Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
The marine coastal area of the Portofino Promontory, located in the North-East side of the Ligurian basin (Mediterranean Sea), has been studied since 1980’s to identify its main ecological characteristics. The large physical, chemical and biological dataset available for this site (LTER sites) represents a powerful tool for the
reliable reconstruction of seasonal cycles and allow the differentiation of regular and recurrent patterns from occasional and exceptional events. This long-term monitoring reveled an increases in the average monthly temperature along the water column in the last 10 years compare with the previous decade (1985-1995), with a
high inter-annual variability and some specific episodic occurrence of thermal anomalies. The physical features of
the water column seems to have a strict relation with the phytoplankton biomass fluctuations.
A detailed study of 2008 intended to analyze a wider area, in order to compare the driving forces influencing the development of biotic process along an offshore gradient.
Description:
Published
Description:
Vienna
Description:
3.7. Dinamica del clima e dell'oceano
Description:
open
Keywords:
Ligurian basin
;
seasonal variation
;
coastal current
;
03. Hydrosphere::03.02. Hydrology::03.02.99. General or miscellaneous
;
03. Hydrosphere::03.02. Hydrology::03.02.02. Hydrological processes: interaction, transport, dynamics
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
Abstract
