Pink sea fans (Eunicella verrucosa) as indicators of the spatial efficacy of Marine Protected Areas in southwest UK coastal waters

Pikesley, Stephen K.; Godley, Brendan J.; Latham, H. George; Richardson, Peter B.; Robson, Laura M.; Solandt, Jean‐Luc; Trundle, Colin; Wood, Chris; Witt, Matthew J.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.010

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“…The temperature of 24.15 • C is either quantified as 24.4 or 23.9, depending upon microclimate changes and due to poor discretization (Figure 8). Divers generally are keen citizen scientists that are happy to collect information to help better understand the oceans [24,25]. This is confirmed by the unprecedented success of DSL in contribution to diving medicine [26].…”

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“…The existence of DSL DB, with 5659 divers already enrolled, offers a promising infrastructure to launch this marine citizen science action for thermocline identification, enhanced by the Cousteau Divers network. Divers generally are keen citizen scientists that are happy to collect information to help better understand the oceans [24,25]. This is confirmed by the unprecedented success of DSL in contribution to diving medicine [26].…”

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Designing a Diving Protocol for Thermocline Identification Using Dive Computers in Marine Citizen Science

Egi

Cousteau²,

Pieri³

et al. 2018

Applied Sciences

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Dive computers have an important potential for citizen science projects where recreational SCUBA divers can upload the depth temperature profile and the geolocation of the dive to a central database which may provide useful information about the subsurface temperature of the oceans. However, their accuracy may not be adequate and needs to be evaluated. The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy and precision of dive computers and provide guidelines in order to enable their contribution to citizen science projects. Twenty-two dive computers were evaluated during real ocean dives for consistency and scatter in the first phase. In the second phase, the dive computers were immersed in sufficient depth to initiate the dive record inside a precisely controlled sea aquarium while using a calibrated device as a reference. Results indicate that the dive computers do not have the accuracy required for monitoring temperature changes in the oceans, however, they can be used to detect thermoclines if the users follow a specific protocol with specific dive computers. This study enabled the authors to define this protocol based on the results of immersion in two different sea aquarium tanks set to two different temperatures in order to simulate the conditions of a thermocline.

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Designing a Diving Protocol for Thermocline Identification Using Dive Computers in Marine Citizen Science

Egi

Cousteau²,

Pieri³

et al. 2018

Applied Sciences

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“…wave height) could further add to this potential. Divers generally are keen citizen scientists that are happy to collect information to help better understand the oceans 26 27 . Hence, a diver ocean monitoring programme that measures many environmental variables could be developed that delivers high resolution spatiotemporal data, even if only a small proportion of the 6–10 million dives and the many thousands of dive schools and clubs get involved.…”

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SCUBA divers as oceanographic samplers: The potential of dive computers to augment aquatic temperature monitoring

Wright

Hull

Sivyer

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Monitoring temperature of aquatic waters is of great importance, with modelled, satellite and in-situ data providing invaluable insights into long-term environmental change. However, there is often a lack of depth-resolved temperature measurements. Recreational dive computers routinely record temperature and depth, so could provide an alternate and highly novel source of oceanographic information to fill this data gap. In this study, a citizen science approach was used to obtain over 7,000 scuba diver temperature profiles. The accuracy, offset and lag of temperature records was assessed by comparing dive computers with scientific conductivity-temperature-depth instruments and existing surface temperature data. Our results show that, with processing, dive computers can provide a useful and novel tool with which to augment existing monitoring systems all over the globe, but especially in under-sampled or highly changeable coastal environments.

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“…Initial surveys of the site by UK recreational divers in shallow waters (e.g. Seasearch – see Pikesley et al, 2016), coupled with deep‐water surveys commissioned by Natural England (camera and sidescan sonar) revealed the extent of the reef feature, and surrounding sediments and are some of the most biologically diverse in the UK, with excellent zonation (Natural England, 2011). They support the most northerly extent of some Lusitanean species, such as the gorgonian coral Eunicella verrucosa.…”

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“…The area around the reefs is extensively trawled and dredged for scallops (Pikesley et al, 2016). It is also fished using pots (for crab, lobster and swimming crab) nearer to and on top of the reefs themselves and gill‐nets are occasionally set; however, this involves considerable risk of loss of gear because of extensive wave action and currents in the area.…”

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Revisiting UK Marine Protected Areas governance: A case study of a collaborative approach to managing an English MPA

Solandt¹,

Pikesley

Trundle

et al. 2020

Aquatic Conservation

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Case studies of Marine Protected Area (MPA) upscaling were solicited from participants of a workshop at the International Marine Protected Areas Conference held in Autumn 2013 in Marseille. One such case study was Solandt, Jones, Duval‐Diop, Kleiven, and Frangoudes (2014; Governance challenges in scaling up from individual MPAs to MPA networks. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 24, 145–152) which illustrated the role of science, non‐governmental organizations, government and local regulators in applying systemic management measures for local MPAs based on risk, highlighting the importance of balancing top‐down and bottom‐up drivers. Here we follow up on the UK example, illustrating the incentives and actors involved in developing centralized and subsequent fisheries management measures in UK waters. Forty local laws were created to protect features in 143 inshore MPAs between 2013 and 2019. We illustrate best practice in delivering management, focusing on multiple practitioner involvement in a single MPA and the monitoring put in place after trawling and dredging were banned. We reflect on how the governance mechanisms in place in English inshore waters can be used as a template to allow for progressive MPA management in other coastal states.

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Pink sea fans (Eunicella verrucosa) as indicators of the spatial efficacy of Marine Protected Areas in southwest UK coastal waters

Cited by 23 publications

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Designing a Diving Protocol for Thermocline Identification Using Dive Computers in Marine Citizen Science

Designing a Diving Protocol for Thermocline Identification Using Dive Computers in Marine Citizen Science

SCUBA divers as oceanographic samplers: The potential of dive computers to augment aquatic temperature monitoring

Revisiting UK Marine Protected Areas governance: A case study of a collaborative approach to managing an English MPA

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