Environmental quality assessment of Grand Harbour (Valletta, Maltese Islands): a case study of a busy harbour in the Central Mediterranean Sea

2015 ◽  
Vol 187 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Romeo ◽  
Michela D’Alessandro ◽  
Valentina Esposito ◽  
Gianfranco Scotti ◽  
Daniela Berto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Environmental Quality Assessment ◽  
Maltese Islands ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea

scholarly journals New records of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from the Maltese Islands

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario V Balzan ◽  
David Genoud ◽  
Pierre Rasmont ◽  
Maximilian Schwarz ◽  
Denis Michez
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Present Note ◽  
New Records ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Maltese Islands ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea

A total of 95 bee species have been recorded from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean Sea).  The aim of the present note is to report newly recorded species within the study area.  A total of nine new species belonging to four families are recorded here: Andrenidae (1 species), Apidae (1 species), Halictidae (5 species), and Megachilidae (2 species).

Linking surface hydrodynamics to planktonic ecosystem: the case study of the ichthyoplanktonic assemblages in the Central Mediterranean Sea

Hydrobiologia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 821 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Cuttitta ◽  
Marco Torri ◽  
Rafik Zarrad ◽  
Salem Zgozi ◽  
Othman Jarboui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea

scholarly journals Remarks on Echinodermata from the South Central Mediterranean Sea based upon collections made during the MARCOS cruise (10 to 20th April, 2007)

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. MIFSUD ◽  
M. TAVIANI ◽  
S. STOHR
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Management Zone ◽  
Maltese Islands ◽  
South Central ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The MARCOS cruise, which took place in the South Central Mediterranean Sea on board the RV ‘Urania’, resulted in the collection of 27 species of Echinodermata from shallow to bathyal depths, many from around Malta (the Fisheries Management Zone). The fauna is represented by common to rare taxa already reported from the Mediterranean with the exception of the amphi-Atlantic ophiuroid Ophiotreta valenciennesi rufescens (Koehler, 1896), recorded from the Mediterranean Basin for the first time. Odontaster mediterraneus (von Marenzeller, 1893) and Luidia sarsi Lutken, 1858 are also first records for the Maltese Islands.

Environmental quality assessment of reservoirs impacted by Hg from chlor-alkali technologies: case study of a recovery

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (22) ◽  
pp. 22542-22553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Séverine Le Faucheur ◽  
Dan Vasiliu ◽  
Irina Catianis ◽  
Mariana Zazu ◽  
Perrine Dranguet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Environmental Quality Assessment

Application of Projection Pursuit Dynamic Cluster Model in Eco-Environmental Quality Assessment

2012 ◽  
Vol 573-574 ◽  
pp. 256-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Li Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Cluster Model ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Projection Pursuit ◽  
Parameter Calibration ◽  
Environmental Quality Assessment ◽  
Dynamic Cluster ◽  
First Time

Based on projection pursuit principle, a projection pursuit dynamic cluster (PPDC) model is developed, which is used in eco-environmental quality assessment for the first time in this paper. A new projection index is constructed based on dynamic cluster in the PPDC model. There is no parameter calibration in the PPDC model, which may lead to do an objective assessment. A case study of eco-environmental quality assessment of China is given at last. The results show the PPDC model is reasonable and easy to operate in practice, which is a new method for eco-environmental quality assessment.

scholarly journals New records of the genus Pachygrapsus (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the central Mediterranean Sea with a review of its Mediterranean zoogeography

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. CROCETTA ◽  
S. MIFSUD ◽  
P. PAOLINI ◽  
J. PISCOPO ◽  
P.J. SCHEMBRI
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Maltese Islands ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

The occurrence of Pachygrapsus maurus and Pachygrapsus transversus is reported from the Maltese Islands for the first time on the basis of one specimen of P. maurus collected in 1990 and numerous recent specimens, and the distribution of the two species is mapped. The controversial presence of P. maurus in Italy is confirmed and two new sites for this species are reported, including the first for the mainland of Italy. The examination of the historical specimen of P. maurus from the Genova area revealed a misidentification of P. transversus; this record could be a result of ship-mediated transport. First notes on the habitat of P. maurus in the central Mediterranean Sea are given. Updated maps of the distribution of P. maurus and P. transversus in the Mediterranean are provided and the zoogeography of these species is revisited.

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