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Marine animal forests as useful indicators of entanglement by marine litter
Marine Pollution Bulletin2018
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François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Françoise Claro,
François Galgani
Françoise Claro,
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
Françoise Claro,
François Galgani
Françoise Claro,
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
Françoise Claro,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
Françoise Claro,
Françoise Claro,
Françoise Claro,
Françoise Claro,
Françoise Claro,
Françoise Claro,
Françoise Claro,
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Pierpaolo Consoli,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Françoise Claro,
Françoise Claro,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Pierpaolo Consoli,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Pierpaolo Consoli,
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
Françoise Claro,
Françoise Claro,
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Pierpaolo Consoli,
Christopher K. Pham,
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Pierpaolo Consoli,
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Pierpaolo Consoli,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Françoise Claro,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Françoise Claro,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Pierpaolo Consoli,
Pierpaolo Consoli,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christopher K. Pham,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Summary
Researchers propose using marine 'animal forests' — seafloor communities dominated by corals, sponges, and other sessile filter feeders — as sentinel ecosystems for monitoring entanglement by marine litter, particularly lost or discarded fishing gear, due to their structural complexity and longevity.
Entanglement of marine fauna is one of the principal impacts of marine litter, with an incidence that can vary strongly according to regions, the type and the quantity of marine litter. On the seafloor, areas dominated by sessile suspension feeders, such as tropical coral reefs or deep-sea coral and sponge aggregations, have been termed "animal forests" and have a strong potential to monitor the temporal and spatial trends of entanglement by marine litter, especially fishing gears. Several characteristics of these organisms represent advantages while avoiding constraints and bias. Biological constraints and logistical aspects, including tools, are discussed to better define a strategy for supporting long-term evaluation of accumulation and entanglement of marine litter.