The paper gives an overview of some of the large, shallow, semi-enclosed coastal systems
(SECS) in Europe, These SECS are important both from the ecological and the economic …

The succession of primary producer communities in coastal lagoons is analysed in the light
of the regime shift theory. Pristine coastal lagoons are considered to be dominated by …

Despite their ecological and economic importance, Transitional Waters (TWs) have fallen
behind all the other water categories in respect to the implementation of the Water …

The impact of macrophyte communities on benthic fluxes has been analyzed in three
shallow coastal environments: Etang du Prévost (Mediterranean coast of France) …

High frequency dissolved oxygen measurements in Mediterranean coastal lagoons show
different dynamics on different time scales. In this paper the seasonal and daily dynamics …

The Orbetello lagoon (Tyrrhenian coast, Italy) receives treated urban and land based
fishfarms wastewater. The development of severe eutrophication imposed the three main …

Growth of the seaweed Ulva rigida C. Agardh was investigated in relation to biomass
densities, internal nutrient pools and external nutrient supply. Research was carried out from …

The management of coastal lagoons is of particular interest due to their high economical
importance. In spite of their great productivity, coastal lagoons are often impacted by human …

A multimetric index for the evaluation of environmental quality (the ecofunctional quality
index, EQI) has been developed using biotic data from three Italian coastal lagoons …

Comparative analysis of trophic networks was carried out to evaluate environmental
management actions aimed at countering an environmental crisis in Orbetello Lagoon, Italy …