On the quantitative distribution and community structure of the meio and macrofaunal communities in the coastal area of the Central Adriatic Sea (Italy)

Phytoplankton as a producers and natural food for fish have an important role in aquatic ecosystems, thus indirectly affecting the availability of fish catches. The research was conducted at Siantan Island Coastal Area Anambas Islands District Riau Islands Province. This coastal area is one of the fishing grounds in Anambas Island. This study aims to analyze the community structure of phytoplankton at Siantan Island Coastal Area Anambas Islands District Riau Islands Province. Sampling was conducted during March and April 2012. Community structure parameters analyzed include Species Diversity Level, Species Uniformity Level, and Species Dominance Level. Data were analyzed spatially and temporally. Similarity between the sampling locations was conduted by Multivariate Analysis - Cluster. Results of data analysis showed that the phytoplankton of Bacillariophyceae Class found in the most abundant amount. Diversity Index Value indicates that the level of phytoplankton plankton community in a state of moderate. Species Uniformity Index Value and Species Dominance Index Value indicates that phytoplankton in the three sampling locations are generally in a state of uniform and no one dominates. All three sampling locations have relatively the same condition and between sampling times (morning, afternoon, and evening) are also not very different condition. Keywords: phytoplankton, coastal, Anambas Islands

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Isotopic characteristics of shells Mytilus galloprovincialis from eastern coastal area of Adriatic Sea

Geologija ◽

10.5474/geologija.2006.011 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 133-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tjaša Kanduč ◽

Davorin Medaković ◽

Tadej Dolenec

Keyword(s):

Coastal Area ◽

Mytilus Galloprovincialis ◽

Adriatic Sea

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Deep chlorophyll-a maximum at one station in the middle Adriatic Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315402005131 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 82 (1) ◽

pp. 9-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Živana Ninčević ◽

Ivona Marasović ◽

Grozdan Kušpilić

Keyword(s):

Community Structure ◽

Phytoplankton Community ◽

Adriatic Sea ◽

Vertical Mixing ◽

Size Fraction ◽

Phytoplankton Community Structure ◽

Phytoplankton Blooms ◽

Chemical Factors ◽

Phytoplankton Size ◽

Physical And Chemical

Deep or subsurface chlorophyll-a maximum (DCM) was studied at one station in the middle Adriatic from December 1996 to June 1998. Chlorophyll-a concentration, abundance, volume carbon concentration, size-fraction of phytoplankton and phytoplankton community structure were determined. In addition, physical and chemical factors as well as nutrients were determined. The DCM occurs during both the vertical mixing and stratification period in the middle Adriatic Sea. It is most frequent between 50 and 75 m. It is located below the pycnocline and it is associated with the nutricline. Phytoplankton size-fraction and community structure vary seasonally. The DCM is most pronounced during spring phytoplankton blooms with diatom dominance. Procaryotic picoplankton Synechococcus sp. was abundant in DCM during summer stratification. The DCM represents both a biomass maximum and a phytoplankton adaptation to low irradiance.

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Presence and survival of Staphylococcus aureus in the coastal area of Split (Adriatic Sea)

Marine Pollution Bulletin ◽

10.1016/0025-326x(94)90305-0 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 28 (11) ◽

pp. 696-700 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Mladen Šolić ◽

Nada Krstulović

Keyword(s):

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Coastal Area ◽

Adriatic Sea

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Preliminary study on the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern related to the genotype of Vibrio vulnificus strains isolated in the north-western Adriatic Sea coastal area

Italian Journal of Food Safety ◽

10.4081/ijfs.2017.6843 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Patrizia Serratore ◽

Emanuele Zavatta ◽

Eleonora Fiocchi ◽

Emanuele Serafini ◽

Andrea Serraino ◽

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Keyword(s):

16S Rrna ◽

Antimicrobial Susceptibility ◽

Coastal Area ◽

Adriatic Sea ◽

Vibrio Vulnificus ◽

Clinical Laboratory ◽

Diffusion Method ◽

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern ◽

The North ◽

North Western

V. vulnificus is a Gram-negative bacterium, commonly found in estuarine and coastal habitats, that can infect humans through seafood consumption or wound exposure. This study represents the first attempt to correlate the genotype of Vibrio vulnificus strains isolated in the north-western Adriatic Sea coastal area, with their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. On the whole, 40 V. vulnificus strains, isolated from shellfish (n=20), different coastal water bodies (n=19), and the blood of a Carretta carretta turtle (n=1), were utilized. All strains were positive for the species-specific genes vvhA and hsp, with high variability for other markers: 55% (22 out of 40) resulted of the environmental (E) genotype (vcgE, 16S rRNA type A, CPS2 or CPS0), 10% (4 out of 40) of the clinical (C) genotype (vcgC, 16S rRNA type B, CPS1), and 35% (14 out of 40) of the mixed (M) genotype, possessing both E and C markers. The antimicrobial susceptibility was assayed by the diffusion method on agar, according to the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), utilizing the following commercial disks (Oxoid): ampicillin (AMP), ampicillin- sulbactam (SAM), piperacillin (PRL), cefazolin (KZ), cefotaxime(CTX), ceftazidime( CAZ), imipenem (IPM), meropenem (MEM), amikacin (AK), gentamicin(CN), tetracycline(TE), ciprofloxacin (CIP), levofloxacin (LEV), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT), and chloramphenicol (C). 75% of the strains, (n=30) including all C strains, was sensitive to all the tested antibiotics, whereas E strains showed intermediate sensitivity to AK (2 strains), CIP and CAZ (1 strain), TE (1 strain) and resistance to KZ (1 strain), and 4 M strains showed I to AK.

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