Draft Genome Sequences of “Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarum,” Cyanobacterial Symbionts of the Mediterranean Sponge Aplysina aerophoba

ABSTRACT We report here four draft genome sequences belonging to clade F of the cyanobacterium “Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarum” of the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba, which were collected from two nearby locations in the northern Adriatic Sea. The sequences provide the basis for within-clade comparisons between members of this widespread group of cyanobacterial sponge symbionts.

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Seawater Icicles of the Adriatic Sea

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ◽

10.1175/bams-d-18-0118.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 100 (6) ◽

pp. 987-994

Author(s):

Vlado Malačič ◽

Nedjeljka Žagar

Keyword(s):

Adriatic Sea ◽

Necessary Condition ◽

Polar Regions ◽

Coastal Zones ◽

Northern Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

Air Temperatures ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Bora Wind ◽

The One

AbstractThe marine icicles that form on coastal constructions (e.g., piers and railings) are very common in polar and subpolar areas. The occasional formation of icicles in the coastal zones of the Mediterranean Sea occurs in relation to cold-air outbreaks from the polar region, such as the one presented in this paper in February 2018. The air temperatures over the northern Adriatic Sea, the northernmost part of the Mediterranean, dropped below –2.1°C, a necessary condition for seawater to freeze, with salinity between 38.0 and 38.5 PSU. The formation of icicles on the coastal structures was further enabled by the bora wind and related high seas along the coast. Measurements presented in this paper confirm that the icicles in the Bay of Piran in the Gulf of Trieste (45.55°N) were formed from the seawater. The measured salinity level of the melted icicles, around 9 PSU, is a typical value reported for marine icicles in polar regions.

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Monstrilloids (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Mediterranean Sea (Northern Adriatic Sea), with a description of six new species

Journal of Natural History ◽

10.1080/00222933.2017.1359698 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (31-32) ◽

pp. 1795-1834 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Eduardo Suárez-Morales ◽

Alenka Goruppi ◽

Alessandra de Olazabal ◽

Valentina Tirelli

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

The Mediterranean

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An Integrated Forecast System over the Mediterranean Basin: Extreme Surge Prediction in the Northern Adriatic Sea

Monthly Weather Review ◽

10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<1317:aifsot>2.0.co;2 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 130 (5) ◽

pp. 1317-1332 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

A. Bargagli ◽

A. Carillo ◽

G. Pisacane ◽

P. M. Ruti ◽

M. V. Struglia ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Basin ◽

Adriatic Sea ◽

Forecast System ◽

Northern Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

The Mediterranean Basin

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Merging the cryptic genera Radicilingua and Calonitophyllum (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta): molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision

ALGAE ◽

10.4490/algae.2021.36.7.18 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 165-174

Author(s):

Marion A. Wolf ◽

Katia Sciuto ◽

Christine A. Maggs ◽

Antonella Petrocelli ◽

Ester Cecere ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Adriatic Sea ◽

Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Description ◽

Northern Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

The Family ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

A New Species

Radicilingua Papenfuss and Calonitophyllum Aregood are two small genera of the family Delesseriaceae that consist of only three and one taxonomically accepted species, respectively. The type species of these genera, Radicilingua thysanorhizans from England and Calonitophyllum medium from the Americas, are morphologically very similar, with the only recognized differences being vein size and procarp development. To date, only other two species were recognized inside the genus Radicilingua: R. adriatica and R. reptans. In this study, we analysed specimens of Radicilingua collected in the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), including a syntype locality of R. adriatica (Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea), alongside material from near the type locality of R. thysanorhizans (Torpoint, Cornwall, UK). The sequences of the rbcL-5P gene fragment here produced represent the first molecular data available for the genus Radicilingua. Phylogenetic reconstruction showed that the specimens from the Adriatic and Ionian Seas were genetically distinct from the Atlantic R. thysanorhizans, even if morphologically overlapping with this species. A detailed morphological description of the Mediterranean specimens, together with an accurate literature search, suggested that they were distinct also from R. adriatica and R. reptans. For these reasons, a new species was here described to encompass the Mediterranean specimens investigated in this study: R. mediterranea Wolf, Sciuto & Sfriso. Moreover, in the rbcL-5P tree, sequences of the genera Radicilingua and Calonitophyllum grouped in a well-supported clade, distinct from the other genera of the subfamily Nitophylloideae, leading us to propose that Calonitophyllum medium should be transferred to Radicilingua.

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Record of an established population of Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) in the Mediterranean Sea: confirming a prediction

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.712 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 569 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J. A. CUESTA ◽

N. BETTOSO ◽

G. COMISSO ◽

C. FROGLIA ◽

G. MAZZA ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Adriatic Sea ◽

Balearic Islands ◽

Northern Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

Palaemon Macrodactylus ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Oriental Shrimp ◽

Established Population

The capture of larvae of Palaemon macrodactylus off Mallorca (Balearic Islands) has been recently reported as evidence of a potential presence of a population of this species in the Mediterranean Sea. Photos of this species, taken during dives in the Sacca di Goro (northern Adriatic) were published in the same year, but no specimen could be collected at that time. Herein we report the capture in 2013 of numerous individuals of the oriental shrimp, including ovigerous females, both in the Sacca di Goro and in the Lagoon of Marano and Grado (northern Adriatic Sea, Italy), confirming the existence of a well-established population of this species in the Mediterranean Sea.

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The ecology of the Mediterranean stony coral Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea): a 30-year long story

Marine Biology Research ◽

10.1080/17451000.2017.1408915 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 307-320 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Serena Zunino ◽

Valentina Pitacco ◽

Borut Mavrič ◽

Martina Orlando-Bonaca ◽

Petar Kružić ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

Stony Coral ◽

Gulf Of Trieste ◽

Cladocora Caespitosa ◽

The Mediterranean

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Modeling the biogeochemical dynamics of the Northern Adriatic Sea with an explicit benthic-pelagic coupling

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-13458 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Isabella Scroccaro ◽

Marco Zavatarelli ◽

Tomas Lovato

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

General Circulation ◽

Adriatic Sea ◽

Circulation Model ◽

Horizontal Resolution ◽

Open Boundary ◽

Biogeochemical Model ◽

Northern Adriatic Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

The Mediterranean

A high resolution three-dimensional (physical-biogeochemical) numerical model of the Northern Adriatic Sea has been implemented by coupling the European general circulation model - NEMO (Nucleus for European&#160;Modeling of the Ocean,&#160;https://www.nemo-ocean.eu/), with the marine biogeochemical model BFM (Biogeochemical Flux Model,&#160;bfm-community.eu/).The modeling system is implemented with a horizontal resolution of about 800 m and a vertical resolution of 2 m, in z coordinates. The NEMO model is off-line nested at its open boundary with the Mediterranean Sea physical model of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS, http://marine.copernicus.eu/).The BFM component of the modeling system now includes a detailed and explicit representation of the benthic biogeochemical cycling (benthic fauna, organic matter, nutrients), as well as the dynamics of the benthic-pelagic processes.The inclusion of the benthic dynamics in the 3D biogeochemical modeling of a shallow coastal basin, such as the Northern Adriatic Sea, represents an innovative application in the field of coastal and shelf biogeochemistry, since benthic biogeochemical processes can significantly constrain the coastal environmental dynamics.Simulations have been performed in hindcasting mode with interannually varying physical (surface heat and water fluxes, including river runoff) and biogeochemical (river nutrient load) forcing. Results are validated against available observations from in situ and satellite platforms for sea surface temperatures, chlorophyll-a and dissolved inorganic nutrients, in order to explore the sensitivity of the pelagic environment to the inclusion of an explicit benthic dynamics and to evaluate issues related to model coupling and error/prediction limits.The study is carried out in the framework of the European Project H2020 "ODYSSEA" (Operating a network of integrated observatory systems in the Mediterranean SEA,&#160;http://odysseaplatform.eu/), with the final goal to build an on-line forecasting modeling system of the Northern Adriatic Sea.

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