ABSTRACT Variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Tropical Atlantic dominate the
climate of the North Atlantic sector, the underlying ocean and surrounding continents on …

Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus are amongst the best-known cetaceans. In the
Mediterranean Sea, however, modern field studies of cetaceans did not start until the late …

Evidence is presented for a distinct Pattern Of ocean-atmosphere relationship associated
with interdecadal variability in the North Atlantic region. Using a century of surface marine …

Mean, maximum and minimum surface air temperatures recorded at 70 climatological
stations in Turkey during the period from 1929 to 1999 were analysed to reveal spatial and …

The impact of climate changes on the urban environment may be assessed by calculating
the modifications in energy production and consumption for such daily operations as heating …

Posidonia oceanica, a seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean forms extended and
extremely persistent meadows. It is a clonal plant with an apparently irregular pattern of …

Trends of change in wind direction and velocity during the second part of the last century are
examined at 17 coastal Italian stations along a north–south transect over 1000 km long in …

The ecology and status of Risso's dolphins Grampus griseus worldwide are poorly known. In
the Mediterranean Sea, modern field studies of cetaceans only began in the late 1980s and …

Temperature and salinity of Mediterranean deep water have been increasing, based on
observations extending back to 1959. Over the 1940–1995 period, the corresponding …

The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns
for millennia, and has a history of human exploitation in an inherently unstable landscape …