title: Climate change impacts on marine water quality: The case study of the Northern Adriatic sea.
abstract: Climate change is posing additional pressures on coastal ecosystems due to variations in water biogeochemical and physico-chemical parameters (e.g., pH, salinity) leading to aquatic ecosystem degradation. With the main aim of analyzing the potential impacts of climate change on marine water quality, a Regional Risk Assessment methodology was developed and applied to coastal marine waters of the North Adriatic. It integrates the outputs of regional biogeochemical and physico-chemical models considering future climate change scenarios (i.e., years 2070 and 2100) with site-specific environmental and socio-economic indicators. Results showed that salinity and temperature will be the main drivers of changes, together with macronutrients, especially in the area of the Po' river delta. The final outputs are exposure, susceptibility and risk maps supporting the communication of the potential consequences of climate change on water quality to decision makers and stakeholders and provide a basis for the definition of adaptation and management strategies.
authors.affiliation: Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, I-30123 Venice, Italy.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rizzi
authors.affiliation: Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torresan
authors.affiliation: Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, I-30123 Venice, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Critto
authors.affiliation: Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, I-30123 Venice, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zabeo
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, I-30123 Venice, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brigolin
authors.affiliation: CNR-ISMAR, Castello 2737/F, I-30122 Venice, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carniel
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, I-30123 Venice, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pastres
authors.affiliation: Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, I-30123 Venice, Italy. Electronic address: marcom@unive.it.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcomini
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D007558:Italy; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D060753:Water Quality
keywords: Climate change; GIS; North Adriatic sea; Regional Risk Assessment; Water quality