title: Relationships between northern Adriatic Sea mucilage events and climate variability.
abstract: A long term analysis (1865-2002) of meteorological data collected in the Po Valley and Northern Adriatic Basin have been analysed to find possible links between variability in the climatic parameters and the phenomenon of mucilage. Seasonal anomalies of temperature, calculated as spatial mean over the Po Valley area, and anomalies of North Atlantic Oscillation were compared with the historical record of mucilage episodes. Both climatic indices were found to be positively correlated with mucilage events, suggesting a possible relationship between climatic variability and the increased appearance of mucilage aggregates.
authors.affiliation: ARPA Emilia Romagna, Servizio Idro Meteorologico, Viale Silvani 6, I-40122 Bologna, Italy. mdeserti@smr.arpa.emr.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deserti
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cacciamani
authors.forename: Jacopo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chiggiato
authors.forename: Attilio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: Carla R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D003710:Demography; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000254:growth & development*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008386:Marine Biology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000254:growth & development*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013696:Temperature