Chapter Monitoring and assessment of the environmental quality of transitional waters in Sicily (Italy)

Transitional waters represent high valuable wetlands characterized by extremely dynamic processes and irregular temporal trends. These coastal areas are vulnerable interface systems sensitive to natural and human pressures that cause a continuous environmental degradation and a consequential unbalan...

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Главные авторы: Galfo, Francesca, Balistreri, Paolo, Sirchia, Benedetto, BELLISSIMO, Giancarlo
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author Galfo, Francesca
Balistreri, Paolo
Sirchia, Benedetto
BELLISSIMO, Giancarlo
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Sirchia, Benedetto
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Sirchia, Benedetto
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description Transitional waters represent high valuable wetlands characterized by extremely dynamic processes and irregular temporal trends. These coastal areas are vulnerable interface systems sensitive to natural and human pressures that cause a continuous environmental degradation and a consequential unbalance of the natural ecosystem. Monitoring plays a key role in the management of these ecosystems in order to prevent further deterioration and enhance the status of environmental quality. This paper aims to evaluate the ecological and chemical status of five Sicilian transitional waters systems (Oliveri-Tindari, Cape Peloro, Vendicari, Longarini-Cuba and Marsala) over a 3-year monitoring cycle according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC). The water quality exhibited negative evidences since no water body monitored achieved the overall good environmental status assessed by different biological and chemical elements.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1635682025-08-02T05:16:15Z Chapter Monitoring and assessment of the environmental quality of transitional waters in Sicily (Italy) Galfo, Francesca Balistreri, Paolo Sirchia, Benedetto BELLISSIMO, Giancarlo WFD Transitional waters Environmental status Water quality Sicily Transitional waters represent high valuable wetlands characterized by extremely dynamic processes and irregular temporal trends. These coastal areas are vulnerable interface systems sensitive to natural and human pressures that cause a continuous environmental degradation and a consequential unbalance of the natural ecosystem. Monitoring plays a key role in the management of these ecosystems in order to prevent further deterioration and enhance the status of environmental quality. This paper aims to evaluate the ecological and chemical status of five Sicilian transitional waters systems (Oliveri-Tindari, Cape Peloro, Vendicari, Longarini-Cuba and Marsala) over a 3-year monitoring cycle according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC). The water quality exhibited negative evidences since no water body monitored achieved the overall good environmental status assessed by different biological and chemical elements. 2025-08-02T05:16:15Z 2025-08-02T05:16:15Z 2025-08-01T15:57:43Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505566_275 2975-0288 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104825 9791221505566 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163568 eng Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104825/1/43649.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.04 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.04 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505566 21 Florence open access
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Transitional waters
Environmental status
Water quality
Sicily
Galfo, Francesca
Balistreri, Paolo
Sirchia, Benedetto
BELLISSIMO, Giancarlo
Chapter Monitoring and assessment of the environmental quality of transitional waters in Sicily (Italy)
title Chapter Monitoring and assessment of the environmental quality of transitional waters in Sicily (Italy)
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title_fullStr Chapter Monitoring and assessment of the environmental quality of transitional waters in Sicily (Italy)
title_full_unstemmed Chapter Monitoring and assessment of the environmental quality of transitional waters in Sicily (Italy)
title_short Chapter Monitoring and assessment of the environmental quality of transitional waters in Sicily (Italy)
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Transitional waters
Environmental status
Water quality
Sicily
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Transitional waters
Environmental status
Water quality
Sicily
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