<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ceccherelli</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Casu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sechi</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spatial variation of intertidal assemblages at Tavolara-Capo Coda Cavallo MPA (NE Sardinia): geographical vs. protection effect</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marine Environmental Research</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">assemblage</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biodiversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biogeography</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">conservation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">effectiveness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">island</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Italy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">management tool</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">marine protected area</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean sea</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">protected area</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">protection</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">protection effectiveness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rocky shore</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sardinia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tavolara</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">western Mediterranean</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">zoning</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year></dates><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Marine protected areas (MPAs) represent a potentially useful management tool to preserve biodiversity. Protection effectiveness was investigated at Tavolara-Capo Coda Cavallo MPA by comparing assemblages of rocky shores at a location A level of protection (island), with those at two locations at B level of protection (one on an island and one on the mainland coast) and two at C level of protection (one on an island and one on the mainland coast).Results did not indicate significant differences in structure of intertidal assemblages among locations under different levels of protection (A, B and C). Protection was not found to be a significant source of variation to low-shore assemblages investigated. In contrast, assemblages seemed to be more dependent on the geographical location within the MPA. Results have important implications for conservation of marine coastal assemblages and would indicate that inclusion of representative assemblages within systems of marine protected areas should target rocky shores both on the mainland and on islands.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;div style=&quot;float: left; margin-top: 3px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:cecche@uniss.it?subject=Request%20a%20document%20by%20email&quot;&gt; cecche@uniss.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</style></custom1><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">533-546</style></section></record></records></xml>