Mediterranean Ecosystems : Structures and Processes

Physical and Chemical Variability of Marine Coastal Environments.- 1 Marine Geology and Morphobathymetry in the Bay of Naples (South-Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy).- 2 Physical and Geochemical Transports along the Ancona Coastal Area.- 3 Surface Dynamics of a Coastal Area off Ancona (Adriatic Sea).- 4 Hydrological Characteristics and Dynamics of the Northern Adriatic during Late Summer and Autumn 1997.- 5 Biological Utilisation of the Major Nutrients in the Western Coastal Waters of the North Adriatic Sea.- 6 Seasonal Variability of the Hydrography in the Adriatic Sea: Water Mass Properties and Circulation.- Environmental Monitoring.- 7 Polysaccharide Production by Microalgae from the Adriatic Sea.- 8 Evaluation of Environmental Quality for the Management of Brackish Wetlands: Use of Bioindicators and Biomarkers in the Pontine Lakes.- 9 Toxicological Evaluation of Organochlorine Levels on some Fish Specimens from Adriatic Sea.- 10 Biomarters in the Teleost Fish Diplodus puntazzo: a Study on Animals from an Unpolluted Environment (Brackish Water Pond Acquatina-Lecce, Italy).- 11 Metallothionein and Glutathione as Stress Indicators in Bivalves in the Lagoon of Venice.- 12 Evaluation of Biological Stress Indices in Tapes philippinarum from the Lagoon of Venice through Monitoring of Natural Populations and Transplantation Experiments.- 13 Concentrations of Trace Metals (Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb) in Posidonia oceanica Seagrass of Liscia Bay, Sardinia (Italy).- 14 Mercury Concentrations in Sea Water Sampled with the New “Marikiki” Sampler.- 15 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.- 16 Synchronous Fluorescence Spectra as Chemical Tracers to Monitor the Organic Matter Dissolved in North Adriatic Waters.- 17 Atmospheric Deposition of Trace Metals in North Adriatic Sea.- Plankton Ecology.- 18 Diversity and Vertical Migration of Euphausiids Across the Straits of Messina Area.- 19 Relationship between Fish Larval Biomass and Plankton Production in the South Tyrrhenian Sea.- 20 First Data on the Mysid Community in the “Stagnone di Marsala” (Western Sicily).- 21 Short-term Variability of Mesozooplankton in a Mediterranean Coastal Sound (Stagnone di Marsala, Western Sicily).- 22 Ultraplankton of the Gulf of Naples by Flow Cytometry.- 23 Distribution and Ecology of Mesozooplankton in the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea.- 24 Distribution of Representative Oligotrophic Bacteria in a Pelagic Marine Environment (Ligurian Sea) by in situ Hybridization with rRNA-targeted, Fluorescently Labelled Oligonucleotides.- Fish Recruitment and Feeding Ecology.- 25 Energy Flux in the South Tyrrhenian Deep-sea Ecosystem: Role of Mesopelagic Fishes and Squids.- 26 Diel Feeding Features of Juveniles of Two Sparids in the Stagnone di Marsala Coastal Sound (Western Sicily, Italy).- 27 Fish Species Biodiversity on Trawlable Bottoms of South Adriatic Basin (Mediterranean Sea).- 28 Notes on the Biology and Ecology of Opeatogenys gracilis (Canestrini 1864) (Pisces: Gobiesocidae) from Coastal Environments in Sicily (Mediterranean).- Benthos Ecology.- 29 Benthic Fluxes of Oxygen, Ammonium and Nitrate and Coupled-uncoupled Denitrification Rates within Communities of Three Different Primary Producer Growth Forms.- 30 The Role of Sponge Bioerosion in Mediterranean Coralligenous Accretion.- 31 Mortality of the Bryozoan Pentapora fascialis in the Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean) after Disturbance.- 32 Spring Marine Vegetation on Rocky Substrata of the Tremiti Islands (Adriatic Sea, Italy).- 33 Distribution of Meio- and Macrofaunal Assemblages in Anthropogenically Impacted Coastal Sediments (NW Mediterranean).- 34 Population Dynamics and Secondary Production of Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje (Polychaeta Oweniidae) along the Coasts of Emilia-Romagna (Northern Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea).- 35 Comparison between Modern Clustering Techniques and Original Macrobenthic Community Classification on A. Vatova’s Adriatic Data Set (1934–36).- 36 Deep-sea (250–1,550 m) Benthic Thanatocoenoses from the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea.- 37 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.- 38 Anatomical and Physiological Characteristics of Tentacular Nematocytes Isolated by Different Methods from Aiptasia diaphana (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) in the Brackish Pond Faro (Messina, Italy).- 39 The Oliveri-Tindari Lagoon (Messina, Italy): Evolution of the Trophic-sedimentary Environment and Mollusc Commimities in the Last Twenty Years.- 40 Influence of Allochthonous Plant Detritus on Gammarus insensibilis Stock (Amphipoda) Occurrence in the Soft-bottom Epifauna of the Northern Adriatic Sea.- 41 Indirect Control of Vagile Epifauna on Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss Growth: a Field Study in the Lesina Lagoon (FG), Italy.- 42 Colonisation, Gene Frequencies and Enzyme Activity at GPI Locus of Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia: Thoracica) in the Lagoon of Venice.- 43 Role of Macrodetritivores ― Detritus Trophic Relationships in Phosphorus Dynamics at the Marine Water-sediment Interface: Laboratory Experiments Using 32P.- 44 Structural and Trophic Variations in a Bathyal Community in the Ligurian Sea.- Change and Biodiversity.- 45 Changes in Seaweed Biodiversity of the Gargano Coast (Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea).- 46 Meiofaunal Biodiversity on Hydrothermal Seepage off Panarea (Aeolian Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea).- 47 Change and Diversity: the Mediterranean Deep Corals from the Miocene to the Present.- 48 Effect of Submerged Structures on the Diversity of Macrozoobenthos in the Northern Adriatic Sea.- 49 Recent Changes in Biodiversity in die Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean): is there a Climatic Forcing?.- 50 Sexual Reproduction and Recruitment in Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, a Genetic Diversity Study.- 51 Biodiversity at Ecogenetic Level in Three Species of Beach Fleas.- 52 Functional Diversity in the Posidonia oceanica Ecosystem: an Example with Polychaete Borers of the Scales.- Sediment Processes and Material Recycling.- 53 Sediment Community Oxygen Consumption along a Shelf-slope Transect in the Western Gulf of Lions.- 54 Seasonal Influence of the Front Area on Sediment Deposition in the Northwestern Adriatic Sea.- 55 The Link between Continental and Marine Geochemistry as Shown by Mercury and Arsenic Anomalies in Sediments from Southern Tuscany and Tyrrhenian Sea.- 56 Environmental Constraints on Pathways of Organic Detritus in a Semi-enclosed Marine System (W-Mediterranean).- 57 Distribution and Biochemical Composition of Suspended and Sedimentary Organic Matter in the Northern Adriatic.- 58 Dissolved Organic Carbon Seasonality in the Northern Adriatic and its Possible Involvement in the Aggregate Formation.- 59 Evolution of the Trophic Conditions and Dystrophic Outbreaks in the Sacca di Goro Lagoon (Northern Adriatic Sea).- 60 Microbial Loop Structure along Trophic Gradients in the Adriatic Sea.- 61 Enzymatic Activities and Carbon Flux through the Microbial Compartment in the Adriatic Sea.- Genera and Species Index.