Distribution patterns of sea urchins and barrens in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs impacted by the illegal fishery of the rock-boring mollusc Lithophaga lithophaga

By P. Guidetti, Simonetta Fraschetti, A. Terlizzi, F. Boero. 2003

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Effects of the edible sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus, fishery along the Apulian rocky coast (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea) (2004, background): “In particular, in Southern Apulia, sea urchin grazing has been hypothesised to maintain barrens in rocky substrates primarily impacted by the destructive fishery of the endolithic date-mussel, Lithophaga lithophaga (Fanelli et al., 1994; Fraschetti et al., 2001; Guidetti et al., 2003).”
Living on the rocks: substrate mineralogy and the structure of subtidal rocky substrate communities in the Mediterranean Sea (2004, background): “Visual assessments of sessile epibenthic assemblages, sea urchins and fishes were performed in June 2001 on rocky substrates at about 4 to 7 m depth in NE Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea, Italy; Fig.”
Community-wide effects of marine reserves in the Mediterranean Sea (2007, background): “Although the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus is the most important benthic grazer in the infralittoral of the western part of the basin, the urchin Arbacia lixula can have an equal or greater role in some southern regions (Guidetti et al. 2003).”
Consumers of sea urchins, Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula, in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs (2004, background): “glacialis persists at a very low level, while sea urchins may reach densities of about 30 individuals m 2 (Guidetti et al. 2003).”
The Gray Zone: Relationships between habitat loss and marine diversity and their applications in conservation (2008, background): “…local extinction of kelps and other complex macroalgae have been observed in several countries around theworld likely as a consequence of decreasedwater quality and/or overfishing (Benedetti-Cecchi et al., 2001; Steneck et al., 2002; Guidetti et al., 2003; Graham, 2004; Connell et al., 2008).”
Sea urchin barrens as alternative stable states of collapsed kelp ecosystems (2014, unknown): “In the Adriatic Sea, the percentage cover of barrens was lower in marine reserves where fishing prohibitions are strictly enforced than in unmonitored areas where poaching occurs (Guidetti et al. 2003).”