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Home : Fields of activity : Natural Events Study : Mucilage
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Natural Events Study - Mucilage |
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Mucilage in the Adriatic Sea
Since 1988 in the North Adriatic the production of mucilaginous material has occurred with increased frequency and intensity causing negative consequences for the ecosystem, the tourism industry and the fishery by hampering work with nets.
The monitoring activities aimed at recognizing the inception of the phenomenon in order to activate system of prevention and control at an early stage of its development. Investigations on the oceanographic processes such as water dynamics and nutrient fluxes resulted extremely important to explain mechanisms and evaluate processes ob-served in the field as well as to estimate possible consequences of the formation, persistence and dis-persion of the mucilaginous aggregates.
The investigated area with sampling station positions along the three transects. |
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Physical and Chemical Oceanography Unit Address
National Research Council
(CNR) Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR) - Phisical and Chemical Oceanography Unit
Largo Fiera
della Pesca, 1 60125 Ancona - Italy
Tel.: +39 (071) 2078855; Fax: +39 (071) 55313.
URL: www.ismaran.it/ocean |