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Artificial Reefs in the Gulf of Castellammare (North-West Sicily): A Case Study
2000
Most of the plans for fish stock replenishment recently undertaken in Sicily have focused on the Gulf of Castellammare. Reasons for choosing this biotope for a restocking plan include the size of the Gulf (300 km2), the importance and traditional role of its fisheries and the existence of information describing the local marine environment. The Gulf of Castellammare is the widest bay in Sicily and fishing has always played a major role in the local economy. Today income from fishing complements that from tourism.
Influence of artificial reefs on the surrounding infauna: Analysis of meiofauna
2002
We adopted a bottom-up approach in studying the effect of two artificial reefs in contrasting environmental conditions (sandy-mud and meso-eutrophic in the Adriatic Sea versus coarse sands and oligotrophic in the Tyrrhenian Sea) on the surrounding environment by assessing changes in the meiofauna. The spatial distribution of meiofaunal assemblages was established along a transect running from within each reef to well outside its direct sphere of influence, along with information on the trophic conditions of sediments (chloropigments, proteins, carbohydrates and total organic matter). Although total densities were significantly higher in the Adriatic than in the Tyrrhenian, the meiofauna dis…