316
G. Mancinelli and L. Rossi
Acknowledgements. We wish to thank two anonymous
reviewers for their valuable comments on the first draft of the
manuscript. This research was supported by CNR-PRISMAI
and MURST funds.
References
Bergamasco A, Carniel S, Pastres R, Pecenik G (1998) A unified
approach to the modelling of the Venice Lagoon-Adriatic
Sea Ecosystem. Estuarine Coast Shelf Sci 46: 483-492
Biernbaum CK (1979) Influence of sedimentary factors on the
distribution of benthic amphipods of Fishers Islands Sound,
Connecticut. J Exp Mar BioI &0138: 201-223
Boidrin A, Juracic M, Menegazzo M (1992) Sedimentation of
riverborne material in a shallow shelf area: Adige River,
Adriatic Sea. Mar Geoll03: 473-482
Bron B (1975) Quelques aspects des cycles biologiques de deux
Gammares (Crustaces Amphipods) des eaux salllllAtres du
littoral mediterranee franifais. Arch Zool Bxp Gen 116: 343358
Dame RF, Spurrier J, Williams T, Kjerfve B, Zingmark RG, Wolaver
TG, Chrzanowki TH, McKellar HN, Vernberg PJ (1991)
Annual material processing by a salt marsh-estuarine basin
in South Carolina, USA. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 72: 153-166
den Hartog C, Vergeer LHT, Rismondo AF (1996) Occurrence of
Labyrinthu/a zosterae in Zostera marina from Venice
Lagoon. Bot Mar 39: 23-26
Duarte CM, Cebrian J (1996) The fate of marine autotrophic production. Limnol Oceanogr 41: 1758-1766
Faganeli J, Pezdic J, Ogorelec B, Mitic M, Najdek M (1994) The origin of sedimentary organic matter in the Adriatic. Cont Shelf
Res 14: 365-384
Fava G, Zangaglia A, Cerve1li M (1992) Ecology of ldotea baltiCtl.
(Pallas) populations in the lagoon of Venice. Oceanol Acta
15: 651-660
Franco P, Michelato A (1992) Northern Adriatic Sea: oceanography of the basin proper and of the western coastal zone.
Sci Total Environ Suppl. 1992: 35-62
Kevrekidis T, Lazaridou-Dimitriadou M (1988) Relative growth
and secondary production of the Amphipod Gammarus
aequicauda (Martynov, 1931) in the Evros Delta {N.
Aegerian sea}. Cah BioI Mar 29: 483-495
Mancinelli G, Fazi S, Rossi L (1998) Sediment structural properties mediating dominant feeding type patterns in soft-bottom macrobenthos of the Northern Adriatic Sea.
Hydrobiologia 367: 211-222
Mann KH (1988) Production and use of detritus in various freshwater, estuarine and coastal marine systems. Limnol
Oceanogr 33: 910-930
Nicolaidou A, Karakiri M (1989) The distribution of Amphipoda
in a brackish-water lagoon in Greece. PSZNI Mar Ecol 10:
131-139
Nixon SW (1980) Between coastal marshes and coastal waters - a
review of twenty years of speculation and research on the
role of salt marshes in estuarine productivity and water chemistry. In: Hamilton R. MacDonald KB (eds) Estuarine and
wetland processes. Plenum Press, New York, pp 437-525
Odum EP (1980) The status of three ecosystem-level hypotheses
regarding salt marsh estuaries: tidal subsidy, outwelling and
detritus-based food chains. In: Kennedy V (ed) Estuarine
Perspectives. Academic Press, New York, pp 437-525
Oertli B (1993) Leaf litter processing and energy flow through
macroinvertebrates in a woodland pond (Switzerland).
Oecologia 96: 466-477
Patarnello T, Battaglia B, Bisal PM (1992) Genetic differentiation
among geographic populations of two species of the genus
Gammarus: G. insensibilis and G. aequicauda (Crustacea,
Amphipoda) Vie Milieu 42: 263-268
Peduzzi P, Herndl GJ (1991) Decomposition and significance of
seagrass leaf litter (Cymodocea nodosa) for the microbial
food web in coastal waters (Gulf of Trieste, Northern
Adriatic Sea). Mar Bcol Prog Ser 71: 163-174
Pettine M, Petrolecco L, Camusso M, Crescenzio S (1998)
Transport of carbon and nitrogen to the northern Adriatic
Sea by the Po River. Estuarine Coast Shelf Sci 46: 127-142
Procaccini G, Scipione MB (1992) Observations on the spatiotemporal distribution of crustacean ampbipods in the
Fusaro coastal lagoon (Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) and
some notes on their presence in mediterranean lagoons.
PSZNI Mar Ecol 13: 203-224
Robertson J, Mann KH (1980) The role of isopods and amphipods
in the initial fragmentation of eelgrass detritus in Nova
Scotia, Canada. Mar BioI 59: 63-69
Scarton F, Curiel D, Rismondo A (1995) Aspetti della dinamica
temporale di praterie a fanerogame marine in Laguna di
Venezia. Lav Soc Venice Sci Nat 20: 95-102
Sfriso A, Ghetti PF (1998). Seasonal variation in biomass,
morphometric parameters and production of seagrasses in
the lagoon of Venice. Aquat Bot 61 207-223.
Sheader M (1996) Factors influencing egg size in the gammarid
amphipod Gammarus insensibilis. Mar Bioi 124: 519-526
Sheader M, Sheader AL (1985) New distribution records for
Gammarus insensibilis Stock, 1966, in Britain. Crustaceana
49: 101-105
Stock JH (1967) A revision of the European species of the
Gammaruslocusta-group. Zool Vehr Leiden 90: 1-56
Taylor DI, Allanson BR (1995) Organic carbon fluxes between a
high marsh and estuary, and the inapplicability of the
outwelling hypothesis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 120: 263-270
Tenore R, Hanson RB, McClain J, MacCubbin AE, Hodson RE
(1984) Changes in composition and nutritional value to a
benthic deposit feeder of decomposing detritus pools. Bull
Mar Sci 35: 299-311
Vetter EW (1995) Detritus based patches of bigh secondary production in the nearshore benthos. Mar Bcol Prog Ser 120:
251-262
Watt PI,Adams A (1993) Adaptative sex determination and population dynamics in a brackish-water amphipod. Estuarine
Coast Shelf Sci 37: 237-250
G. Mancinelli and L. Rossi
Acknowledgements. We wish to thank two anonymous
reviewers for their valuable comments on the first draft of the
manuscript. This research was supported by CNR-PRISMAI
and MURST funds.
References
Bergamasco A, Carniel S, Pastres R, Pecenik G (1998) A unified
approach to the modelling of the Venice Lagoon-Adriatic
Sea Ecosystem. Estuarine Coast Shelf Sci 46: 483-492
Biernbaum CK (1979) Influence of sedimentary factors on the
distribution of benthic amphipods of Fishers Islands Sound,
Connecticut. J Exp Mar BioI &0138: 201-223
Boidrin A, Juracic M, Menegazzo M (1992) Sedimentation of
riverborne material in a shallow shelf area: Adige River,
Adriatic Sea. Mar Geoll03: 473-482
Bron B (1975) Quelques aspects des cycles biologiques de deux
Gammares (Crustaces Amphipods) des eaux salllllAtres du
littoral mediterranee franifais. Arch Zool Bxp Gen 116: 343358
Dame RF, Spurrier J, Williams T, Kjerfve B, Zingmark RG, Wolaver
TG, Chrzanowki TH, McKellar HN, Vernberg PJ (1991)
Annual material processing by a salt marsh-estuarine basin
in South Carolina, USA. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 72: 153-166
den Hartog C, Vergeer LHT, Rismondo AF (1996) Occurrence of
Labyrinthu/a zosterae in Zostera marina from Venice
Lagoon. Bot Mar 39: 23-26
Duarte CM, Cebrian J (1996) The fate of marine autotrophic production. Limnol Oceanogr 41: 1758-1766
Faganeli J, Pezdic J, Ogorelec B, Mitic M, Najdek M (1994) The origin of sedimentary organic matter in the Adriatic. Cont Shelf
Res 14: 365-384
Fava G, Zangaglia A, Cerve1li M (1992) Ecology of ldotea baltiCtl.
(Pallas) populations in the lagoon of Venice. Oceanol Acta
15: 651-660
Franco P, Michelato A (1992) Northern Adriatic Sea: oceanography of the basin proper and of the western coastal zone.
Sci Total Environ Suppl. 1992: 35-62
Kevrekidis T, Lazaridou-Dimitriadou M (1988) Relative growth
and secondary production of the Amphipod Gammarus
aequicauda (Martynov, 1931) in the Evros Delta {N.
Aegerian sea}. Cah BioI Mar 29: 483-495
Mancinelli G, Fazi S, Rossi L (1998) Sediment structural properties mediating dominant feeding type patterns in soft-bottom macrobenthos of the Northern Adriatic Sea.
Hydrobiologia 367: 211-222
Mann KH (1988) Production and use of detritus in various freshwater, estuarine and coastal marine systems. Limnol
Oceanogr 33: 910-930
Nicolaidou A, Karakiri M (1989) The distribution of Amphipoda
in a brackish-water lagoon in Greece. PSZNI Mar Ecol 10:
131-139
Nixon SW (1980) Between coastal marshes and coastal waters - a
review of twenty years of speculation and research on the
role of salt marshes in estuarine productivity and water chemistry. In: Hamilton R. MacDonald KB (eds) Estuarine and
wetland processes. Plenum Press, New York, pp 437-525
Odum EP (1980) The status of three ecosystem-level hypotheses
regarding salt marsh estuaries: tidal subsidy, outwelling and
detritus-based food chains. In: Kennedy V (ed) Estuarine
Perspectives. Academic Press, New York, pp 437-525
Oertli B (1993) Leaf litter processing and energy flow through
macroinvertebrates in a woodland pond (Switzerland).
Oecologia 96: 466-477
Patarnello T, Battaglia B, Bisal PM (1992) Genetic differentiation
among geographic populations of two species of the genus
Gammarus: G. insensibilis and G. aequicauda (Crustacea,
Amphipoda) Vie Milieu 42: 263-268
Peduzzi P, Herndl GJ (1991) Decomposition and significance of
seagrass leaf litter (Cymodocea nodosa) for the microbial
food web in coastal waters (Gulf of Trieste, Northern
Adriatic Sea). Mar Bcol Prog Ser 71: 163-174
Pettine M, Petrolecco L, Camusso M, Crescenzio S (1998)
Transport of carbon and nitrogen to the northern Adriatic
Sea by the Po River. Estuarine Coast Shelf Sci 46: 127-142
Procaccini G, Scipione MB (1992) Observations on the spatiotemporal distribution of crustacean ampbipods in the
Fusaro coastal lagoon (Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) and
some notes on their presence in mediterranean lagoons.
PSZNI Mar Ecol 13: 203-224
Robertson J, Mann KH (1980) The role of isopods and amphipods
in the initial fragmentation of eelgrass detritus in Nova
Scotia, Canada. Mar BioI 59: 63-69
Scarton F, Curiel D, Rismondo A (1995) Aspetti della dinamica
temporale di praterie a fanerogame marine in Laguna di
Venezia. Lav Soc Venice Sci Nat 20: 95-102
Sfriso A, Ghetti PF (1998). Seasonal variation in biomass,
morphometric parameters and production of seagrasses in
the lagoon of Venice. Aquat Bot 61 207-223.
Sheader M (1996) Factors influencing egg size in the gammarid
amphipod Gammarus insensibilis. Mar Bioi 124: 519-526
Sheader M, Sheader AL (1985) New distribution records for
Gammarus insensibilis Stock, 1966, in Britain. Crustaceana
49: 101-105
Stock JH (1967) A revision of the European species of the
Gammaruslocusta-group. Zool Vehr Leiden 90: 1-56
Taylor DI, Allanson BR (1995) Organic carbon fluxes between a
high marsh and estuary, and the inapplicability of the
outwelling hypothesis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 120: 263-270
Tenore R, Hanson RB, McClain J, MacCubbin AE, Hodson RE
(1984) Changes in composition and nutritional value to a
benthic deposit feeder of decomposing detritus pools. Bull
Mar Sci 35: 299-311
Vetter EW (1995) Detritus based patches of bigh secondary production in the nearshore benthos. Mar Bcol Prog Ser 120:
251-262
Watt PI,Adams A (1993) Adaptative sex determination and population dynamics in a brackish-water amphipod. Estuarine
Coast Shelf Sci 37: 237-250