The succession of primary producer communities in coastal lagoons is analysed in the light
of the regime shift theory. Pristine coastal lagoons are considered to be dominated by …

Despite their ecological and economic importance, Transitional Waters (TWs) have fallen
behind all the other water categories in respect to the implementation of the Water …

AbstrACt Analysis of the Venice Lagoon responses to changing morphological features,
freshwater discharges, nutrient loads, fishing activities, and other factors shows that this …

The paper couples the results obtained by applying the expert and the rapid Macrophyte
Quality Indices set up to assess the ecological status of the Italian transitional environments …

A large spectrum of coastal lagoon types with a wide range of environmental conditions is
observed along the French Mediterranean coast. These comprise wide trophic and salinity …

Climate change pressures include the dissolved oxygen decline that in lagoon ecosystems
can lead to hypoxia, ie low dissolved oxygen concentrations, which have consequences to …

The paper reports the results obtained after 4 years of aquatic angiosperm transplants in
areas of the Venice Lagoon (North Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean) where meadows almost …

The growth and autoecology of two alien invasive species: Sargassum muticum and
Undaria pinnatifida spreading in the Venice Lagoon were studied monthly, during one year …

Alien macroalgae, mostly invasive species, are a constant concern for coastal areas,
especially in the northern Adriatic Sea where several taxa have colonized the main …

The macrophyte quality index (MaQI) for the assessment of the ecological status of
transitional systems has been recently adopted by the Italian Law in agreement with the …