RGCI n501 - Sediment plume simulation from bottom-trawled fishery and deposition effects on rhodoliths and deep-water corals from Campos basin, Brazil.

Volume 23, Issue 1 - June 2023

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Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada
Volume 23, Issue 1, June 2023, Pages 41-51

DOI: 10.5894/rgci-n501
*Submission: 1 FEB 2022; Peer review: 10 FEB 2022; Revised: 7 SEP 2023; Accepted: 7 SEP 2023; Available on-line: 7 FEB 2024

Sediment plume simulation from bottom-trawled fishery and deposition effects on rhodoliths and deep-water corals from Campos basin, Brazil.

Pedro Mello Paiva^{@ 1}, Jader Lugon Junior², Luciano Gomes Fischer³, Maria Manuela Fraga Juliano⁴, Emiliano Nicolas Calderon⁵, Mauricio Mussi Molisani⁶

^@ Corresponding author: [email protected]

¹ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGCiAC)

² Fluminense Federal Institute (AMBHIDRO). Email: [email protected]

³ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGCiAC). Email: [email protected]

⁴ University of the Azores (Marine Sciences). Email: [email protected]

⁵ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGCiAC). Email: [email protected]

⁶ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGCiAC). Email: [email protected]

ABSTRACT
Extensive rhodoliths and deep-water coral has been described along the continental shelf and slope of the Campos Basin, but such environments can be highly vulnerable to the bottom trawling fishing. This study applied the MOHID software to simulate the sediment resuspension during the bottom trawling operation and to evaluate possible impacts of sediment deposition onto rhodoliths and deep-water coral. The sediment transport model was validated by field measurements of a bottom trawling operation and presented good accuracy. The results indicated that sediment resuspension by a double-rig trawling induced a 0.13 mm sediment layer deposition onto the rhodoliths from the continental shelf which has potential deleterious effects considered that such thickness is higher than the threshold proposed by the literature. On the contrary, a sediment resuspension/deposition by a single-rig trawling has no impact in the deep-water corals from the continental slope based on the thin layer deposition that was lower than the proposed tolerance limits.

Keywords: Computational modeling, Sediment transport, MOHID, Continental shelf, slope

RESUMO
O leito marinho da Bacia de Campos é caracterizado pela presença extensiva de rodolitos e corais de águas profundas ao longo da plataforma e talude continental, podendo ser esses ambientes sensíveis a pesca de arrasto. Este estudo utilizou o software MOHID para simular a sedimentação do material ressuspendido durante uma operação de pesca de arrasto na Bacia de Campos, avaliando possíveis impactos da disposição de sedimentos no rodolitos e corais de águas profundas. O modelo de transporte de sedimentos foi validado por medições de campo de uma operação de pesca de arrasto, apresentando boa acurácia. Os resultados indicaram que a ressuspensão de sedimentos pela pesca de arrasto de porta dupla tem um potencial de causar impactos a rodolitos, devido a deposição de uma camada de sedimentos de espessura superior a 0,13 mm, sendo esses valores acima dos valores de tolerância estabelecidos pela literatura. Por outro lado, não houve indicação de impactos aos corais de águas profundas do talude pela deposição de sedimentos ocasionada pela pesca de arrasto de porta simples.

Palavras-chave: Modelagem computacional, Transporte de sedimentos, MOHID, Plataforma continental, Talude

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