |
| Abstract: | Environmental monitoring of tuna penning in Malta was initiated in 2000 and is still ongoing. The impact of the activity on benthic macrofauna in the vicinity of offshore tuna cages was assessed using polychaetes and amphipods as indicators. Grab samples of sediment for fauna} studies were collected on a 'bare sand' bottom from stations located: (i) adjacent to the tuna pens (ii) some 100 m away from the cages; and (iii) at two reference sites located 1 km and 2 km away, for three offshore tuna farms situated in waters of circa 50m depth. Samples were collected before initiation of the tuna penning activities and afterwards on a six-monthly or annual basis. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/69637 |
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