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2024-06-18T14:34:23Z urn:hdl:10256/16784 Why long term trawled red algae beds off Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean) still persist? Ordines, Francesc Ramón, Montserrat Rivera, Jesús Rodríguez Prieto, Concepció Farriols, M. Teresa Guijarro, Beatriz Pasqual, Catalina Massutí, Enric Algues vermelles -- Illes Balears Red algae -- Balearic Islands Pesca d'arrossegament -- Illes Balears Trawls and trawling -- Balearic Islands The bottom morphology, the surface sediments and the epibenthic community of two adjacent areas within the fishing ground traditionally known as Pesquera Rica (Balearic Islands) were characterized using multibeam echosounder, van Veen dredge and beam trawl. Red algae beds predominate in both areas, but one has been exploited by trawling since at least 90 years ago, whereas the presence of natural barriers prevents this fishing activity in the other one. Comparisons between the two areas showed a biomass reduction of 46.8 and 39.3% of dominant red algae taxonomic groups Peyssonneliaceae and Corallinophycidae, respectively, in the trawled area (TA). Similarly, both mean abundance and biomass of most groups of fauna were higher in the not trawled area (NTA). N90 biodiversity index showed higher mean values of algae species in NTA than in TA (7.0 and 4.9, respectively), whereas no differences were detected neither for sessile nor for mobile fauna. SIMPER analysis showed that large species of both sessile and mobile epibenthic fauna (e.g. the ascidia Polycarpa mamillaris and the echinoderm Spatangus purpureus, respectively) presented higher abundance and contribution to within area similarity in NTA than in TA. In coincidence, these are the most abundant epibenthic species in the commercial hauls from the Pesquera Rica. The relatively low fishing effort and the gears used, addressed to avoid large catches of algae allowing longer hauls, may explain the subsistence of red algae beds in the Balearic Islands trawl fishing grounds. However, the detrimental effects shown here claim for urgent management measures aiming to preserve these beds 2024-06-18T14:34:23Z 2024-06-18T14:34:23Z 2017-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion peer-reviewed http://hdl.handle.net/10256/16784 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.rsma.2017.07.005 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2352-4855 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Elsevier Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2017, vol. 15, p. 39-49 Articles publicats (D-CCAA)