Coastal lagoons are considered among the marine habitats with the highest biological
productivity, and support a great variety of human activities and pressures that make them …

Despite its remarkable geomorphological, ecological, and touristic value, the coastal sector
of the Apulia region (Southern Italy) hosts three of the main contaminated Italian sites (Sites …

The study critically analyses the complex situation of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (South of
Italy), considered one of the most polluted marine ecosystems in Europe. In order to …

Contaminated marine sediment management strategies involves in situ and ex situ options
for preventing pollutants from re-entering the water column, thus becoming available to …

A Monviso clone has been applied to promote PCB degradation in a soil historically
contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and heavy metals (HMs). The multi …

We investigated the structural and functional changes of the soft-bottom macrofaunal
community following the improvement of a wastewater treatment-WWT plant. The …

During the second half of the twentieth century, coastal lagoons in densely populated
regions experienced eutrophication due to excessive nutrient inputs. Detrimental effects …

Blue mussels (Mytilus sp.) are an economically important species for European aquaculture.
Their importance as a food source is expected to increase in the coming net-zero society …

A detailed multi-scale investigation of the geotechnical, chemical and mineralogical
properties was conducted on contaminated sediment samples collected within the Mar …

Eutrophication represents one of the most impacting threats for the ecological status and
related ecosystem services of transitional waters; hence, its assessment plays a key role in …