Barren formation in marine forests: context-dependent conditions shape ecological thresholds

Dr. Mario Minguito Frutos, PhD1, Jordi Boada2, Sophie Gourguet3, Laura Tamburello4, Simone Farina5, Federico Pinna5, Teresa Alcoverro2, Candela Marco-Méndez2, Bernat Hereu6, Antonio Calò7, Antonio Di Franco4, Giulia Ceccherelli8, Matteo Sinerchia9, Giovanni Romagnoni10, Skye Markris6 and Martin Pierre Marzloff1, (1)Ifremer, DYNECO, Plouzané, France, (2)Blanes Centre for Advanced Studies (CEAB-CSIC), Department of Marine Ecology, Blanes, Spain, (3)Ifremer, Univ Brest, CNRS, UMR 6308, AMURE, Unité d’Economie Maritime, IUEM,, Plouzané, France, (4)Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, (5)Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Marine Biology, Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Genoa, Italy, (6)Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Barcelona, Spain, (7)University of Palermo, Department of Earth and Marine Sciences (DiSTeM), Palermo, Italy, (8)Università di Sassari, Dipartimento di Scienze della Natura e del Territorio (DIPNET), Sassari, Italy, (9)National Research Council, Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in the Marine Environment (CNR-IAS), Torre Grande, Italy, (10)Kiel University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kiel, Germany