The North sector of the Strait of Sicily: a priority area for conservation in the Mediterranean Sea

M Di Lorenzo, M Sinerchia, F Colloca - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
The largest semi-enclosed basin in the world, the Mediterranean Sea, is characterized by
high biodiversity and heavy human pressure on the coastal system. The Strait of Sicily (SoS) …

Mediterranean Sea large-scale low-frequency ocean variability and water mass formation rates from 1987 to 2007: A retrospective analysis

N Pinardi, M Zavatarelli, M Adani, G Coppini… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
We describe a synthesis of the Mediterranean Sea circulation structure and dynamics from a
23-year-long reanalysis of the ocean circulation carried out by Adani et al.(2011). This …

The Tyrrhenian sea circulation: A review of recent work

R Iacono, E Napolitano, M Palma, G Sannino - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Knowledge about marine circulation and its variability is a basic requirement for the correct
management of activities aimed at exploiting marine resources and for the prevention and …

Ocean triads' in the Mediterranean Sea: physical mechanisms potentially structuring reproductive habitat suitability (with example application to European anchovy …

VN Agostini, A Bakun - Fisheries Oceanography, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Summaries of maritime weather reports and mean seasonal satellite‐sensed ocean colour
distributions for the Mediterranean Sea are used to identify characteristic configurations of …

The copernicus marine environment monitoring service ocean state report

K Von Schuckmann, PY Le Traon… - Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) Ocean State
Report (OSR) provides an annual report of the state of the global ocean and European …

Sea-level trend variability in the Mediterranean during the 1993–2019 period

M Meli, CML Camargo, M Olivieri… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sea-level change is one of the most concerning climate change and global warming
consequences, especially impacting coastal societies and environments. The spatial and …

The dynamics of the Sicily Strait: a comprehensive study from observations and models

K Béranger, L Mortier, GP Gasparini, L Gervasio… - Deep Sea Research …, 2004 - Elsevier
The dynamics of the Sicily Strait are investigated in a comprehensive study using recent in
situ observations, Ocean General Circulation Model (OGCM) simulations and process model …

Persistent warm Mediterranean surface waters during the Roman period

G Margaritelli, I Cacho, A Català, M Barra… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Reconstruction of last millennia Sea Surface Temperature (SST) evolution is challenging
due to the difficulty retrieving good resolution marine records and to the several …

The seascape of demersal fish nursery areas in the North Mediterranean Sea, a first step towards the implementation of spatial planning for trawl fisheries

F Colloca, G Garofalo, I Bitetto, MT Facchini, F Grati… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The identification of nursery grounds and other essential fish habitats of exploited stocks is a
key requirement for the development of spatial conservation planning aimed at reducing the …

Features of dominant mesoscale variability, circulation patterns and dynamics in the Strait of Sicily

PFJ Lermusiaux, AR Robinson - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2001 - Elsevier
Combining an intensive hydrographic data survey with a numerical primitive equation model
by data assimilation, the main features of dominant mesoscale to subbasin-scale variability …