| Title | The Mar Piccolo of Taranto: an interesting marine ecosystem for the environmental problems studies |
| Abstract | The National Project RITMARE (la Ricerca ITaliana per il MARE-Italian Research for the sea) started from 1 January 2012. It is one of the national research programs funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. RITMARE is coordinated by the National Research Council (CNR) and involves an integrated effort of most of the scientific community working on marine and maritime issues. Within the project, different marine study areas of strategic importance for the Mediterranean have been identified: Among these, the coastal area of Taranto (Ionian Sea, Southern Italy) was chosen for its different industry settlements and the relative impact on the marine environment. In particular, the research has been concentrated on the Mar Piccolo of Taranto, a complex marine ecosystem model important in terms of ecological, social, and economic activities for the presence also of extensive mussel farms. The site has been selected also because the Mar Piccolo area is a characteristic "on field" laboratory suitable to investigate release and diffusion mechanisms of contaminants, evaluate chemical-ecological risks towards the marine ecosystem and human health, and suggest and test potential remediation strategies for contaminated sediments. In this context, within the project RITMARE, a task force of researchers has contributed to elaboration a functioning conceptual model with a multidisciplinary approach useful to identify anthropogenic forcings, its impacts, and solutions of environmental remediation. This paper describes in brief some of the environmental issues related to the Mar Piccolo basin. |
| Source | Environmental science and pollution research international 23 (13), pp. 12495–12501 |
| Keywords | Ritmare projectMar PiccoloMediterranean SeaTransitional environment |
| Journal | Environmental science and pollution research international |
| Editor | Springer, Berlin, Germania |
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11356-015-4924-6 |
| Authors | Cardellicchio, Nicola; Annicchiarico, Cristina; Di Leo, Antonella; Giandomenico, Santina; Spada, Lucia |
| Text | 398882 2016 10.1007/s11356 015 4924 6 ISI Web of Science WOS 000378817300002 Scopus 2 s2.0 84933567521 Ritmare project Mar Piccolo Mediterranean Sea Transitional environment The Mar Piccolo of Taranto an interesting marine ecosystem for the environmental problems studies Cardellicchio, Nicola; Annicchiarico, Cristina; Di Leo, Antonella; Giandomenico, Santina; Spada, Lucia irsa ta The National Project RITMARE la Ricerca ITaliana per il MARE Italian Research for the sea started from 1 January 2012. It is one of the national research programs funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. RITMARE is coordinated by the National Research Council CNR and involves an integrated effort of most of the scientific community working on marine and maritime issues. Within the project, different marine study areas of strategic importance for the Mediterranean have been identified Among these, the coastal area of Taranto Ionian Sea, Southern Italy was chosen for its different industry settlements and the relative impact on the marine environment. In particular, the research has been concentrated on the Mar Piccolo of Taranto, a complex marine ecosystem model important in terms of ecological, social, and economic activities for the presence also of extensive mussel farms. The site has been selected also because the Mar Piccolo area is a characteristic on field laboratory suitable to investigate release and diffusion mechanisms of contaminants, evaluate chemical ecological risks towards the marine ecosystem and human health, and suggest and test potential remediation strategies for contaminated sediments. In this context, within the project RITMARE, a task force of researchers has contributed to elaboration a functioning conceptual model with a multidisciplinary approach useful to identify anthropogenic forcings, its impacts, and solutions of environmental remediation. This paper describes in brief some of the environmental issues related to the Mar Piccolo basin. 23 Published version https //www.scopus.com/record/display.uri eid=2 s2.0 84933567521 origin=resultslist The Mar Piccolo of Taranto an interesting marine ecosystem for the environmental problems studies cardelliccho_2016_espr.pdf Articolo in rivista Springer 0944 1344 Environmental science and pollution research international Environmental science and pollution research international Environ. sci. pollut. res. int. Environmental science and pollution research international. Environmental science and pollution research international Print Environmental science and pollution research Print ESPR Print cristina.annicchiarico ANNICCHIARICO CRISTINA antonella.dileo DI LEO ANTONELLA santina.giandomenico GIANDOMENICO SANTINA lucia.spada SPADA LUCIA nicola.cardellicchio CARDELLICCHIO NICOLA |
