the societal benefits of biogenic structures - flora kent

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The societal benefits of biogenic structures MASTS PhD Studentship – Flora Kent Understanding how biogenic habitats provide goods and services to society can make a contribution to the selection of MPAs as well as boundary determination, the buy-in of stakeholders, sensitive management and the effectiveness In the first year of this project, methods have been developed for measuring sediment accumulation on a Modiolus modiolus reef in Scotland. By working with local fishermen, data has been collected on whelk catch rates, growth rates and size distributions on a M. modiolus reef in North Wales. Underwater Visual Censuses (UVCs) have been carried out on and off M. modiolus beds in Scapa Flow to study habitat use by commercially important fish and shellfish. UVC locations in Scapa Flow, Orkney. Red circles = biogenic reef sites, green circles = control sites Whelk fishing sites on the North Llyn M. modiolus reef (red circles), north of the reef (blue circles) and south of the reef (green circles). Solid line = reef outline.

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Presentation at the Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Biotechnology's Away Day 2012, by PhD student Flora Kent.

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The societal benefits of biogenic structures

MASTS PhD Studentship – Flora Kent

Understanding how biogenic habitats provide goods and services to society can make a contribution to the selection of MPAs as well as boundary determination, the buy-in of stakeholders, sensitive management and the effectiveness of enforcement.

In the first year of this project, methods have been developed for measuring sediment accumulation on a Modiolus

modiolus reef in Scotland.

By working with local fishermen, data has been collected on whelk catch rates, growth rates and size distributions on a M. modiolus reef in North Wales.

Underwater Visual Censuses (UVCs) have been carried out on and off M. modiolus beds in Scapa Flow to study habitat use by commercially important fish and shellfish.

UVC locations in Scapa Flow, Orkney. Red circles = biogenic reef sites, green circles = control sites

Whelk fishing sites on the North Llyn M. modiolus reef (red circles), north of the reef (blue circles) and south of the reef (green circles). Solid line = reef outline.