OAPEN Library: Recent submissions
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(2024)The conservation of coastal archaeological sites, like the Roman Villa of Casignana in southern Italy, dating back to the 4th century AD, faces various threats, including erosion, rising sea levels, and urbanization. To ...
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(2024)This work presents a novel approach for local-scale quantification of stand plant transpiration. The methodology integrates leaf-scale gas exchange, meteorological, and soil water content data with satellite data to upscale ...
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(2024)The phenomenon of bioinvasions, when species spread beyond their native ranges, is widely studied in terms of biological and ecological characteristics of the species involved. However, some cases need taxonomic deepening ...
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(2024)Marine invasive macroalgae alter the environment in which they settle, changing food chains, generating structural variations and, sometimes, displacing native species. Halimeda incrassata (H.i.) is a tropical seaweed that ...
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(2024)The relationship between climate and tourism is very close, and this connection is even more evident for tourism in coastal areas. The various impacts of climate change have long been obvious in many destinations. In ...
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(2024)The study currently underway along the coasts of south-eastern Sicily, born from the collaboration between the Federico II University, Stanford University, Brock University and the Soprintendenza del Mare della Regione ...
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(2024)There is no region in Italy and, perhaps, in the world that presents such a wealth of archaeological evidence, even underwater, as Campania and, in particular, along the coasts of the Bay of Naples: a site that includes ...
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(2024)The coastal cliff on the Vrgada island is developed in Pleistocene aeolian-alluvial deposits which are subject to constant erosion. Digital Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry has been used to record and monitor the erosion ...
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(2024)The toxic benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata causes harmful algal blooms in Apulia region of Southern Italy. In this study the volunteers of a citizens’ observatory engaged with public research centres to apply a ...
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(2024)This preliminary study presents an updated checklist of amphipod crustaceans inhabiting Italian seas and provides valuable insights into their diversity, distribution, and ecological traits. By combining existing literature ...
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(2024)Escherichia coli (E. coli) and intestinal enterococci (ENT) are the indicator bacteria used to test the microbiological quality of bathing water. In Croatia, the quality of bathing water is assessed by parametric method ...
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(2024)In large coastal cities, beaches are very important public open spaces. However, except in a few studies investigating interactions between uses and environmental beach quality, beach attendance and practices are generally ...
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(2024)This paper focusses on the documentation of some archaeological case studies in the northern part of the Venice lagoon, an extreme and at the same time vulnerable ecosystem. The study emphasises the challenges of working ...
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(2024)For a long period, Greeks, Phoenicians, and Etruscans frequented, at the same time, the Mediterranean Sea. This forced their seafaring to behave, at the same time, as pirates at sea, to break down competition, and as traders ...
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(2024)This work is part of an environmental monitoring project conducted by Ispra since 2008, with the installation of two marine cables between the Lazio coast and Sardinia. Following the deployment of anti-trawl tripods, since ...
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(2024)The real-time availability of data from coastal meteo-marine stations is crucial for various stakeholders, including port authorities, government agencies, researchers, and the general public. While observation data is ...
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(2024)In the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, dry-stone walls represent an extensive cultural heritage in state of generalized abandonment. Considering the multifunctionality recognized to surviving terraced systems needs to ...
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(2024)The coast of Marina di Pisa has been subjected to strong erosion for decades. The current protective system comprises a large rubble-mound seawall, 6 emerged rubble-mound breakwaters, and 4 cells made up of a submerged ...
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(2024)Assessment of coastal vulnerability to physical and anthropic processes is a crucial step in coastal risk management, especially in climate change scenarios characterized by sea level rise and increasing human pressure. ...
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(2024)The Mediterranean coasts are threatened by human activities that cause changes and alterations in the vegetation. This study aims to assess the impact of urbanisation on the conservation status of EEC Directive 43/92 ...
