one group also planted Posidonia sea grass beds at the bottom of the Mediterranean

2024-09-20 14:32:12

INTRODUCTION – The marine ecosystems that contain many species are often taken by the anchors of large pleasure boats.

Disregarded by boaters leaving the sunny port, a forest hides in the bay Beaulieu-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes). Beneath the surface, its soft leaves and shells are home to many baby fish, algae, anemones, sea urchins and small crustaceans. Posidonia, a flowering plant that covers the seabed up to 20 meters deep, is much more than a simple underwater landscape, recalls Sébastien Personnic, marine biologist at the L group ‘Œil d’Andromède.

For three weeks, the team of ten people that made up his part spent his days (and nights) on the locally organized catamaran, Victoria IV. His mission: to restore this ecosystem that was destroyed by the ship’s anchors that tore off pieces of vegetation and left scars that weakened the herbarium. ” Posidonia is unfortunately losing ground throughout the Mediterranean; 30 % of your face has been lost in the last hundred yearsnotes the scientist

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