The Habitat Directive of European Union lists Costal Lagoons (habitat code 1150*) among priority habitats because they are in danger disappearance. Natural ecosystems may recover from anthropogenic perturbations; however, the recovery can follow natural restoration or it be redirected through ecological by intervention. Accordingly, collecting available theoretical indications for estuarine and...

The circulation in a shallow lagoon–inlet–coastal ocean system is significant to material transports (e.g., debris, pollutants, and larvae). To study surface flows this system, we deployed 35 drifters at various tidal phases wind conditions during 2017 2018 the Maryland Coastal Bays (MCBs). Given that winds tides are two important drivers of estuarine coastal circulation, their influences on dr...

The VAHINE mesocosm experiment, conducted in the low-nutrient low-chlorophyll waters of the Noumea lagoon (coastal New Caledonia) was designed to trace the incorporation of nitrogen (N) fixed by diazotrophs into the food web, using large volume (50 m) mesocosms. This experiment provided a unique opportunity to study the succession of different N2-fixing microorganisms (diazotrophs) and calculat...

Particular atmospheric conditions produce frequent storm surges in the Lagoon of Venice, locally called "acqua alta": the highest event of this kind was registered in 1966. The process became of some importance in the last 100 years, when man-made subsidence caused a gradual sinking of the town and lagoon’s bed. Four cores were collected in a range of intertidal environments of the Northern lag...