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Abstract

Anthropogenic impacts on Posidonia oceanica meadows have led to a decline of this ecosystem throughout the Mediterranean. Transplantations have often been prescribed as a compensation measure to mitigate the impacts caused by coastal maritime works. Here a Q methodology approach was used to investigate the stakeholders’ attitudes in four case studies of P. oceanica transplants realized in Italian waters. Twenty-two respondents were asked to score 37 statements, and the resultant Q-sorting was analyzed via an inverse PCA using the KADE software. Four discourses, corresponding to the significant axes in the factorial analysis were identified: science and conservation (F1), oriented at a rigorous scientific approach; engineering and industry (F2), oriented at the economic development; environmentalism and participation (F3), oriented at the conservation of seagrass meadows; and transplantation-oriented (F4), oriented at the realization of transplants as compensation measures. The main conflicts and agreements between discourses are assessed and discussed, based on the analysis of the distinguishing statements that contributed to consensus or disagreement among discourses. The benefits of the Q methodology in the identification and mediation of conflicts in the four case studies are discussed, and its potential as a powerful aid in the development of a good environmental governance is acknowledged.

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Title
Stakeholders’ Attitudes about the Transplantations of the Mediterranean Seagrass Posidonia oceanica as a Habitat Restoration Measure after Anthropogenic Impacts: A Q Methodology Approach
Author
Zenone, Arturo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Pipitone, Carlo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Giovanni D’Anna 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Barbara La Porta 3 ; Bacci, Tiziano 3 ; Bertasi, Fabio 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bulleri, Claudia 4 ; Cacciuni, Anna 3 ; Calvo, Sebastiano 5 ; Conconi, Stefano 6 ; Gravina, Maria Flavia 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Mancusi, Cecilia 8 ; Piazzi, Alessandro 9 ; Targusi, Monica 3 ; Tomasello, Agostino 5 ; Badalamenti, Fabio 1 

 CNR-IAS, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521, 90149 Palermo, Italy; [email protected] (A.Z.); [email protected] (F.B.) 
 CNR-IAS, Via Giovanni da Verrazzano 17, 91014 Castellammare del Golfo, Italy; [email protected] 
 ISPRA, Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Roma, Italy; [email protected] (B.L.P.); [email protected] (T.B.); [email protected] (F.B.); [email protected] (A.C.); [email protected] (M.T.) 
 Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale, Piazzale Premuda 6/a, 57025 Piombino, Italy; [email protected] 
 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 16, 90128 Palermo, Italy; [email protected] (S.C.); [email protected] (A.T.) 
 VESENDA, Via Fratelli Cuzio 42, 27100 Pavia, Italy; [email protected] 
 Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica s.n.c., 00133 Roma, Italy; [email protected] 
 ARPAT, Via Marradi 114, 57126 Livorno, Italy; [email protected] 
 SETIN srl, Via Guido d’Arezzo 16, 00198 Roma, Italy; [email protected] 
First page
12216
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20711050
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2596062789
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.