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Influence of seagrass meadows on nursery and fish provisioning ecosystem services delivered by Ria Formosa, a coastal lagoon in Portugal

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  • Erzini, Karim
  • Parreira, Filipe
  • Sadat, Zineb
  • Castro, Margarida
  • Bentes, Luís
  • Coelho, Rui
  • Gonçalves, Jorge M.S.
  • Lino, Pedro G.
  • Martinez-Crego, Begoña
  • Monteiro, Pedro
  • Oliveira, Frederico
  • Ribeiro, Joaquim
  • de los Santos, Carmen B.
  • Santos, Rui

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This study is the first to evaluate the fish provisioning services of a whole transitional landscape (Ria Formosa lagoon, Portugal), in parallel with the enhancement of growth, survival and production of single cohorts of the most important commercial fish species by vegetated and unvegetated sub-tidal habitats. Based on monthly beach seine samples, total density and biomass of 96 species of fishes were 1.89 and 3.03 times greater in vegetated habitats than unvegetated habitats, respectively. Vegetated habitat enhanced survival in six of eight commercial species for which survival could be estimated in both habitats. The total production of all 12 commercially important species within vegetated habitat was approximately double that of unvegetated habitat, with production enhancement in 7 of 12 species ranging from 1.8 to 169-fold for the vegetated habitats. Within the lagoon, vegetated sub-tidal habitat covers an area 5-fold smaller than unvegetated habitat, yet it accounts for 27.1 % of fish production. Estimated total lifetime economic values of the single cohorts of the 12 commercial species were between 30 million and 59 million EUR. An exceptionally strong year class of the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), a species with higher density and biomass in unvegetated habitat, accounts for the higher overall values per hectare for unvegetated habitat (Low natural mortality (M): EUR 32,844 ha−1; High M: EUR 16,751 ha−1) than for vegetated habitat (Low M: EUR 22,028 ha−1; High M: EUR 10,700 ha−1). These results highlight the enormous importance of temperate coastal lagoons as a nursery and source of recruits for coastal fisheries. Our evaluation of fish provisioning services based on data for individual cohorts of fish for a whole transitional landscape is a stronger and more valid approach for estimating future biomass and value than previous studies based on mean densities and biomasses of fish that did not distinguish between cohorts.

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  • Erzini, Karim & Parreira, Filipe & Sadat, Zineb & Castro, Margarida & Bentes, Luís & Coelho, Rui & Gonçalves, Jorge M.S. & Lino, Pedro G. & Martinez-Crego, Begoña & Monteiro, Pedro & Oliveira, Fred, 2022. "Influence of seagrass meadows on nursery and fish provisioning ecosystem services delivered by Ria Formosa, a coastal lagoon in Portugal," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 58(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoser:v:58:y:2022:i:c:s2212041622000869
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101490
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