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Andrea Bonifazi, Simone Galli, Maria Flavia Gravina and Daniele Ventura
Within the framework of hypersaline environments, the Saline di Tarquinia salterns (Latium, Italy) represent an interesting case study from ecological, naturalistic, and conservationist perspectives. We studied macrozoobenthic community zonation related ...
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Petros Leivadaros, Christos Tsabaris, Dionisis L. Patiris, Georgios Eleftheriou, Filothei K. Pappa, Efrossyni Androulakaki, Manos Dasenakis, Evangelia Krasakopoulou and Vassilis Zervakis
Recent spatial and vertical distributions of 137Cs activity concentration in the Aegean Sea are presented almost 30 years after the Chernobyl accident. The study aims to provide the current radioactivity levels of 137Cs in the Aegean Sea and to combine t...
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Nerea Marrero-Betancort, Javier Marcello, Dionisio Rodríguez-Esparragón and Santiago Hernández-León
Understanding the causes of global sea level rise is considered as an important goal of climate research on a regional scale, especially around islands, owing to their vulnerability to this phenomenon. In the case of the Canary Islands, these alterations...
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Ryan J. K. Dunn, Jordan Glen, Hsin-Hui Lin and Sasha Zigic
An understanding of suspended particulate matter (SPM) dynamics is of great importance to design awareness and management strategies of estuaries. Using a Laser In Situ Scattering and Transmissiometry (LISST) instrument, variations in suspended particle ...
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Valeria Specchia, Eftychia Tzafesta, Gabriele Marini, Salvatore Scarcella, Simona D?Attis and Maurizio Pinna
The use of molecular tools (DNA barcoding and metabarcoding) for the identification of species and ecosystem biomonitoring is a promising innovative approach. The effectiveness of these tools is, however, highly dependent on the reliability and coverage ...
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Mikhail S. Golubkov, Vera N. Nikulina, Alexei V. Tiunov and Sergey M. Golubkov
Knowledge of carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios in organic matter and their changes is important when studying nutrient cycles in aquatic ecosystems. Relationships between d13C and d15N values of suspended particulate organic matter (POM), water tempera...
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Chiara Facca, Francesco Cavraro, Piero Franzoi and Stefano Malavasi
Transitional waters are fragile ecosystems with high ecological, social and economic values, that undergo numerous threats. According to the information provided by European Member States in the framework of the European Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitat Dire...
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Fotini Botsou, Aristomenis P. Karageorgis, Vasiliki Paraskevopoulou, Manos Dassenakis and Michael Scoullos
The Antinioti Lagoon is a karstified, rather pristine, and shallow coastal lagoon located in the northern part of Corfu Island in NW Greece. The present study examines the levels of metals (Al, Fe, Mn, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) in the dissolved and particulate...
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Jens Arle, Volker Mohaupt and Ingo Kirst
The European Commission Water Framework Directive (WFD) was established 16 years ago and forms the current basis for monitoring surface waters and groundwater in Europe. This legislation resulted in a necessary adaptation of the monitoring networks and p...
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