scholarly journals Trace metals in <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> in a coastal area of the Ionian Sea (Calabria, Italy)

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 102-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radiana Cozza ◽  
Adele Iaquinta ◽  
Davide Cozza ◽  
Luisa Ruffolo
Keyword(s):  
Trace Metals ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Posidonia Oceanica ◽  
Ionian Sea

scholarly journals Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: a biodiversity inventory of the coastal area of Tricase (Ionian Sea, Italy) – Mollusca: Heterobranchia

2018 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Micaroni ◽  
F. Strano ◽  
D. Di Franco ◽  
F. Crocetta ◽  
D. Grech ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Area ◽  
Ionian Sea ◽  
Biodiversity Inventory

Sedimentary record of anthropogenic contaminants (trace metals and PAHs) and organic matter in a Mediterranean coastal area (Gulf of Palermo, Italy)

2009 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossella Di Leonardo ◽  
Salvatrice Vizzini ◽  
Adriana Bellanca ◽  
Antonio Mazzola
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Trace Metals ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Sedimentary Record

scholarly journals Comparative Study of Raw and Boiled Silver Pomfret Fish from Coastal Area and Retail Market in Relation to Trace Metals and Proximate Composition

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Roksana Huque ◽  
M. Kamruzzaman Munshi ◽  
Afifa Khatun ◽  
Mahfuza Islam ◽  
Afzal Hossain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trace Metals ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Proximate Composition ◽  
Marine Fishes ◽  
Retail Market ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Pampus Argenteus ◽  
Fish Samples ◽  
Silver Pomfret

Trace metals concentration and proximate composition of raw and boiled silver pomfret (Pampus argenteus) from coastal area and retail market were determined to gain the knowledge of the risk and benefits associated with indiscriminate consumption of marine fishes. The effects of cooking (boiling) on trace metal and proximate composition of silver pomfret fish were also investigated. Trace element results were determined by the Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Spectrometer wherein fish samples from both areas exceeded the standard limits set by FAO/WHO for manganese, lead, cadmiumm and chromium and boiling has no significant effects on these three metal concentrations. Long-term intake of these contaminated fish samples can pose a health risk to humans who consume them.

scholarly journals Recent monitoring data of Posidonia oceanica meadows distributed along the Apulian coasts (Eastern-Central Mediterranean Sea) according to the 2000/60 EC Directive

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaetano Costantino ◽  
Nicola Ungaro ◽  
Massimo Blonda ◽  
Marina Mariani ◽  
Daniela Battista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
National Level ◽  
Reference Conditions ◽  
Ecological Status ◽  
Posidonia Oceanica ◽  
Ionian Sea ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Italian Law ◽  
Sampling Procedures

According to the Water Framework Directive (WFD), a specific monitoring of Posidonia oceanica meadows was carried out along the Apulian coasts by the Regional Agency for the Environmental Prevention and Protection (ARPA Puglia). A total of 17 sites, 11 in the Southern Adriatic Sea and 6 in the Northern Ionian Sea were investigated during two consecutive monitoring cycles (2009-2011 and 2012-2014). Sampling procedures as well as laboratory analyses (phenology and lepidochronology) were carried out according to a common methodological protocol shared at Italian national level (D.M. 260/2010) for the final ecological classification (sensu WFD) using the PREI index. In each meadow, two sampling stations were investigated by scuba divers at the fixed depth of 15 m and in correspondence of the lower bathymetric distribution limit. For each station, 9 shoots counting (40x40 cm square) and 3 covering estimates (around 5 m of radius) were carried out. In addition, 18 orthotropic shoots and a sediment sample were collected as well as some other bio-ecological data (meadow continuity, dead matte presence, bottom type, invasive algae presence, flowering, disturbance sources, lower limit type and depth). The results showed that 29% of sites were classified as “GOOD”, 59% were classified as ”MODERATE” while the remaining 12% as “POOR”, with a general slight improvement of the classification in the last monitoring cycle (2012-2014). Although the ecological quality status of the Apulian Posidonia oceanica meadows (summarized by the PREI index values) reflects the distribution of anthropic pressures on the coast (harbours, industrial and urbanized areas, river’s outlets) along a latitudinal gradient, the classification based on the rules (reference conditions and EQR boundaries for the PREI index) reported in the Italian law (D.M. 260/2010) seems to underestimate the real ecological status. Consequently, a revision of both the actual reference conditions and EQR boundaries is suggested for the BQE Posidonia oceanica in the Apulian marine waters, in order to taking account of the environmental features of two different marine basins as the south-western Adriatic Sea and the north-western Ionian Sea.

Deposition of trace metals in sediments of the deltaic plain and adjacent coastal area (the Neretva River, Adriatic Sea)

2015 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 120-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Jurina ◽  
M. Ivanić ◽  
N. Vdović ◽  
T. Troskot-Čorbić ◽  
S. Lojen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trace Metals ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Deltaic Plain ◽  
Adjacent Coastal Area

Amphipoda species (Suborders: Amphilochidea and Senticaudata) from Vasiliko Bay, Cyprus: New records, information on their biogeography and an annotated checklist from the coasts of Cyprus

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4896 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-408
Author(s):  
MARIA ROUSOU ◽  
WANDA PLAITI ◽  
JIM LOWRY ◽  
STEPHANOS CHARALAMBOUS ◽  
CHARITON CHARLES CHINTIROGLOU
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Area ◽  
New Records ◽  
Posidonia Oceanica ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Amphipod Species ◽  
Soft Bottom ◽  
Current Information ◽  
Research Survey ◽  
Amphipoda Species ◽  
Annotated Checklist

Current information on soft-bottom benthic amphipod species of the south coasts of Cyprus is scarce. In the summer of 2013, a research survey was carried out, targeting the Vasiliko Bay and the nearby coastal area which is influenced by multiple human-induced stressors. Analysis of 126 samples revealed the presence of 2,122 individual amphipods (Amphilochidea and Senticaudata) belonging to 25 families and 52 species. Twenty-four species are new records for Cyprus increasing the number of amphipods to 141 species. In Vasiliko Bay, two amphipod species presented the highest abundances and were found to be constant (Microdeutopus periergos, Perioculodes longimanus), while seven are common species (Ampelisca brevicornis, Ampelisca typica, Apherusa chiereghinii, Dexamine spinosa, Harpinia crenulata, Leptocheirus pectinatus, Leucothoe incisa) and the remaining 43 species are rare. The highest amphipod total abundances and number of species were recorded in stations with dense Posidonia oceanica meadows and aquaculture units in the vicinity. Brief distributional and ecological characteristics of the identified amphipod species are given and an annotated checklist for the coasts of Cyprus is provided. 

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