Table 2 Assessment of the status of the studied Litophyllum byssoides rims (percentage of coverage established by photographic analysis).

From: Impact of sea level rise on the Mediterranean Lithophyllum byssoides rims

 

Acro-nym

Site

Surface analysed (cm2)

Live

Litophyllum byssoides (LLB)

Dead Litophyllum byssoides (DLB)

Articulated corallines (COR)

Ulvo-phyceae (U)

Rhodo-phyta (RH)

Live crustose corallines (CC)

Holes (H)

LBRHI index

Marseille (Provence)

M1

Calanque d'Eissadon

16,080

10.8

26.1

1.3

1.1

31.3

22.7

6.7

0.34

M2

Calanque d'Oule

8185

0.3

66.4

1.1

0.2

9.4

17.1

5.4

0.17

M3

Castel Vieil 1

6053

6.0

42.6

17.0

5.9

22.2

4.6

1.6

0.11

M4

Castel Vieil 2

11,272

6.8

47.3

2.9

2.8

25.6

9.2

5.4

0.16

M5

Impérial du milieu

9547

22.2

47.9

4.7

1.5

8.6

8.0

7.2

0.30

M6

Contrebandier 1

11,162

47.6

12.2

0.9

0.7

15.3

21.2

2.2

0.69

M7

Contrebandier 2

10,444

28.8

17.2

10.9

2.3

15.6

13.2

12.1

0.42

M8

Contrebandier 3

7493

28.7

17.4

10.6

1.0

15.0

21.2

6.1

0.50

Scandola and surrounding area (Corsica)

C1

Palazzu Cave

8058

1.3

60.3

0.0

0.1

6.8

8.5

23.0

0.10

C2

Cala Litizia

8716

22.4

33.5

8.1

0.0

15.0

9.4

11.7

0.32

C3

Punta Palazzu

8076

18.6

38.5

0.0

19.3

1.0

8.0

14.6

0.27

C4

Gattaghja South

6175

18.2

52.2

1.7

0.3

14.9

6.4

6.3

0.25

C5

Gattaghja North

8800

8.8

63.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

7.2

20.6

0.16

C6

Palazzu Islet

9278

26.7

52.8

0.0

0.3

0.7

5.3

14.2

0.32

C7

Punta Rossa

9726

1.0

89.6

0.0

1.5

0.1

2.1

5.7

0.03

C8

Punta di U Stollu

8963

5.4

64.1

1.2

0.6

14.4

7.0

7.2

0.12

C9

Gulf of Galeria 1

9378

7.5

74.5

0.0

0.8

1.2

7.9

8.1

0.15

C10

Gulf of Galeria 2

9672

6.3

77.6

0.0

0.4

0.5

5.1

10.1

0.11

C11

Gulf of Galeria 3

9313

11.0

76.8

0.0

0.4

1.4

4.2

6.2

0.15

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