{"id":8207,"date":"2018-02-28T11:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T10:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portlanapoule.fr\/en\/p4\/"},"modified":"2018-03-24T14:01:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T13:01:08","slug":"biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portlanapoule.fr\/en\/biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biodiversity in Port la Napoule"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1521819926129{margin-top: -40px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}” el_class=”versionEcran”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

Clean Harbor<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

Increased pleasure yachting activity can have a significant impact on the natural environment and coastal-water quality. \u201cPorts Propres\u201d or “Clean Harbor”, is a voluntary certification initiative undertaken by marina managers to ensure the sustainable development of coastal and marine activities<\/strong><\/span>. Being certified as a “Clean Harbor” entails taking proactive, environmentally friendly measures, such as selective waste collection, acquisition of pollution-control equipment, improved management of water and energy consumption, and raising user awareness about the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

Restoring Ecological Diversity
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In parallel with the installation of new amenities at Port La Napoule \u2013 including building a platform for large sailing catamarans and improving reception conveniences for passengers visiting the L\u00e9rins Islands \u2013 some facilities were specifically designed to incorporate an original and innovative venture to restore marine biodiversity<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Special features were installed to foster habitat diversification<\/strong><\/span>, including modules on the vertical walls (Protec) and embedded artificial plants (Sargass). These structures are placed in environments where we want to stimulate the return of biodiversity: They provide protection for juvenile creatures, shelter for other species, generate food sources, and serve as supports for egg-laying.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cSargass\u201d :<\/strong><\/span> Cord strands that imitate plants, attached to a float anchored to the seafloor. The living organisms that develop on and among them through epibiosis then serve as attachment surfaces for shellfish and newly laid fish eggs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cProtec\u201d<\/strong><\/span> structures are designed to create bumps and rough patches on vertical walls that do not naturally provide such relief. This forms shelters for fauna, generating increased numbers of species around port amenities and a safe haven for Juveniles.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The Mediterranean :
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The Mediterranean owes its name to being literally a \u201csea in the middle of the land.\u201d The name\u2019s original meaning, however, may have been \u201cthe sea in the middle of the earth,\u201d for this nearly fully enclosed sea is the origin of phenomenally diverse coastal and aquatic ecosystems of great ecological interest. Fifteen percent of the species are endemic and found nowhere else on the planet !<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1521819940418{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}” el_class=”versionEcran”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1521214326430{margin-top: -30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]\n

Emblematic Species<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1521730785920{margin-bottom: -30px !important;margin-left: -30px !important;}”]
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Sandy seafloors<\/strong><\/span> are generally considered very poor sources of sustenance for marine flora and fauna. Yet this desert-like environment is refuge to a multitude of species, many protected with the help of their own unique techniques of mimicry and camouflage. As the sea bottom harbors a wealth of decaying organic matter (plant and animal remains), it draws many detritivorous organisms that specialize in cleaning seafloors.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1521819949112{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}” el_class=”versionEcran”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1521214193600{margin-top: -70px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1521731703181{margin-top: -20px !important;}”]

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Rocky seafloors<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>are exceptional environments, riddled with cavities and recesses in which many creatures find refuge or come to feed. Seaweed, or marine alga, grows in areas receiving natural light and sessile animals \u2013 those that attach themselves to fixed objects \u2013 occupy the shaded recesses. Rocky areas are also habitats and refuges for many free-moving creatures.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Understanding Neptune Grass<\/strong><\/span>
\nPosidonia oceanica, commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, is an endemic flowering plant (spermatophyte). Its leaves are clustered in tufts that sometimes reach a meter in length and are attached to underground, rhizome-type stems. This plant grows very slowly, only one to 10 centimeters per year. Neptune grass is a superb natural habitat, forming vast seagrass beds, called meadows, that provide shelter, spawning grounds, food, and more for animal life. It is also an extraordinary hub of biodiversity, with seagrass meadows offering a home to a quarter of Mediterranean plant and animal species. It is found only between the sea surface and a depth of 40 meters and reproduces by producing flowers and fruits. This outstanding ecosystem produces twice the oxygen per square meter as a forest !<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1521819958194{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}” el_class=”versionEcran”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

The Port: Brimming with Life<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1521220856943{margin-top: -40px !important;margin-bottom: -30px !important;margin-left: -30px !important;}”]
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The port ecosystem is similar to a rocky environment, with rip-raps forming seawalls surrounding a sandy milieu. Sometimes the Neptune grass meadow is only a few meters away from the port\u2019s structures.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1521819963289{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}” el_class=”versionEcran”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1521214661517{margin-top: -90px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1521219246042{margin-top: -70px !important;}”]

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Pinna nobilis, commonly called the noble pen shell or fan mussel, is the largest bivalve mollusk in the Mediterranean and a protected species that lives in seagrass meadows.<\/span><\/div>

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