374
R. Crema et al.
Acknowledgements. The original data were collected during a
monitoring programme promoted by AGIP and its permission to use this information is gratefully acknowledged.
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Butman CA (1989) Sediment-trap experiments on the importance of hydrodynamical processes in distributing settling
invertebrate larvae in near bottom waters. J Exp Mar BioI
Ecol134: 37-88
Castelli A, Prevedelli D (1994) Effects of water movement disturbance on polychaete stratification in infralittoral muddy
bottoms. In: Dauvin Ie, Laubier L, Reish DJ (eds) Actes 4eme
Corn lnt Polychetes. Mem Mus Natl Hist Nat 162: 617-618
Castelli A, Becchi S, Crema R (1990) Distribuzione verticale della
macrofauna di fondi mobili nel profilo del sedimento.
Oebalia 16: 623-625
Crema R, Castelli A, Prevedelli D (1991) Long term eutrophication
effects on macrofauna! communities in Northern Adriatic
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Crema R, Castelli A, Bonvicini Pagliai AM, Zunarelli Vandini R
(1993) Natural and anthropogenic eutrophy of Northern
Adriatic sea: its reflects on coastal biocenoses. Stud Mated
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Curini Galletti M (1987) Recovery of a soft bottom community
after extensive dredging. 1. Mollusca. FAO Fish Rep 352
Supp!: 54-63
Daan R, Mulder M, Van Leeuwen A (1994) Differential sensitivity
of macrozoobenthic species to discharges of oil-contamined
drill cuttings in the North Sea. Neth J Sea Res 33: 113-127
Davies JM, Addy JM, Blackman R, Blanchard JR, Moore DC,
Sommerville HI, Whitebead A, Wilkinson T (1984)
Environmental effects of oil based mud cuttings. Mar PoIlut
Bull 15: 363·370
Eckman JE (1979) Small-scale patterns and processes in a softsubstratum intertidal community. J Mar Res 37: 437-457
Eckman JE (1983) Hydrodynamic processes affecting benthic
recruitment. Limnol Oceanogr 28: 241-257
Emerson Cw, Grant J (1991) The control of soft-shell dam (Mya
arenaria) recruitment on intertidal sandflats by bedload
sediment transport. Limnol Oceanogr 36: 1288·1300
Field JG, Clarke KR, Warwick RM (1982) A pratical strategy for
analysing multispecies distribution patterns. Mar Ecol Prog
Ser 8: 37-52
Frascari F, Bonvicini Pagliai AM (1986) Studio delle alterazioni
Iitologiche, geochimiche e biologiche dei fondali marini
interessati dagli scarichi dei fluidi di perfurazione della
piattafurma "Antares" (AGIP). Alto Adriat AGIP lnt Rep
Frascari F, Bergamini Me, Spagnoli F, Marcaccio M (1994) AnaIisi
di impatto ambientale e socia eronomico dell'attivita petrolifera nell'offshore nazionale e identificazione di metodologie di valutazione: indagine sui processi geochirnico-sedimentologici. 1st Geol Mar Bologna Internal Rep
Gray JS (1974) Animal-sediment relationships. Oceanogr Mar
BioI Annu Rev 12: 223-261
Gray IS, Clarke KR, Warwick RM, Hobbs G (1990) Detection of
initial effects of pollution on marine benthos: an example
from the Ekofish and Eldfie1d oilfield, North Sea. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 66: 285-299
Gunther CP (1991) Sediment of Macama balthica on an intertidal
sandflat in the Wadden Sea. Mar Erol Prog Ser 76: 73-79
Harper DE Ir,Potts DL, Salzer RR, Case RJ, Jaschek RL, Walker CM
(1981) Distribution and abundance of macrobenthic and
meiobenthic organisms. In: Middleditch BS (ed)
Environmental effect of offshore oil production - the
Buccaneer gas and oil field study. Plenum Press, New York,
pp 749-756
Hartley IP (1984) The benthic ecology of the Forties Oilfield
(North Sea). J Exp Mar BioI Eco180: 161-195
Hartley JP (1996) Environmental monitoring of offshore oil and
gas drilling discharges - a caution on the use of barium as a
tracer. Mar Pollut Bu1l32; 727-733
Kern rC, Taghon GL (1986) Can passive recruitment explain
harpacticoid copeped distributions in relation to epibenthic
structure? J Exp Mar BioI Ecol101: 1·23
Kingston PF (1987) Field effects of platform discharges on benthic macrofauna. Philos Trans R Soc London B 316: 545-565
Kroncke I, Duineveld GCA, Raak S, Rachor E, Daan R (1992)
Effects of a former discharge of drill cuttings on the macrofauna community. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 91: 277-287
Neff 1M, Bothner MH, Maciolek NJ, Grassle JF (1989) Impacts of
exploratory drilling for oil and gas on the benthic environment of Georges Bank. Mar Environ Res 27: 77-114
Olsgard p, Gray JS (1995) A comprehensive analysis of the effects
of offshore oil and gas exploration and production on the
benthic communities of the Norwegian continental shelf.
Mar Erol Prog Ser 122: 277-306
Peres JM (1982) Major benthic assemblages. In: 0 Kinne (ed)
Ocean Management, part I. (Marine ecology, V) John Wiley,
Chichester, England, pp 373-522
Pielou EC (1975) Ecological diversity. Wiley and Sons, New York
Reiersen LO, Gray JS, Palmork KH, Lange R (1989) Monitoring in
the vicinity of oil and gas platforms, results from the
Norwegian sector of the North Sea and recommended methods for forthcoming surveillance. In: Engelhardt FR, Ray IP,
Gillam AH (eds) Drilling wastes. Elsevier Applied Science,
London, pp 91·117
Rhoads DC (1974) Organism-sediment re1atioIlli on the muddy
sea floor. Oceanogr Mar BioI Annu Rev 12: 263-300
Riedl R (l971)Water movement - animals. In: 0 Kinne (ed)
Environmental factors, part 2. (Marine ecology, I) John
Wiley, Chichester, England. pp 1123-1156
Salen-Picard C (1981) Evolution d'un peuplement de la vase terrigene cotiere soumis a des rejets de dragages, dans Ie Golfe de
Fos. Tethys 10: 83-88
Savidge WB, Taghon GL (1988) Passive and active components of
colonization following two types of disturbance on intertidal sandflat. J Exp Mar BioI Eco1115: 137-155
Shepard RN (1962) The analysis of proximities: multidimensional scaling with an unknown distance function. Psikometrika
27: 125-140
Snelgrove PVR, Butman CA (1994) Animal-sediment relationships revisited: cause versus effect. Oceanogr Mar BiolAnnu
Rev 32: 111-177
Whittaker RH (1972) Evolution and measurement of species
diversity. Taxon 21: 213-251
R. Crema et al.
Acknowledgements. The original data were collected during a
monitoring programme promoted by AGIP and its permission to use this information is gratefully acknowledged.
References
Benzecri IP (1982) L'analyse des donnees. Dunod, Paris
Butman CA (1989) Sediment-trap experiments on the importance of hydrodynamical processes in distributing settling
invertebrate larvae in near bottom waters. J Exp Mar BioI
Ecol134: 37-88
Castelli A, Prevedelli D (1994) Effects of water movement disturbance on polychaete stratification in infralittoral muddy
bottoms. In: Dauvin Ie, Laubier L, Reish DJ (eds) Actes 4eme
Corn lnt Polychetes. Mem Mus Natl Hist Nat 162: 617-618
Castelli A, Becchi S, Crema R (1990) Distribuzione verticale della
macrofauna di fondi mobili nel profilo del sedimento.
Oebalia 16: 623-625
Crema R, Castelli A, Prevedelli D (1991) Long term eutrophication
effects on macrofauna! communities in Northern Adriatic
Sea. Mar Pollut Bull 22: 503-508
Crema R, Castelli A, Bonvicini Pagliai AM, Zunarelli Vandini R
(1993) Natural and anthropogenic eutrophy of Northern
Adriatic sea: its reflects on coastal biocenoses. Stud Mated
Oceanol64 Mar Pollut 3: 317-329
Curini Galletti M (1987) Recovery of a soft bottom community
after extensive dredging. 1. Mollusca. FAO Fish Rep 352
Supp!: 54-63
Daan R, Mulder M, Van Leeuwen A (1994) Differential sensitivity
of macrozoobenthic species to discharges of oil-contamined
drill cuttings in the North Sea. Neth J Sea Res 33: 113-127
Davies JM, Addy JM, Blackman R, Blanchard JR, Moore DC,
Sommerville HI, Whitebead A, Wilkinson T (1984)
Environmental effects of oil based mud cuttings. Mar PoIlut
Bull 15: 363·370
Eckman JE (1979) Small-scale patterns and processes in a softsubstratum intertidal community. J Mar Res 37: 437-457
Eckman JE (1983) Hydrodynamic processes affecting benthic
recruitment. Limnol Oceanogr 28: 241-257
Emerson Cw, Grant J (1991) The control of soft-shell dam (Mya
arenaria) recruitment on intertidal sandflats by bedload
sediment transport. Limnol Oceanogr 36: 1288·1300
Field JG, Clarke KR, Warwick RM (1982) A pratical strategy for
analysing multispecies distribution patterns. Mar Ecol Prog
Ser 8: 37-52
Frascari F, Bonvicini Pagliai AM (1986) Studio delle alterazioni
Iitologiche, geochimiche e biologiche dei fondali marini
interessati dagli scarichi dei fluidi di perfurazione della
piattafurma "Antares" (AGIP). Alto Adriat AGIP lnt Rep
Frascari F, Bergamini Me, Spagnoli F, Marcaccio M (1994) AnaIisi
di impatto ambientale e socia eronomico dell'attivita petrolifera nell'offshore nazionale e identificazione di metodologie di valutazione: indagine sui processi geochirnico-sedimentologici. 1st Geol Mar Bologna Internal Rep
Gray JS (1974) Animal-sediment relationships. Oceanogr Mar
BioI Annu Rev 12: 223-261
Gray IS, Clarke KR, Warwick RM, Hobbs G (1990) Detection of
initial effects of pollution on marine benthos: an example
from the Ekofish and Eldfie1d oilfield, North Sea. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 66: 285-299
Gunther CP (1991) Sediment of Macama balthica on an intertidal
sandflat in the Wadden Sea. Mar Erol Prog Ser 76: 73-79
Harper DE Ir,Potts DL, Salzer RR, Case RJ, Jaschek RL, Walker CM
(1981) Distribution and abundance of macrobenthic and
meiobenthic organisms. In: Middleditch BS (ed)
Environmental effect of offshore oil production - the
Buccaneer gas and oil field study. Plenum Press, New York,
pp 749-756
Hartley IP (1984) The benthic ecology of the Forties Oilfield
(North Sea). J Exp Mar BioI Eco180: 161-195
Hartley JP (1996) Environmental monitoring of offshore oil and
gas drilling discharges - a caution on the use of barium as a
tracer. Mar Pollut Bu1l32; 727-733
Kern rC, Taghon GL (1986) Can passive recruitment explain
harpacticoid copeped distributions in relation to epibenthic
structure? J Exp Mar BioI Ecol101: 1·23
Kingston PF (1987) Field effects of platform discharges on benthic macrofauna. Philos Trans R Soc London B 316: 545-565
Kroncke I, Duineveld GCA, Raak S, Rachor E, Daan R (1992)
Effects of a former discharge of drill cuttings on the macrofauna community. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 91: 277-287
Neff 1M, Bothner MH, Maciolek NJ, Grassle JF (1989) Impacts of
exploratory drilling for oil and gas on the benthic environment of Georges Bank. Mar Environ Res 27: 77-114
Olsgard p, Gray JS (1995) A comprehensive analysis of the effects
of offshore oil and gas exploration and production on the
benthic communities of the Norwegian continental shelf.
Mar Erol Prog Ser 122: 277-306
Peres JM (1982) Major benthic assemblages. In: 0 Kinne (ed)
Ocean Management, part I. (Marine ecology, V) John Wiley,
Chichester, England, pp 373-522
Pielou EC (1975) Ecological diversity. Wiley and Sons, New York
Reiersen LO, Gray JS, Palmork KH, Lange R (1989) Monitoring in
the vicinity of oil and gas platforms, results from the
Norwegian sector of the North Sea and recommended methods for forthcoming surveillance. In: Engelhardt FR, Ray IP,
Gillam AH (eds) Drilling wastes. Elsevier Applied Science,
London, pp 91·117
Rhoads DC (1974) Organism-sediment re1atioIlli on the muddy
sea floor. Oceanogr Mar BioI Annu Rev 12: 263-300
Riedl R (l971)Water movement - animals. In: 0 Kinne (ed)
Environmental factors, part 2. (Marine ecology, I) John
Wiley, Chichester, England. pp 1123-1156
Salen-Picard C (1981) Evolution d'un peuplement de la vase terrigene cotiere soumis a des rejets de dragages, dans Ie Golfe de
Fos. Tethys 10: 83-88
Savidge WB, Taghon GL (1988) Passive and active components of
colonization following two types of disturbance on intertidal sandflat. J Exp Mar BioI Eco1115: 137-155
Shepard RN (1962) The analysis of proximities: multidimensional scaling with an unknown distance function. Psikometrika
27: 125-140
Snelgrove PVR, Butman CA (1994) Animal-sediment relationships revisited: cause versus effect. Oceanogr Mar BiolAnnu
Rev 32: 111-177
Whittaker RH (1972) Evolution and measurement of species
diversity. Taxon 21: 213-251