1. IT12-M Alto Adriatico
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Pugnetti, Alessandra, Bastianini, Mauro, Cataletto, Bruno, Grilli, Federica, Ravaioli, Mariangela, Bernardi Aubry, Fabrizio, Acri, Francesco, Camatti, Elisa, Pansera, Marco, Finotto, Stefania, De Lazzari, Amelia, Armeli Minicante, Simona, Del Negro, Paola, Cabrini, Marina, Monti, Marina, Giani, Michele, Cibic, Tamara, Cerino, Federica, Fornasaro, Daniela, Fabbro, Cinzia, Tirelli, Valentina, De Olazabal, Alessandra, Goruppi, Alenka, Franzo, Annalisa, Auriemma, Rocco, Nasi, Federica, Ferrante, Larissa, Celussi, Mauro, De Vittor, Cinzia, Urbini, Lidia, Kralj, Martina, Relitti, Federica, Lipizer, Marina, Giorgetti, Alessandra, Eliezer, Menashè, Bazzaro, Matteo, Beran, Alfred, Bergami, Caterina, Riminucci, Francesco, Capotondi, Lucilla, Albertazzi, Sonia, Giordano, Patrizia, Russo, Aniello, Stanghellini, Giuseppe, Tarozzi, Leone, Marini, Mauro, Romagnoli, Tiziana, Betti, Mattia, Caccamo, Giuseppe, Campanelli, Alessandra, Frapiccini, Emanuela, Penna, Pierluigi, Paschini, Elio, Accoroni, Stefano, Giulietti, Sonia, Coluccelli, Alessandro, and Totti, Cecilia
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Northern Adriatic Sea ,13. Climate action ,LTER-Italy ,plankton ,14. Life underwater ,biogeochemical cycles ,LTER - Abstract
The Northern Adriatic Sea is the northernmost basin of the Mediterranean Sea and one of its most productive areas, characterized by a shallow depth and by a dominant cyclonic circulation. The oceanographic and meteorological parameters show a marked seasonal and interannual variability. The major forcings of the system are represented by the significant river inputs along the Italian coast, by the Eastern Adriatic Current-EAC, which brings high salinity and oligotrophic waters from the southern basin, and by the notable sea-level range, relatively to the Mediterranean area. The NAS is subject to multiple anthropogenic impacts, e.g.: nutrient inputs, coastal urbanization, fishing activity, tourism, and maritime trade. The basin has undergone marked eutrophication followed by a phase of oligotrophication and then by a recent increase in nutrient concentrations. The NAS has also been subjected to frequent development of mucilage aggregates until the first decade of the 2000s. The LTER-Italy parent site NAS currently includes four research sites: the Gulf of Trieste, the Gulf of Venice, the Po Delta and Romagna Coast, and the Senigallia-Susak Transect. At each site meteo-oceanographic and biological data, mainly on plankton, are gathered both during oceanographic cruises and at fixed point observatories. Each site is supervised by a research institution that also manages the system of fixed sensors, which record data in near real-time