A5055357297- Marine and fisheries research
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Marine animal studies overview
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Climate variability and models
- Maritime Navigation and Safety
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- Marine and environmental studies
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Wave and Wind Energy Systems
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
2015-2024
Saipem (Italy)
2011
Snam (Italy)
2007
Benthic habitats of the deep Mediterranean Sea and biodiversity they host are increasingly jeopardized by increasing human pressures, both direct indirect, which encompass fisheries, chemical acoustic pollution, littering, oil gas exploration production marine infrastructures (i.e., cable pipeline laying), bioprospecting. To this, is added pervasive growing effects human-induced perturbations climate system. International frameworks provide foundations for protection deep-sea ecosystems, but...
Benthic community succession patterns at whale falls have been previously established by means of punctual submersible and ROV observations. The contribution faunal activity rhythms in response to internal tides photoperiod cues that dynamism has never evaluated. Here, we present results from a high-frequency monitoring experiment an implanted sperm carcass the continental slope (500 m depth) offshore Sagami Bay, Japan. benthic was monitored high frequency prolonged fashion (i.e. 2-h...
In this paper we present the assessment of tidal energy resource for Strait Messina. After considering both constraints (geometric, site specific and operational) current potential area, has been evaluated through application method flow farm. Four different converter devices have considered: GEM, Kobold, MCT SeaGen Verdant Power. Their performances compared assuming a theoretical common maximum power total amount produced in number selected locations. The Kobold turbines reveal to be very...
Abstract In the deep sea, sense of time is dependent on geophysical fluctuations, such as internal tides and atmospheric-related inertial currents, rather than day-night rhythms. Deep-sea neutrino telescopes instrumented with light detecting Photo-Multiplier Tubes (PMT) can be used to describe synchronization bioluminescent activity abyssopelagic organisms hydrodynamic cycles. PMT readings at 8 different depths (from 3069 3349 m) NEMO Phase 2 prototype, deployed offshore Capo Passero...
The warming trend of the Mediterranean region is already well known, but there still a lack information on its seasonal/annual to multidecadal time scales and distribution in all water masses, including deep water. New temporal spatial evidence this thermal variability has been presented Tyrrhenian Sea, thanks twenty-year continuous monitoring by eXpendable BathyThermographs (XBTs) along fixed route from Genoa Palermo. Sea one deepest sub-basins (with maximum depth about 4000 m), interaction...
Current measurements in the open sea are generally acquired by Acoustic Doppler Profilers (ADCPs). In case of ADCPs mounted on spar buoy, current profiles require to be post-processed, properly take into account buoy influence: fact, ADCP compass may reflect alterations induced metal structure and apparent currents can occur due large displacement platform. Uncertainty analysis is finally required consider both these effects compute robust velocity estimates. A new methodology tested for a...
Abstract. A new dataset from oceanographic cruises in the Western Mediterranean Sea (WMED) was compiled to integrate previously published regional data product about dissolved inorganic nutrients CNR-DIN-WMED (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.904172, Belgacem et al., 2019, 2020). The region is experiencing rapid changes, necessitating high-quality and reliable datasets. However, scarcity of in-situ observations hinders understanding these changes their impact on biogeochemical cycles....
The overall objective of this proposal is to build an advanced and original prototype specifically devoted seafloor water-column monitoring as starting Italian contribution the further development EMSO Ligurian Sea node. In detail aim observatory ensure real-time continuous acquisition geophysical, oceanographic biological data by a cable system from marine depth about 500 m shore station.
Abstract. A 2-year dataset of a stand-alone mooring, deployed in November 2020 down the Levante Canyon eastern Ligurian Sea, is presented. The Mooring (LCM) deep submarine multidisciplinary observatory positioned at 608 m depth key ecosystem area. hosts valuable and vulnerable deep-living cold-water corals (CWCs), studied monitored since 2013 through integrated mapping seabed water column. dataset, acquired on mooring presented here (data from to October 2022), includes measurements...
<p>Climate change investigation, protection of marine ecosystems and mitigation natural risks are the main research objectives Levante Canyon Mooring (LCM), a deep submarine multidisciplinary observatory, installed in September 2019 Eastern Ligurian Sea (Lat 44°05.443'N, Long 009°29.900'E at 608 m depth), inside Pelagos Sanctuary. The observatory consists stand-alone station, with an instrumented mooring line ending submerged buoy. It operates...
A significant amount of Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data has been collected in the Mediterranean Sea since 1999 framework operational oceanography activities. The management and storage such a volume poses challenges opportunities. SeaDataNet project, pan-European infrastructure for marine diffusion, provides convenient way to avoid dispersion these temperature vertical profiles facilitate access wider public. XBT flow, along with recent improvements quality check procedures...
Since the `70s, ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre of S. Teresa has been involved in monitoring and analysis physical, chemical biological processes marine environment. In order to provide a deeper view real dynamics, based on integrated use data models, some these activities have recently focused measurement current profiles open sea. A dedicated experimental methodology were carried out design install system for measuring surface layer Ligurian Sea: station, an Acoustic Doppler...
Echo-sounders and Vessel-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (VM-ADCP) are widely operating onboard research vessels with the aim of providing real-time backscatter ocean current profiles along route, while vessel is moving. Backscatter data exploited to infer important information about zooplankton presence distribution. Nevertheless, as these organisms daily vertically migrate even below depth instrument range, combination space time variability make their mapping from a moving...