23 Distribution and Ecology of Mesozooplankton in the Northern
and Central Adriatic Sea
O. SIDOTI, G. ZAGAMI.A. GRANATA, G. BRANCATO, 1. GUGLIELMo,AND
Contents
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M. CAMPOLMI. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 181
24 Distribution of Representative Oligotrophic Bacteria in a Pelagic
Marine Environment (Ligurian Sea) by in situ Hybridization with
rRNA-targeted, Fluorescently Labelled Oligonucleotides
L. GIULIANO, M. DE DOMENICO, AND M.M. YAKIMOV • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 191
Fish Recruitment and Feeding Ecology
25 Energy Flux in the South Tyrrhenian Deep-sea Ecosystem: Role of
Mesopelagic Fishes and Squids
A. GRANATA, G. BRANCATO, O. SIDOTI,AND L. GUGLIELMO.. • • • • • • • •••• • • 197
26 Diel Feeding Features of Juveniles of Two Sparids in the Stagnone di
Marsala Coastal Sound (Western Sicily. Italy)
L. LOPIANO, S. MIRTO, D. SCILIPOTI, AND A. MAzzoLA. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 209
27 Fish Species Biodiversity on Trawlable Bottoms of South Adriatic
Basin (Mediterranean Sea)
N. UNGARO AND G. MARANO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 215
28 Notes on the Biology and Ecology of Opeatogenys gracilis
(Canestrini 1864) (Pisces: Gobiesoddae) from Coastal Environments
in Sicily (Mediterranean)
S. VIZZINI,A. MAZZOLA, AND D. SCILIPOTI. • ••• • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • •• • • •• 221
Benthos Ecology
29 Benthic Fluxes of Oxygen. Ammonium and Nitrate and
Coupled-uncoupled Denitrification Rates within Communities of
Three Different Primary Producer Growth Forms
M. BARTOLI, G. CASTALDELLI, D. NIZZOLI, L.G. GATTI, AND P. VIAROLI. • • • •• 225
30 The Role of Sponge Bioerosion in Mediterranean Coralligenous
Accretion
C. CERRANO. G. BAVESTRELLO. C.N. BIANCHI, B. CALCINAI,
R. CATTANEO-VIETTI, C. MORRI. AND M. SARA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 235
31 Mortality of the Bryozoan Pentapora jascialis in the Ligurian Sea
(NW Mediterranean) after Disturbance
S. COClTO AND S. SGORBINI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 241
32 Spring Marine Vegetation on Rocky Substrata of the Tremiti Islands
(Adriatic Sea. Italy)
M. CORMACI, G. FURNARI, G. ALONGI, M. CATRA, F. PIZZUTO, AND
D. SERIO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 245
and Central Adriatic Sea
O. SIDOTI, G. ZAGAMI.A. GRANATA, G. BRANCATO, 1. GUGLIELMo,AND
Contents
xm
M. CAMPOLMI. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 181
24 Distribution of Representative Oligotrophic Bacteria in a Pelagic
Marine Environment (Ligurian Sea) by in situ Hybridization with
rRNA-targeted, Fluorescently Labelled Oligonucleotides
L. GIULIANO, M. DE DOMENICO, AND M.M. YAKIMOV • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 191
Fish Recruitment and Feeding Ecology
25 Energy Flux in the South Tyrrhenian Deep-sea Ecosystem: Role of
Mesopelagic Fishes and Squids
A. GRANATA, G. BRANCATO, O. SIDOTI,AND L. GUGLIELMO.. • • • • • • • •••• • • 197
26 Diel Feeding Features of Juveniles of Two Sparids in the Stagnone di
Marsala Coastal Sound (Western Sicily. Italy)
L. LOPIANO, S. MIRTO, D. SCILIPOTI, AND A. MAzzoLA. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 209
27 Fish Species Biodiversity on Trawlable Bottoms of South Adriatic
Basin (Mediterranean Sea)
N. UNGARO AND G. MARANO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 215
28 Notes on the Biology and Ecology of Opeatogenys gracilis
(Canestrini 1864) (Pisces: Gobiesoddae) from Coastal Environments
in Sicily (Mediterranean)
S. VIZZINI,A. MAZZOLA, AND D. SCILIPOTI. • ••• • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • •• • • •• 221
Benthos Ecology
29 Benthic Fluxes of Oxygen. Ammonium and Nitrate and
Coupled-uncoupled Denitrification Rates within Communities of
Three Different Primary Producer Growth Forms
M. BARTOLI, G. CASTALDELLI, D. NIZZOLI, L.G. GATTI, AND P. VIAROLI. • • • •• 225
30 The Role of Sponge Bioerosion in Mediterranean Coralligenous
Accretion
C. CERRANO. G. BAVESTRELLO. C.N. BIANCHI, B. CALCINAI,
R. CATTANEO-VIETTI, C. MORRI. AND M. SARA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 235
31 Mortality of the Bryozoan Pentapora jascialis in the Ligurian Sea
(NW Mediterranean) after Disturbance
S. COClTO AND S. SGORBINI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 241
32 Spring Marine Vegetation on Rocky Substrata of the Tremiti Islands
(Adriatic Sea. Italy)
M. CORMACI, G. FURNARI, G. ALONGI, M. CATRA, F. PIZZUTO, AND
D. SERIO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 245