title: A multidisciplinary approach for the characterization of the coastal marine ecosystems of Monte Di Procida (Campania, Italy).
abstract: A multidisciplinary survey was carried out on the quality of water and sediments of a coastal protected marine area, embedded between the inputs from Bagnoli steel plant to the south and a sewage plant, Volturno River and Regi Lagni channel to the north. The study integrated chemical-sedimentological data with biological and ecotoxicological analyses to assess anthropogenic pressures and natural variability. Data reveal marked differences in anthropogenic pollution between southeastern and northwestern zone, with the north affected by both inorganic and organic flows and the south influenced by levels of As, Pb and Zn in the sediments above law limits, deriving from inputs of the Bagnoli brownfield site. Meiobenthic data revealed at south higher relative abundance of sensitive species to pollution and environmental stress to the south, i.e. Lobatula lobatula and Rosalina bradyi, whereas to the north relative abundance of stress tolerant Quinqueloculina lata, Quinqueloculina pygmaea and Cribroelphidium cuvilleri were determined.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mangoni
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Largo San Marcellino, 80134 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aiello
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balbi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Largo San Marcellino, 80134 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barra
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bolinesi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Largo San Marcellino, 80134 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Donadio
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guida
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Largo San Marcellino, 80134 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Largo San Marcellino, 80134 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Micla
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pennetta
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trifuoggi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Largo San Marcellino, 80134 Naples, Italy. Electronic address: michele.arienzo@unina.it.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arienzo
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D054750:Ecotoxicology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D056908:Foraminifera; D005843:Geography; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis; D007558:Italy; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D045483:Rivers; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Biological indicators; Environmental geology; Marine pollution; Trophic status