| Abstract | The results of an ex-ante survey aiming to assess the impact of a fish farm in the Mar Grande of Taranto (southern Italy, Mediterranean Sea) on the surrounding environment are reported. There, the implementation of an innovative IMTA plant was planned, with the goals of environment bioremediation and commercially exploitable biomass production. Analyses were conducted in February and July 2018. Both seawater and sediments were sampled at the four corners of the fish farm to detect the existing biological and physico-chemical features. The investigation was performed to identify the best area of the farming plant for positioning the bioremediating system, but also to obtain a data baseline, to compare to the environmental status after the bioreme-diating action. Data were also analyzed by canonical analysis of principal coordinates (CAP). All the measurements, in particular, microbiology and macrobenthic community characterization using AZTI's Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) and the Multivariate-AMBI (M-AMBI) indices, suggest that the effect of fish farm waste was concentrated and limited to a small portion of the investigated area in relation to the direction of the main current. A site named A3, which was found to be the most impacted by the aquaculture activities, especially during the summer season, was chosen to place the bioremediation system. |
| Text | 472658 2022 10.3390/biology11040617 Scopus 2 s2.0 85129324728 ISI Web of Science WOS WOS 000785101800001 IMTA; mariculture wastes; monitoring program; sediments; water column An Integrated Monitoring Approach to the Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of an Inshore Mariculture Plant Mar Grande of Taranto, Ionian Sea Giangrande A.; Licciano M.; Arduini D.; Borghese J.; Pierri C.; Trani R.; Longo C.; Petrocelli A.; Ricci P.; Alabiso G.; Cavallo R.A.; Acquaviva M.I.; Narracci M.; Stabili L. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, 73047, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, 73047, Lecce, Italy, , Italy; Department of Biology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, 70125, Department of Biology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125, Bari, Italy;, , Italy; Institute for Water Research, CNR, Taranto, 74123, Institute for Water Research, CNR, 74123, Taranto, Italy, , Italy The results of an ex ante survey aiming to assess the impact of a fish farm in the Mar Grande of Taranto southern Italy, Mediterranean Sea on the surrounding environment are reported. There, the implementation of an innovative IMTA plant was planned, with the goals of environment bioremediation and commercially exploitable biomass production. Analyses were conducted in February and July 2018. Both seawater and sediments were sampled at the four corners of the fish farm to detect the existing biological and physico chemical features. The investigation was performed to identify the best area of the farming plant for positioning the bioremediating system, but also to obtain a data baseline, to compare to the environmental status after the bioreme diating action. Data were also analyzed by canonical analysis of principal coordinates CAP . All the measurements, in particular, microbiology and macrobenthic community characterization using AZTI s Marine Biotic Index AMBI and the Multivariate AMBI M AMBI indices, suggest that the effect of fish farm waste was concentrated and limited to a small portion of the investigated area in relation to the direction of the main current. A site named A3, which was found to be the most impacted by the aquaculture activities, especially during the summer season, was chosen to place the bioremediation system. 11 Published version http //www.scopus.com/record/display.url eid=2 s2.0 85129324728 origin=inward 07/04/2022 GIANGRANDE 2022 An integrated... PDF del lavoro pubblicato GIANGRANDE 2022 An integrated .pdf Articolo in rivista MDPI 2079 7737 Biology Basel Biology Basel Biology Basel Biology. Basel giorgio.alabiso ALABISO GIORGIO antonella.petrocelli PETROCELLI ANTONELLA loredana.stabili STABILI LOREDANA mariaimmacolata.acquaviva ACQUAVIVA MARIA IMMACOLATA marcella.narracci NARRACCI MARCELLA |
