Cytochrome P450 Dependent Activities in Mussel and Fish from Coastal Marine Environment: Field Studies on the French Coast of the Mediterranean Sea

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Michel ◽  
Pascal Mora ◽  
Philippe Garrigues ◽  
Helene Budzinski ◽  
Christophe Raoux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cytochrome P450 ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Coastal Marine Environment ◽  
Coastal Marine ◽  
The Mediterranean

The impact of urban effluents on the coastal marine environment of Mediterranean islands

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael O. Angelidis
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Suspended Particle ◽  
Pollution Source ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
Coastal Marine Environment ◽  
Coastal Marine ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The impact of the urban effluents of Mytilene (Lesvos island, Greece) on the receiving coastal marine environment, was evaluated by studying the quality of the city effluents (BOD5, COD, SS, heavy metals) and the marine sediments (grain size, organic matter, heavy metals). It was found that the urban effluents of Mytilene contain high organic matter and suspended particle load because of septage discharge into the sewerage network. Furthermore, although the city does not host important industrial activity, its effluents contain appreciable metal load, which is mainly associated with the particulate phase. The city effluents are discharged into the coastal marine environment and their colloidal and particulate matter after flocculation settles to the bottom, where is incorporated into the sediments. Over the years, the accumulation of organic matter and metals into the harbour mud has created a non-point pollution source in the relatively non-polluted coastal marine environment of the island. Copper and Zn were the metals which presented the higher enrichment in the sediments of the inner harbour of Mytilene.

Covid19 Lockdown Effects on a Coastal Marine Environment: Disentangling Perception Versus Reality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Braga ◽  
Daniele Ciani ◽  
Simone Colella ◽  
Emanuele Organelli ◽  
Jaime Pitarch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marine Environment ◽  
Coastal Marine Environment ◽  
Coastal Marine

scholarly journals Implementation and validation of a new operational wave forecasting system of the Mediterranean Monitoring and Forecasting Centre in the framework of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 2675-2695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michalis Ravdas ◽  
Anna Zacharioudaki ◽  
Gerasimos Korres
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Environment Monitoring ◽  
Marine Research ◽  
Forecasting System ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Marine Environment Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Service ◽  
Wave Forecasting

Abstract. Within the framework of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), an operational wave forecasting system for the Mediterranean Sea has been implemented by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) and evaluated through a series of preoperational tests and subsequently for 1 full year of simulations (2014). The system is based on the WAM model and it has been developed as a nested sequence of two computational grids to ensure that occasional remote swell propagating from the North Atlantic correctly enters the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar. The Mediterranean model has a grid spacing of 1∕24∘. It is driven with 6-hourly analysis and 5-day forecast 10 m ECMWF winds. It accounts for shoaling and refraction due to bathymetry and surface currents, which are provided in offline mode by CMEMS. Extensive statistics on the system performance have been calculated by comparing model results with in situ and satellite observations. Overall, the significant wave height is accurately simulated by the model while less accurate but reasonably good results are obtained for the mean wave period. In both cases, the model performs optimally at offshore wave buoy locations and well-exposed Mediterranean subregions. Within enclosed basins and near the coast, unresolved topography by the wind and wave models and fetch limitations cause the wave model performance to deteriorate. Model performance is better in winter when the wave conditions are well defined. On the whole, the new forecast system provides reliable forecasts. Future improvements include data assimilation and higher-resolution wind forcing.

Outfall Inspections, Token Repairs, and Major Remedial Works

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Grace
Keyword(s):  
Marine Environment ◽  
Remedial Measures ◽  
Remotely Operated Vehicles ◽  
Coastal Marine Environment ◽  
Coastal Marine

The coastal marine environment is fraught with risk for any exposed or minimally-buried seabed structure such as an outfall. Thus, conduits of this type should be inspected on a regular basis, whether by divers, remotely operated vehicles, or manned submersibles. Small deficiencies may be handled upon detection by the same person or system. Major problems will require a competent marine contractor and an elapse of time. The paper lists a number of outfall malfunctions of various scales and, in most cases, the remedial measures pursued. With care, a typical pipe of this type should function efficiently for many years.

scholarly journals The culturable mycobiota associated with the Mediterranean sponges Aplysina cavernicola, Crambe crambe and Phorbas tenacior

2019 ◽  
Vol 366 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Bovio ◽  
Estelle Sfecci ◽  
Anna Poli ◽  
Giorgio Gnavi ◽  
Valeria Prigione ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Marine Fungi ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Fungal Communities ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Satellite Analysis ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT Marine fungi are part of the huge and understudied biodiversity hosted in the sea. To broaden the knowledge on fungi inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea and their role in sponge holobiont, three sponges namely Aplysina cavernicola, Crambe crambe and Phorbas tenacior were collected in Villefranche sur Mer, (France) at about 25 m depth. The fungal communities associated with the sponges were isolated using different techniques to increase the numbers of fungi isolated. All fungi were identified to species level giving rise to 19, 13 and 3 species for P. tenacior, A. cavernicola and C. crambe, respectively. Of note, 35.7% and 50.0% of the species detected were either reported for the first time in the marine environment or in association with sponges. The mini-satellite analysis confirmed the uniqueness of the mycobiota of each sponge, leading to think that the sponge, with its metabolome, may shape the microbial community.

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