Monitoring of Marine Protected Areas of the Mediterranean Sea (MMMPA)

Key Elements:

Investigated how marine populations are connected between the marine protected areas of the Mediterranean.
Studied the genetic diversity and connectivity of Patella sp. and other marine invertebrates among four MPAs using genetic markers (mitochondrial and microsatellites).
At the end of the project, we developed a guide for the development of management plans for Mediterranean MPAs.

Notable Achievements:

Marty Puig, Patricia. Genetic and morphological characteristics of Patella Caerulea and Patella Rustica in the protected marine areas of the Mediterranean. Doctoral Thesis (2016). University of Bologna.
Patricia Marti-Puig, Federica Costantini, Luca Rugiu, Massimo Ponti and Marco Abbiati. Patterns of genetic connectivity in invertebrates of temperate AMP networks. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology. Volume 4, Issue 2, November 2013.
P. Martí-Puig. Progress in the Galapagos Marine Reserve Seamounts project (under research permit PC-51-17). Report for the Galapagos National Park. December 2017.
P. Marti-Puig, A. Calò, M. Ponti, F. Costantini, A. Villamor, M. Abbiati and J. García-Charton, 2016. Guidelines on genetic connectivity as a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of marine protected areas. Rap. Com. In t. Mer Medit., 41: 548.
Patricia Marti-Puig, Antonio Calò, Federica Costantini, Adriana Villamor, Marco Abbiati, Massimo Ponti, Jose Chartón (2016), pp. 80-87. Genetic connectivity and diversity as a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas. In: MMMPA Supervisory Board (Eds)
Monitoring Mediterranean marine protected areas: a set of guidelines to support the development of management plans. Deliverable from the European MMMPA project (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN g.a. no.: 290056). Ancona, 116 pages.

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