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G. Cortese

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Impacts of marine aquaculture at large spatial scales: evidences from n and p catchment loading and phytoplankton biomass

2011

International audience; While several studies point at off-shore aquaculture as a possible source of impacts on the local marine environment, very few have analysed its effects at large scales such as at the bay, gulf or basin levels. Similar analyses are hampered by the multiple sources of disturbance that may concomitantly affect a given area. The present paper addresses these issues taking the Gulf of Castellammare (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea) as an example. Nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) loads were calculated for the period 1970-2007, and compared to chlorophyll-a concentration as measured inside and outside the Gulf over the same period. Results indicate that N and P catchment loading h…

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaChlorophyll0106 biological sciences010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesNitrogen[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]Drainage basinAquacultureAquatic ScienceStructural basinOceanography01 natural sciencesAquaculture; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton; Chlorophyll-a; Mediterranean SeaNutrientAquacultureMediterranean SeaSeawaterMarine ecosystemBiomass14. Life underwater0105 earth and related environmental sciencesgeographygeography.geographical_feature_categorybusiness.industryChlorophyll A010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyPhosphoruPhosphorusGeneral MedicinePollutionOceanographyDisturbance (ecology)13. Climate actionPhytoplanktonChlorophyll-aPeriod (geology)Environmental sciencebusinessBayWater Pollutants ChemicalEnvironmental Monitoring
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The relationship between food availability and growth in Mytilus galloprovincialis in the open sea (southern Mediterranean)

1998

Abstract With the aim of gathering information about the possibility of culturing mussels ( Mytilus galloprovincialis ) in a south Mediterranean oligotrophic area, different lots of mussels were placed in culture at depths of −5 m and −15 m and their growth monitored on a monthly basis. Temperature and salinity were measured in situ and water samples were collected at different depths each month. Total suspended matter (TSM) and its inorganic (ISM) and organic (OSM) fractions were analysed by gravimetry and loss on ignition. Photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll- a and phaeopigments), particulate organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON), particulate carbohydrate (CHO), protein (PRT) and lipid…

chemistry.chemical_classificationSettore BIO/07 - EcologiabiologyFood availabilityEcologyfungiSestonMytilus galloprovincialiParticulatesMediterraneanAquatic ScienceBivalviabiology.organism_classificationMytilusMediterranean seaTrophic featurechemistryEnvironmental chemistryPhytoplanktonOrganic matterLoss on ignition
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