Mucus aggregates in the Adriatic Sea: an overview of stages and occurrences

M Stachowitsch, N Fanuko, M Richter - Marine Ecology, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
The wide range of macroscopic mucus aggregates in the Adriatic Sea is documented. These
structures arc considered to be initially produced by diatoms. A differentiation into five states …

Distribution of viruses and dissolved DNA along a coastal trophic gradient in the northern Adriatic Sea

MG Weinbauer, D Fuks, P Peduzzi - Applied and Environmental …, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
The distribution of viral and other microbial abundances as well as the concentrations of
dissolved DNA (D-DNA) along a trophic gradient in the northern Adriatic Sea were …

Mucilaginous aggregates in the northern Adriatic in the period 1999–2002: typology and distribution

R Precali, M Giani, M Marini, F Grilli, CR Ferrari… - Science of the Total …, 2005 - Elsevier
The spatial and temporal distributions of different types of visible mucilaginous aggregates
were investigated monthly by underwater video cameras in the northern Adriatic (NA) from …

Mucilages in Italian seas: the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian seas, 1988–1991

A Rinaldi, RA Vollenweider, G Montanari… - Science of the Total …, 1995 - Elsevier
Mucilage events, ie the accumulation of a gelatinous material at and below the water surface
during summer months, have been known to occur at irregular intervals in the Northern …

Changes in the northern Adriatic ecosystem and the hypertrophic appearance of gelatinous aggregates

D Degobbis, S Fonda-Umani, P Franco, A Malej… - Science of the Total …, 1995 - Elsevier
Biweekly to monthly measurements of a large number of physical, chemical, and biological
parameters and visual observations (by scuba divers and underwater video cameras) were …

PRODUCTION OF MUCILAGE BY THE ADRIATIC EPIPELIC DIATOM CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) UNDER NUTRIENT LIMITATION

T Alcoverro, E Conte, L Mazzella - Journal of Phycology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The carbon partitioning of the epipelic diatom Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reiman
and Lewin isolated from the Adriatic Sea was studied in the laboratory under varying …

Viral ecology of organic and inorganic particles in aquatic systems: avenues for further research

MG Weinbauer, Y Bettarel, R Cattaneo, B Luef… - Aquatic Microbial …, 2009 - int-res.com
Viral abundance and processes in the water column and sediments are well studied for
some systems; however, we know relatively little about virus–host interactions on particles …

Inhibition of copepod grazing by diatom exudates: a factor in the development of mucus aggregates?

A Malej, RP Harris - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1993 - JSTOR
Dissolved polymers, especially polysaccharides, are thought to play an important role in
formation of larger organic aggregates in the sea. Phytoplankton may exude considerable …

Mass accumulation of mucilage caused by dinoflagellate polysaccharide exudates in Tasman Bay, New Zealand

L MacKenzie, I Sims, V Beuzenberg, P Gillespie - Harmful algae, 2002 - Elsevier
At about 20-year intervals, since at least the 1860s, there have been accounts of the
accumulation of large quantities of mucilage in the waters off the northern coast of the South …

Ecology of amorphous aggregations (marine snow) in the Northern Adriatic Sea. IV. Dissolved nutrients and the autotrophic community associated with marine snow

E Kaltenböck, GJ Herndl - Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 1992 - int-res.com
In the Northern Adriatic Sea, development over time of the inorganic nutrient regime as well
as the autotrophic community was investigated in marine snow (up to 20 cm in diameter) …