Microbial assemblages for environmental quality assessment: knowledge, gaps and usefulness in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

G Caruso, R La Ferla, M Azzaro, A Zoppini… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC (MSFD) defines a
framework for Community actions in the field of marine environmental policy in order to …

Comparative hydrodynamics of 10 Mediterranean lagoons by means of numerical modeling

G Umgiesser, C Ferrarin, A Cucco… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A comparison study between 10 Mediterranean lagoons has been carried out by means of
the 3‐D numerical model SHYFEM. The investigated basins are the Venice and Marano …

Assessment of Electrolytes and Metals Profile of the Faro Lake (Capo Peloro Lagoon, Sicily, Italy) and Its Impact on Mytilus galloprovincialis

G Capillo, S Silvestro, M Sanfilippo… - Chemistry & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Faro Lake is a coastal meromictic lagoon with singular characteristics in the Mediterranean
(Messina, Sicily–Italy). It is part of the Natural Oriented Reserve of Capo Peloro (38° 15′ 57 …

Sanctuaries are not inviolable: Haplosporidium pinnae as responsible for the collapse of the Pinna nobilis population in Lake Faro (central Mediterranean)

G Donato, A Lunetta, A Spinelli, G Catanese… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid spread of the protozoan Haplosporidium pinnae is having a strong negative effect
on Pinna nobilis populations. A case study on a residual population in Lake Faro (Sicily …

Plastic litter colonization in a brackish water environment

T Bottari, R Houssa, MV Brundo, B Mghili… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transitional waters, including coastal ponds, represent unique environments. These distinct
ecosystems are often among the most severely polluted systems due to intensive human …

Integrative taxonomy of the bubble snails (Cephalaspidea, Heterobranchia) inhabiting a promising study area: The coastal sicilian Faro Lake (Southern Italy)

G Furfaro, W Renda, G Nardi, S Giacobbe - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The worldwide diffused bubble snails, Haminoeidae, although characterized by an extreme
morphological homogeneity, display the most diverse radiation inside the order …

Sabellidae (Annelida) from the Faro coastal lake (Messina, Ionian Sea), with the first record of the invasive species Branchiomma bairdi along the Italian coast

A Giangrande, A Cosentino… - Mediterranean …, 2012 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Mediterranean Marine Science Page 1 Mediterranean Marine Science Vol 13, No 2 (2012)
Sabellidae (Annelida) from the Faro coastal lake (Messina, Ionian Sea), with the first record …

Assessment of the ecological status of transitional waters in Sicily (Italy): First characterisation and classification according to a multiparametric approach

G Caruso, M Leonardi, LS Monticelli, F Decembrini… - Marine Pollution …, 2010 - Elsevier
A 1-year cycle of observations was performed in four Sicilian transitional water systems
(Oliveri-Tindari, Cape Peloro, Vendicari and Marsala) to characterise their ecological status …

Noble fan-shell, Pinna nobilis, in Lake Faro (Sicily, Italy): Ineluctable decline or extreme opportunity?

G Donato, M Vázquez-Luis, E Nebot-Colomer… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The largest bivalve in the Mediterranean Sea, the fan mussel Pinna nobilis, is at risk of
extinction due to mass mortality events (MMEs) caused by the spread of pathogens …

Enzymatic activities and prokaryotic abundance in relation to organic matter along a West–East Mediterranean Transect (TRANSMED Cruise)

R Zaccone, A Boldrin, G Caruso, R La Ferla… - Microbial ecology, 2012 - Springer
The distribution of extracellular enzymatic activities (EEA)[leucine aminopeptidase (LAP), ß-
glucosidase (GLU), alkaline phosphatase (AP)], as well as that of prokaryotic abundance …