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Angiosperms (seagrass) within the EU water framework directive: a UK perspective.

Jo Foden1, D P Brazier

  • 1Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, United Kingdom. jo.foden@cefas.co.uk

Marine Pollution Bulletin
|October 10, 2006
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New metrics assess seagrass health for Water Framework Directive (WFD) monitoring. These metrics quantify marine angiosperm status, reflecting responses to human disturbance in UK waters.

Area of Science:

  • Marine ecology
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Conservation biology

Background:

  • Marine angiosperms are crucial biological quality elements for assessing environmental conditions under the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
  • Monitoring taxonomic composition, presence of sensitive species, and abundance are key attributes for evaluating marine angiosperm status.
  • Establishing reference conditions for these attributes is vital for ecological status assessments in UK water bodies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and present a set of quantitative metrics for monitoring and assessing seagrass beds.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of these metrics in reflecting the ecological status of marine angiosperms.
  • To demonstrate how these metrics can express the cumulative response of seagrass to anthropogenic disturbance.

Main Methods:

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  • Quantitative measurements of seagrass attributes: taxonomic composition, presence of disturbance-sensitive species, and abundance.
  • Development of a suite of metrics based on these quantitative measurements.
  • Testing the proposed metrics against diverse UK seagrass beds (littoral and sublittoral).

Main Results:

  • A set of metrics has been developed for monitoring seagrass status.
  • The metrics were tested on various UK seagrass beds.
  • The combined metrics effectively express the cumulative response of marine angiosperms to different levels of anthropogenic disturbance.

Conclusions:

  • The developed metrics provide a robust tool for monitoring the ecological status of seagrass.
  • These metrics are essential for WFD compliance and the assessment of UK water bodies.
  • The metrics offer a quantitative approach to understanding the impact of human activities on marine angiosperm health.