Editors
Vittorio Barale
Joint Research Centre
European Commission
TP272
Via E. Fermi 2749
21027 Ispra (VA)
Italia
vittorio.barale@jrc.ec.europa.eu
Luigi Alberotanza
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR)
CNR
Castello 1364
30122 Venezia
Italia
luigi.alberotanza@ve.ismar.cnr.it
Jim Gower
Institute of Ocean Sciences
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
9860 West Saanich Road
Sidney, B.C. V8L 4B2
Canada
Jim.Gower@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
ISBN 978-90-481-8680-8
e-ISBN 978-90-481-8681-5
DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5
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Vittorio Barale
Joint Research Centre
European Commission
TP272
Via E. Fermi 2749
21027 Ispra (VA)
Italia
vittorio.barale@jrc.ec.europa.eu
Luigi Alberotanza
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR)
CNR
Castello 1364
30122 Venezia
Italia
luigi.alberotanza@ve.ismar.cnr.it
Jim Gower
Institute of Ocean Sciences
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
9860 West Saanich Road
Sidney, B.C. V8L 4B2
Canada
Jim.Gower@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
ISBN 978-90-481-8680-8
e-ISBN 978-90-481-8681-5
DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5
Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010922544
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
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any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written
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of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work.
Cover illustration: A graphical rendering of (part of) an arial view of San Giorgio Island, in front of
San Marco’s basin.
Printed on acid-free paper
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