Beach erosion started to severely affect the Italian coast in the mid XIX century, mostly at
river mouths where settlements were almost absent. When the problem reached developed …

Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in 127 samples, collected at water depth, ranging
between 15 and 184m on the Southern Tuscany continental shelf off the Ombrone River …

The Holocene evolution of the Ombrone River delta has been investigated using
morphological and sedimentological evidence. The delta had a lagoon-like prehistoric …

Multidimensional statistical analysis was used to study the polychaete distribution in soft-
bottoms of two coastal areas of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy), which are influenced by the …

The population growth that affected the Mediterranean area since Neolithic times is
responsible for a high rate of deforestation aimed at providing fuel for domestic use and …

In this paper, the vulnerability of two dune fields located in southern Brazil (São Francisco do
Sul Island) and western Italy (Tuscany) has been defined through the implementation of a …

In this paper, Radio Frequency Identification technology has been applied to track both
underwater and subaerial displacement of pebbles along an artificial coarse beach at …

Eighty samples of sediments were collected from the continental shelf of the Northern
Tyrrhenian Sea. High concentrations of Hg were found in sea-bottom sediments off the chlor …

Variability in orientating behaviour of Talitrus saltator (Montagu, 1808)(Amphipoda;
Crustacea) was investigated under natural conditions. Two populations were analysed from …

In this paper, the profiles of three artificial coarse-grained beaches located at Marina di Pisa
(Tuscany, Italy) were monitored from April 2008 to May 2009 in order to define the response …