Shipwrecks and underwater objects of the southern Baltic – Hard substrata islands in the brackish, soft bottom marine environment

Bałazy, Piotr; Copeland, Ula; Sokołowski, Adam

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2019.05.022

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“…Such features and uses are not independent and can act as stressors, multi-stressors or provide co-benefits for the system (e.g. Ashley et al, 2014;Balazy et al, 2019;Rouse et al, 2018;Slavik et al, 2019;van den Burg et al, 2017;van der Molen et al, 2018).…”

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Efficient marine environmental characterisation to support monitoring of geological CO2 storage

Blackford

Huvenne

Lichtschlag

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International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

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Efficient marine environmental characterisation to support monitoring of geological CO2 storage

Blackford

Huvenne

Lichtschlag

et al. 2021

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

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“…Artificial reefs are formed by sunken structures in aquatic environments and for long periods they receive layers of biomass that successively colonize the structure (Amaral et al 2010). Shipwrecks are a kind of artificial reefs, spatially complex habitats that can enhance local diversity (Walker et al 2007, Balazy et al 2019. Positive relationships between habitat complexity and species diversity have been evidenced by many authors (e.g., MacArthur & MacArthur 1961, Luckhurst & Luckhurst 1978, Dean & Connell 1987, Loke & Todd 2016.…”

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Vertical distribution of macrobenthic communities from a shipwreck in the Strait of Magellan

Velasco-Charpentier

Pizarro-Mora

Navarro

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Rev. biol. mar. oceanogr.

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Shipwrecks are artificial reefs that can enhance local diversity. In this study, the macrobenthic community associated with a shipwreck in the Strait of Magellan, the DAP Mares, is described for the first time. Species richness and functional group richness were estimated, and general linear models were used to test the prediction that diversity varied systematically with depth. The most speciose and abundant groups were echinoderms, molluscs, sponges, and tunicates. The most abundant trophic type was suspension feeders. Species richness changed significantly with depth, being similar between the upper and middle zones but decreasing at the deepest zone. Neither functional group richness nor functional dispersion (Rao’s quadratic entropy) varied with depth, suggesting that not all aspects of macrobenthic diversity respond equally to this variable. The biodiversity observed was consistent with that described for natural hard substrates in the Strait of Magellan. Thus, this vessel could represent a good model to study patterns of community structure.

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“…Historic shipwrecks are of interest from many different perspectives (Firth, 2018), as objects of cultural heritage and archaeological value (Delgado & Varmer, 2015; Elkin et al, 2020), as hidden pollution sources (Landquist et al, 2013; Vanninen et al, 2020), as habitats for marine life (e.g., Bałazy et al, 2019; Johnson et al, 2020), and as indicators of local oceanographic and seabed morphodynamic conditions (Caston, 1979; Garlan et al, 2015; Geraga et al, 2020). Their preservation state is a result of site formation processes that comprise various natural and anthropogenic influences (O'Shea, 2002; I.…”

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Spatial and temporal variability in geomorphic change at tidally influenced shipwreck sites: The use of time‐lapse multibeam data for the assessment of site formation processes

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Shipwrecks are an integral part of our maritime archaeological landscape and are associated with diverse societal and cultural interests, yielding significant management challenges. Coupled hydrodynamic and geomorphological processes significantly impact the effective in situ preservation of these fragile sites. In this study, we assess sediment budget change and hydrodynamic triggers at metal‐hulled shipwrecks lost between 1875 and 1918, all located in the tidally dominated Irish Sea at depths between 26 and 84 m. This is conducted using time‐lapse, multibeam echosounder surveys at multiannual, annual, and weekly time steps, supported by sediment grain‐size analysis, modeled ocean currents, and shallow seismic data. Results indicate significant changes at all time steps for sites located in sand‐dominated environments, whereas the seabed around shipwrecks settled in multimodal sediments shows virtually no change outside of measurement errors (±30 cm). Variability in geomorphic change is attributed to local environmental factors, including bed shear stress, sediment supply, and spatial barriers to scour. We demonstrate that individual wrecks in similar shelf sea regions can be in very different equilibrium states, which has critical implications for the in situ management of underwater cultural heritage.

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Shipwrecks and underwater objects of the southern Baltic – Hard substrata islands in the brackish, soft bottom marine environment

Cited by 26 publications

References 59 publications

Efficient marine environmental characterisation to support monitoring of geological CO2 storage

Efficient marine environmental characterisation to support monitoring of geological CO2 storage

Vertical distribution of macrobenthic communities from a shipwreck in the Strait of Magellan

Spatial and temporal variability in geomorphic change at tidally influenced shipwreck sites: The use of time‐lapse multibeam data for the assessment of site formation processes

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