Identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the Uruguayan continental shelf
Scientific surveys employing remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) provide valuable imagery for identifying Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs). However, there is presently no established framework for distinguishing VMEs from these images. While existing guidelines effectively address certain habitat...
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| author | Alvar Carranza Pablo Limóngi Rodrigo Gurdek-Bas Agustín Loureiro Hernán Pérez Orsi Aitor Azcárate Sofia Santos Pablo Muniz |
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Scientific surveys employing remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) provide valuable imagery for identifying Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs). However, there is presently no established framework for distinguishing VMEs from these images. While existing guidelines effectively address certain habitat types, such as scleractinian reefs, dense octocoral gardens, and chemosynthetic ecosystems, achieving consensus becomes more challenging for other habitats. Our investigation centered on two key localized rocky outcrops on the Uruguayan shelf, conducting ROV dives to explore these environments. This study aims to evaluate initial global consensus guidelines for VME identification from imagery and discuss the suitability of these criteria, and report the existence of Hard Bottom Soft Coral Gardens and Sponge associations in the inner Uruguayan shelf. Recognizing these habitats is of utmost importance for the Uruguayan government, which has expressed the intent to safeguard ecologically representative and well-connected systems crucial for marine biodiversity.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0c64d9c86a541569e66f23996e5ef132024-04-03T18:09:28ZengInstituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP)Marine and Fishery Sciences2683-79512024-04-0137410.47193/mafis.3742024010705Identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the Uruguayan continental shelfAlvar Carranza0Pablo Limóngi1Rodrigo Gurdek-Bas2Agustín Loureiro3Hernán Pérez Orsi4Aitor Azcárate5Sofia Santos6Pablo Muniz7Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE), Universidad de la República, Av. Cachimba del Rey e/ Bvar. Artigas y Av. Aparicio Saravia, Maldonado, Uruguay - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Montevideo, UruguayCentro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE), Universidad de la República, Av. Cachimba del Rey e/ Bvar. Artigas y Av. Aparicio Saravia, Maldonado, UruguayOceanografía y Ecología Marina (OEM), Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225 esquina Mataojo, Montevideo, UruguayChe Wirapita, Iniciativa Mar Azul UruguayoFundación Greenpeace Argentina, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaOceanografía y Ecología Marina (OEM), Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225 esquina Mataojo, Montevideo, UruguayOceanografía y Ecología Marina (OEM), Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225 esquina Mataojo, Montevideo, UruguayOceanografía y Ecología Marina (OEM), Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225 esquina Mataojo, Montevideo, Uruguay Scientific surveys employing remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) provide valuable imagery for identifying Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs). However, there is presently no established framework for distinguishing VMEs from these images. While existing guidelines effectively address certain habitat types, such as scleractinian reefs, dense octocoral gardens, and chemosynthetic ecosystems, achieving consensus becomes more challenging for other habitats. Our investigation centered on two key localized rocky outcrops on the Uruguayan shelf, conducting ROV dives to explore these environments. This study aims to evaluate initial global consensus guidelines for VME identification from imagery and discuss the suitability of these criteria, and report the existence of Hard Bottom Soft Coral Gardens and Sponge associations in the inner Uruguayan shelf. Recognizing these habitats is of utmost importance for the Uruguayan government, which has expressed the intent to safeguard ecologically representative and well-connected systems crucial for marine biodiversity. https://ojs.inidep.edu.ar/index.php/mafis/article/view/328Octocoralliasoft coral gardeninner shelfrocky outcrops |
| spellingShingle | Alvar Carranza Pablo Limóngi Rodrigo Gurdek-Bas Agustín Loureiro Hernán Pérez Orsi Aitor Azcárate Sofia Santos Pablo Muniz Identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the Uruguayan continental shelf Marine and Fishery Sciences Octocorallia soft coral garden inner shelf rocky outcrops |
| title | Identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the Uruguayan continental shelf |
| title_full | Identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the Uruguayan continental shelf |
| title_fullStr | Identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the Uruguayan continental shelf |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the Uruguayan continental shelf |
| title_short | Identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the Uruguayan continental shelf |
| title_sort | identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the uruguayan continental shelf |
| topic | Octocorallia soft coral garden inner shelf rocky outcrops |
| url | https://ojs.inidep.edu.ar/index.php/mafis/article/view/328 |
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