Rocky reefs are a hotspot of Mediterranean marine biodiversity. At the same time, these ecosystems are heavily affected by multiple human activities and global change. The Mediterranean Sea has already suffered a rapid increase in overexploitation and mass mortality of species due to heat waves. These changes in biodiversity have affected ecosystem functioning and compromised conservation efforts.

Long-term data are essential for assessing ecosystem responses to disturbances (including global changes), providing baselines for assessing change, and evaluating the effectiveness of management measures to ensure ecosystem structure, function, and service provision.

The CAMBioMed project will develop an adaptive monitoring framework together with stakeholders, proposing a novel set of tools for the efficient monitoring of Mediterranean rocky ecosystems and enabling decision-makers to answer critical questions about the conservation of these ecosystems.