This paper is the outcome of a workshop held in Rome in November 2011 on the occasion
of the 25th anniversary of the POEM (Physical Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean) …

Understanding the water circulation in oceans and coastal seas is among the key topics of
oceanographic and climate research. Hydrodynamic studies form the basis for many …

The Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean (NEMO) is a framework of ocean related
engines, namely OPA 1 for the ocean dynamics and thermodynamics, LIM 2 for the sea-ice …

Sea surface concentrations of plastics and their fluxes onto coastlines are simulated over
2009–2015. Calculations incorporate combinations of terrestrial and maritime litter inputs …

In order to be able to forecast the weather and estimate future climate changes in the ocean,
it is crucial to understand the past and the mechanisms responsible for the ocean variability …

This study describes the development and evaluation of an oceanographic three-
dimensional variational (3D-VAR) data assimilation scheme based on a novel specification …

A new numerical general circulation ocean model for the Mediterranean Sea has been
implemented nested within an Atlantic general circulation model within the framework of the …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are major tools to protect biodiversity and sustain fisheries.
For species with a sedentary adult phase and a dispersive larval phase, the effectiveness of …

Genetic connectivity and geographic fragmentation are two opposing mechanisms
determining the population structure of species. While the first homogenizes the genetic …

In this paper we use MEDSLIK-II, a Lagrangian marine surface oil spill model described in
Part 1 (De Dominicis et al., 2013), to simulate oil slick transport and transformation …