{"id":97861623,"date":"2019-02-08T12:42:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T11:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundacion-biodiversidad.es\/programa_pleamar\/alganat2000-improving-the-management-monitoring-and-maintenance-of-biodiversity-in-marine-protected-areas-through-low-cost-automated-geospatial-techniques-for-monitoring-and-mapping-intertidal-habi\/"},"modified":"2019-02-08T12:42:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T11:42:32","slug":"alganat2000-improving-the-management-monitoring-and-maintenance-of-biodiversity-in-marine-protected-areas-through-low-cost-automated-geospatial-techniques-for-monitoring-and-mapping-intertidal-habi","status":"publish","type":"programa_pleamar","link":"https:\/\/fundacion-biodiversidad.es\/en\/programa_pleamar\/alganat2000-improving-the-management-monitoring-and-maintenance-of-biodiversity-in-marine-protected-areas-through-low-cost-automated-geospatial-techniques-for-monitoring-and-mapping-intertidal-habi\/","title":{"rendered":"ALGANAT2000 – Improving the management, monitoring and maintenance of biodiversity in marine protected areas through low-cost automated geospatial techniques for monitoring and mapping intertidal habitats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Description<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

The ALGANAT2000 project will be developed on a pilot scale in the intertidal habitat of a Natura 2000 Network site, the Maritime-Terrestrial National Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia (PNMTIAG), in order to demonstrate its usefulness as a tool for improving the knowledge, management and monitoring of the abundance and ecological status of macroalgae present in marine protected areas. This project will provide public management bodies with an innovative and low-cost geospatial tool that allows them to monitor marine biodiversity and thus carry out proper management of resources. <\/p>\n

Although the Maritime-Terrestrial National Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia (PNMTIAG) has detailed information on its habitats and species, obtained through various reports and studies carried out between 2003 and 2014, most of these projects focus on terrestrial habitats, while information on marine habitats is scattered and scarce. The role of marine protected areas is crucial in the development of sustainable fisheries and in the mitigation and adaptation to climate change and associated processes, due to their importance in the provision of various ecosystem services. Therefore, the need arises, on the one hand, to deepen the knowledge of marine habitats and associated biodiversity and, on the other, the convenience of carrying out a spatio-temporal monitoring of the ecological status of protected habitats and species, as well as of marine invasive species that pose a serious threat to this ecosystem. <\/p>\n

Macroalgae play a key role in carbon sequestration and provide habitat for numerous marine species, including the larval stages of species of commercial interest. Unfortunately, there are several threats that affect macroalgae, highlighting: <\/p>\n