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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=epub-state><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Conservation Biology<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=epub-state><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>First published: </span></span><span
class=epub-date><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11
March 2019</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.7pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13312"><span style='color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13312</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:22.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C1D1E'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:22.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C1D1E'>Monitoring mosaic biotopes in a marine
conservation zone by autonomous underwater vehicle<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.7pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Benoist%2C+No%C3%ABlie+MA"
id="a1_Ctrl"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Noëlie M.A.
Benoist</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Morris%2C+Kirsty+J"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Kirsty J. Morris</span></a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Bett%2C+Brian+J"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Brian J. Bett</span></a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Durden%2C+Jennifer+M"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Jennifer M. Durden</span></a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Huvenne%2C+Veerle+AI"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Veerle A.I. Huvenne</span></a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Bas%2C+Tim+P"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Tim P. Le Bas</span></a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Wynn%2C+Russell+B"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Russell B. Wynn</span></a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Ware%2C+Suzanne+J"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Suzanne J. Ware</span></a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Ruhl%2C+Henry+A"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Henry A. Ruhl</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#414141;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#414141'>Abstract<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C1D1E'>The extent of marine
protected areas (MPAs) has increased dramatically in the last decade, and poses
a major logistic challenge for conservation practitioners in terms of spatial
extent and the multiplicity of habitats and biotopes that now require assessment.
Here we demonstrate a single field method, photographic assessment by
autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that enables the consistent description of
multiple habitats, in our case including mosaics of rock and sediment. We
describe a case study in the Greater Haig Fras marine conservation zone (Celtic
Sea, NE Atlantic) where we distinguished seven biotopes, detected statistically
significant variations in standing stocks, species density, species diversity,
and faunal composition, and identified significant indicator species for each
habitat. Our results demonstrate that AUV</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria Math","serif";
color:#1C1D1E'>‐</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1C1D1E'>based photography can produce robust data for ecological
research and practical marine conservation. We note that standardizing to a
minimum number of individuals per sampling unit, rather than to a fixed
seafloor area, may be a valuable means of defining an ecologically appropriate
sampling unit. Although representing a change in ‘standard
practise’, we suggest that other users consider the potential benefits of
this approach in their own conservation studies. The approach is broadly
applicable in the marine environment, and has already been successfully
implemented in deep</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria Math","serif";
color:#1C1D1E'>‐</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1C1D1E'>sea conservation and impact studies. It is clear that without a
cost</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria Math","serif";color:#1C1D1E'>‐</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C1D1E'>effective methodology,
applicable across habitats, it will be difficult to progress a coherent
classification of biotopes, or to routinely assess their conservation status,
in the rapidly expanding global extent of MPAs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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