Mediterranean Ecosystems: Structures and Processes

Front Matter....Pages N1-XVIII
Marine Geology and Morphobathymetry in the Bay of Naples (South-Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)....Pages 1-8
Physical and Geochemical Transports Along the Ancona Coastal Area....Pages 9-17
Surface Dynamics of a Coastal Area off Ancona (Adriatic Sea)....Pages 19-24
Hydrological Characteristics and Dynamics of the Northern Adriatic during Late Summer and Autumn 1997....Pages 25-35
Biological Utilisation of the Major Nutrients in the Western Coastal Waters of the North Adriatic Sea....Pages 37-43
Seasonal Variability of the Hydrography in the Adriatic Sea: Water Mass Properties and Circulation....Pages 45-60
Polysaccharide Production by Microalgae from the Adriatic Sea....Pages 61-64
Evaluation of Environmental Quality for the Management of Brackish Wetlands: Use of Bioindicators and Biomarkers in the Pontine Lakes....Pages 65-70
Toxicological Evaluation of Organochlorine Levels on some Fish Specimens from Adriatic Sea....Pages 71-76
Biomarkers in the Teleost Fish Diplodus puntazzo : a Study on Animals from an Unpolluted Environment (Brackish Water Pond Acquatina-Lecce, Italy)....Pages 77-84
Metallothionein and Glutathione as Stress Indicators in Bivalves in the Lagoon of Venice....Pages 85-89
Evaluation of Biological Stress Indices in Tapes philippinarum from the Lagoon of Venice through Monitoring of Natural Populations and Transplantation Experiments....Pages 91-94
Concentrations of Trace Metals (Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb) in Posidonia oceanica Seagrass of Liscia Bay, Sardinia (Italy)....Pages 95-99
Mercury Concentrations in Sea Water Sampled with the New “Marikiki” Sampler....Pages 101-104
The Use of Carbon Stable Isotopes to Investigate the Origin and Distribution of Suspended and Sedimentary Organic Matter in a Semi-enclosed Mediterranean Marine System....Pages 105-113
Synchronous Fluorescence Spectra as Chemical Tracers to Monitor the Organic Matter Dissolved in North Adriatic Waters....Pages 115-122
Atmospheric Deposition of Trace Metals in North Adriatic Sea....Pages 123-129
Diversity and Vertical Migration of Euphausiids Across the Straits of Messina Area....Pages 131-141
Relationship between Fish Larval Biomass and Plankton Production in the South Tyrrhenian Sea....Pages 143-148
First Data on the Mysid Community in the “Stagnone di Marsala” (Western Sicily)....Pages 149-154
Short-term Variability of Mesozooplankton in a Mediterranean Coastal Sound (Stagnone di Marsala, Western Sicily)....Pages 155-169
Ultraplankton of the Gulf of Naples by Flow Cytometry....Pages 171-180
Distribution and Ecology of Mesozooplankton in the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea....Pages 181-190
Distribution of Representative Oligotrophic Bacteria in a Pelagic Marine Environment (Ligurian Sea) by in situ Hybridization with rRNA-targeted, Fluorescently Labelled Oligonucleotides....Pages 191-195
Energy Flux in the South Tyrrhenian Deep-sea Ecosystem: Role of Mesopelagic Fishes and Squids....Pages 197-207
Diel Feeding Features of Juveniles of Two Sparids in the Stagnone di Marsala Coastal Sound (Western Sicily, Italy)....Pages 209-214
Fish Species Biodiversity on Trawlable Bottoms of South Adriatic Basin (Mediterranean Sea)....Pages 215-220
Notes on the Biology and Ecology of Opeatogenys gracilis (Canestrini 1864) (Pisces: Gobiesocidae) from Coastal Environments in Sicily (Mediterranean)....Pages 221-224
Benthic Fluxes of Oxygen, Ammonium and Nitrate and Coupled-uncoupled Denitrification Rates within Communities of Three Different Primary Producer Growth Forms....Pages 225-233
The Role of Sponge Bioerosion in Mediterranean Coralligenous Accretion....Pages 235-240
Mortality of the Bryozoan Pentapora fascialis in the Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean) after Disturbance....Pages 241-244
Spring Marine Vegetation on Rocky Substrata of the Tremiti Islands (Adriatic Sea, Italy)....Pages 245-254
Distribution of Meio- and Macrofaunal Assemblages in Anthropogenically Impacted Coastal Sediments (NW Mediterranean)....Pages 255-262
Population Dynamics and Secondary Production of Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje (Polychaeta Oweniidae) along the Coasts of Emilia-Romagna (Northern Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea)....Pages 263-269
Comparison between Modern Clustering Techniques and Original Macrobenthic Community Classification on A. Vatova’s Adriatic Data Set (1934–36)....Pages 271-275
Deep-sea (250–1,550 m) Benthic Thanatocoenoses from the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea....Pages 277-287
Seasonal Trends in the Adriatic Seagrass Communities of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson, Zostera marina L.: Plant Phenology, Biomass Partitioning, Elemental Composition and Faunal Features....Pages 289-295
Anatomical and Physiological Characteristics of Tentacular Nematocytes Isolated by Different Methods from Aiptasia diaphana (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) in the Brackish Pond Faro (Messina, Italy)....Pages 297-303
The Oliveri-Tindari Lagoon (Messina, Italy): Evolution of the Trophic-sedimentary Environment and Mollusc Communities in the Last Twenty Years....Pages 305-310
Influence of Allochthonous Plant Detritus on Gammarus insensibilis Stock (Amphipoda) Occurrence in the Soft-bottom Epifauna of the Northern Adriatic Sea....Pages 311-316
Indirect Control of Vagile Epifauna on Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss Growth: a Field Study in the Lesina Lagoon (FG), Italy....Pages 317-322
Colonisation, Gene Frequencies and Enzyme Activity at GPI Locus of Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia: Thoracica) in the Lagoon of Venice....Pages 323-329
Role of Macrodetritivores — Detritus Trophic Relationships in Phosphorus Dynamics at the Marine Water-sediment Interface: Laboratory Experiments Using 32 P....Pages 331-337
Structural and Trophic Variations in a Bathyal Community in the Ligurian Sea....Pages 339-346
Changes in Seaweed Biodiversity of the Gargano Coast (Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea)....Pages 347-351
Meiofaunal Biodiversity on Hydrothermal Seepage off Panarea (Aeolian Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea)....Pages 353-359
Change and Diversity: the Mediterranean Deep Corals from the Miocene to the Present....Pages 361-366
Effect of Submerged Structures on the Diversity of Macrozoobenthos in the Northern Adriatic Sea....Pages 367-374
Recent Changes in Biodiversity in the Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean): is there a Climatic Forcing?....Pages 375-384
Sexual Reproduction and Recruitment in Posidonia Oceanica (L.) Delile, a Genetic Diversity Study....Pages 385-389
Biodiversity at Ecogenetic Level in Three Species of Beach Fleas....Pages 391-398
Functional Diversity in the Posidonia oceanica Ecosystem: an Example with Polychaete Borers of the Scales....Pages 399-405
Sediment Community Oxygen Consumption along a Shelf-slope Transect in the Western Gulf of Lions....Pages 407-413
Seasonal Influence of the Front Area on Sediment Deposition in the Northwestern Adriatic Sea....Pages 415-425
The Link between Continental and Marine Geochemistry as shown by Mercury and Arsenic Anomalies in Sediments from Southern Tuscany and Tyrrhenian Sea....Pages 427-433
Environmental Constraints on Pathways of Organic Detritus in a Semi-enclosed Marine System (W-Mediterranean)....Pages 435-445
Distribution and Biochemical Composition of Suspended and Sedimentary Organic Matter in the Northern Adriatic....Pages 447-454
Dissolved Organic Carbon Seasonality in the Northern Adriatic and its Possible Involvement in the Aggregate Formation....Pages 455-466
Evolution of the Trophic Conditions and Dystrophic Outbreaks in the Sacca di Goro Lagoon (Northern Adriatic Sea)....Pages 467-475
Microbial Loop Structure along Trophic Gradients in the Adriatic Sea....Pages 477-484
Enzymatic Activities and Carbon Flux through the Microbial Compartment in the Adriatic Sea....Pages 485-493
Back Matter....Pages 495-503