444
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bacterial assemblages to focus on the fate of the
large detrital pool in the Marsala lagoon.
Acknowledgements. We thank an anonymous referee for precious suggestions and useful comments. We are indebted to
Prof. Masala Tagliasacchi. (University of Cagliari) fur kindl~
providing laboratory facilities. We thank Dr. Monica ~rmem
and Dr. Elena Manini (University of Ancona) fur help m chemical analyses. The Ministero Politiche Agricole and
Ministero Universita Ricerca Scientifica Tecnologica of the
Italian government partially supported this work.
References
Bligh EG, Dyer WJ (1959) A rapid method for total lipid extraction and purification. Can J Biochem Physio137: 911-917
Calvo S, Ciraolo G, La Loggia G, Malthus Tj, Savona E. Tomasello
A (1996) Monitoring Posidonia oceanica meadows in the
Mediterranean Sea by means of airborne remote sensing
techniques. Intern Airborne Rem Sensing Conf Exibition,
June 1996, San Francisco, USA 3: 659-668
Campolmi M (1998) Zooplankton community in the Stagnone di
Marsala (West MED). PhD Dissertation, University of
Messina, Italy. 205 pp
Carrada G, Fresi E (1988) Le lagune salmastre costiere. Alcune
riflessioni sui problemi e sui metodi. In: GC Carrada,
Cicogna F, Fresi E (eds) Coastal lagoons: research and
managment. CLEM, Massa Lubrense, Napoli, pp 35-56
Carrada GC, Mangoni 0, Sgrosso S (1996) Distribuzione spaziale
di clorofilla a e di feopigmenti in diverse frazioni dimensionale del fitoplancton. In: FM Faranda. P Povero (eds)
Caratterizazzione ambientale del sistema Bolia e dei bacini
limitrofi di Cefalu e Gioia (EOCUMM95). CoNISMa Data
Rep,pp 197-216
Chassany de Casabianca ML (1979) Les phenomes de decomposition et de transformation en mille lagunaire et Ie C, N, et CIN
particulaire. Comm Intern Explor Sci Mer M€diterranee,
Etang Sales et Lagunes 25/26(3): 109-112
Chassany de Casabiam:a ML, Boonne ML, Semrow R (1995)
Principal component analysis of relationship between physicochemical variables in a Mediterranean lagoon. CR Hebd
Seances Acad Sci (III), Paris 310: 397-403
Clavier J. Chardy P, Chevillon C (1995) Sedimentation of particulate matter in the south-west lagoon of New Caledonia:
Spatial and temporal pattern. Estuar Coastal Shelf Sci 40:
281-294
Danovaro R (1996) Detritus-bacteria-meiofauna interactions in a
seagrass bed (Posidonia oceanica) of the NW Mediterranean.
Mar Bioi 127: 1-13
Danovaro R,Fabiano M,Della Croce N (1993) Labile organic matter and microbial biomasses in deep-sea sediments (Eastern
Mediterranean Sea). Deep Sea Res 40: 953-965
de Jonge VE (1980) Fluctuations in the organic carbon to chlorophyll a ratios for estuarine benthic diatom populations.
Mar Ecol Progr Ser 2: 345-353
Dubois M, Gilles KA. Hamilton JK. Rebers, PA, Smith F (1956)
Colorimetric method for determination of sugars and related substances. Anal Chem 28: 350-356
Fabiano M, Danovaro R. Fraschetti S (l995) A three-year time
series of elemental and biochemical composition of organic
matter in subtidal sediments of the Ligurian Sea (northwestern Mediterranean). Cont Shelf Res 15: 1453-1469
Fabiano M, Pusceddu A (1998) Total and hydrolizable particulate
organic matter (carbohydrates, proteins and lipids) at a coastal station in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). Polar
BioI 19: 125-132
Friligos N (1989) Nutrients status in a eutrophic Mediterranean
lagoon. Vie Milieu 39(2): 63-69
Genovese S (1969) Donnees ecologique sur Ie "Stagnone" de
Marsala {Sicile occidentale}. Rapp Comm Int Mer Medit 19:
823-826.
Gerchacov SM, Hatcher PG (1972) Improved technique for analysis
of carbohydrates in sediment. Limnol Oceanogr 17: 938-943
Giani M, Mecozzi M, Ge5umundo C, Ciuffa G, Sunseri G,Andaloro
F (1995) Physico-chemical features and nutrients distribution in the Marsala lagoon (Italy). Rapp Comm Int Mer
Medit34: 81
Hamon PY, Thurnier H,Arnaud P (1979) Cycles annuels del quelques parametres physico-chimiques de l't!tang de Thau.
Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique
de la Mer Mediterranee, Etang Sales et Lagunes, 25/26(3):
11-12
Hansen JA, Klump DW,Alongi DM, Dayton PI<, Riddle MJ (1992)
Detrital pathways in a coral reef lagoon. II. Detritus deposition, benthic microbial biomass and production. Mar BioI
113:363-372
Hartree EF (1972) Determination of proteins: a modification of
the Lowry method that gives linear photometric response.
Anal Biochem 48: 422-427
Hickel W (1984) Seston in the Wadden sea of sylt (German Bight,
North Sea). Proc 4th Int Wadden Sea Symp 10: 113-131
Iseki K, McDonald RW, Carmack E (1987) Distribution of particulate matter in the south-eastern Beaufort Sea in late summer. Polar Bioi 1: 35-46
KenworthyWJ, Thayer GW (1984) Production and decomposition
of the roots and rhizomes of seagrallses Zostera marina and
Thalassia testudinum in temperate and subtropical marine
ecosystems. Bull Mar Sci 35: 364-379
Lawrence JM, Boudouresque Ch-F, Maggiore F (1989) Proximate
costituents, biomass and energy in Posidonia oceanica
(Potamogetonaceae ). Publ Staz Zool Napoli (I Mar Beol) 10:
263-270
Lee S, Fuhrman JA (1987) Relationships between biovolume and
biomass of naturally derived marine bacterioplankton. Appl
Environ Microbiol 53: 1298-1303
Lorenzen Cr, Jeffrey SW (1980) Determination of chlorophyll and
phaeopigments spectrophotometric equations. Limnol
Oceanogr 12: 343-346
Magazzu G (1982) La crescita fitoplanctonica in alcuni ambienti
lagunari del Mar Mediterraneo. Naturalista Siciliano 6(2):
337-359
Marsh JB, Weinstein WJ (1966) A simple charring method for
determination of lipids. r Lipid Res 7: 574-576
Mazzola A, Mirto S, Danovaro R, Fabiano M (2000) Fish farming
effects on benthic community structure in coastal sediments: analysis of meiofaunal resilience. ICES Marine science (in press)
Mazzola A. Sara G (1995) Caratteristiche idrologiche di una laguna costiera mediterranea (Stagnone di Marsala - Sicilia
Occidentale): ipotesi di un modello qualitativo di circolazione lagunare. Naturalista Siciliano 19(3-4): 229-277
Meyer-Reil LA (1983) Benthic response to sedimentation events
in the Western Kiel Bight. II Analysis of benthic bacterial
populations. Mar BioI 77: 247-256
Millet B, Cecchi P (1992) Wind-induced hydrodinamic control of
the phytoplankton biomass in a lagoon ecosystem. Limnol
Oceanogr 37(1): 140-146
M. Fabiano et al.
bacterial assemblages to focus on the fate of the
large detrital pool in the Marsala lagoon.
Acknowledgements. We thank an anonymous referee for precious suggestions and useful comments. We are indebted to
Prof. Masala Tagliasacchi. (University of Cagliari) fur kindl~
providing laboratory facilities. We thank Dr. Monica ~rmem
and Dr. Elena Manini (University of Ancona) fur help m chemical analyses. The Ministero Politiche Agricole and
Ministero Universita Ricerca Scientifica Tecnologica of the
Italian government partially supported this work.
References
Bligh EG, Dyer WJ (1959) A rapid method for total lipid extraction and purification. Can J Biochem Physio137: 911-917
Calvo S, Ciraolo G, La Loggia G, Malthus Tj, Savona E. Tomasello
A (1996) Monitoring Posidonia oceanica meadows in the
Mediterranean Sea by means of airborne remote sensing
techniques. Intern Airborne Rem Sensing Conf Exibition,
June 1996, San Francisco, USA 3: 659-668
Campolmi M (1998) Zooplankton community in the Stagnone di
Marsala (West MED). PhD Dissertation, University of
Messina, Italy. 205 pp
Carrada G, Fresi E (1988) Le lagune salmastre costiere. Alcune
riflessioni sui problemi e sui metodi. In: GC Carrada,
Cicogna F, Fresi E (eds) Coastal lagoons: research and
managment. CLEM, Massa Lubrense, Napoli, pp 35-56
Carrada GC, Mangoni 0, Sgrosso S (1996) Distribuzione spaziale
di clorofilla a e di feopigmenti in diverse frazioni dimensionale del fitoplancton. In: FM Faranda. P Povero (eds)
Caratterizazzione ambientale del sistema Bolia e dei bacini
limitrofi di Cefalu e Gioia (EOCUMM95). CoNISMa Data
Rep,pp 197-216
Chassany de Casabianca ML (1979) Les phenomes de decomposition et de transformation en mille lagunaire et Ie C, N, et CIN
particulaire. Comm Intern Explor Sci Mer M€diterranee,
Etang Sales et Lagunes 25/26(3): 109-112
Chassany de Casabiam:a ML, Boonne ML, Semrow R (1995)
Principal component analysis of relationship between physicochemical variables in a Mediterranean lagoon. CR Hebd
Seances Acad Sci (III), Paris 310: 397-403
Clavier J. Chardy P, Chevillon C (1995) Sedimentation of particulate matter in the south-west lagoon of New Caledonia:
Spatial and temporal pattern. Estuar Coastal Shelf Sci 40:
281-294
Danovaro R (1996) Detritus-bacteria-meiofauna interactions in a
seagrass bed (Posidonia oceanica) of the NW Mediterranean.
Mar Bioi 127: 1-13
Danovaro R,Fabiano M,Della Croce N (1993) Labile organic matter and microbial biomasses in deep-sea sediments (Eastern
Mediterranean Sea). Deep Sea Res 40: 953-965
de Jonge VE (1980) Fluctuations in the organic carbon to chlorophyll a ratios for estuarine benthic diatom populations.
Mar Ecol Progr Ser 2: 345-353
Dubois M, Gilles KA. Hamilton JK. Rebers, PA, Smith F (1956)
Colorimetric method for determination of sugars and related substances. Anal Chem 28: 350-356
Fabiano M, Danovaro R. Fraschetti S (l995) A three-year time
series of elemental and biochemical composition of organic
matter in subtidal sediments of the Ligurian Sea (northwestern Mediterranean). Cont Shelf Res 15: 1453-1469
Fabiano M, Pusceddu A (1998) Total and hydrolizable particulate
organic matter (carbohydrates, proteins and lipids) at a coastal station in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). Polar
BioI 19: 125-132
Friligos N (1989) Nutrients status in a eutrophic Mediterranean
lagoon. Vie Milieu 39(2): 63-69
Genovese S (1969) Donnees ecologique sur Ie "Stagnone" de
Marsala {Sicile occidentale}. Rapp Comm Int Mer Medit 19:
823-826.
Gerchacov SM, Hatcher PG (1972) Improved technique for analysis
of carbohydrates in sediment. Limnol Oceanogr 17: 938-943
Giani M, Mecozzi M, Ge5umundo C, Ciuffa G, Sunseri G,Andaloro
F (1995) Physico-chemical features and nutrients distribution in the Marsala lagoon (Italy). Rapp Comm Int Mer
Medit34: 81
Hamon PY, Thurnier H,Arnaud P (1979) Cycles annuels del quelques parametres physico-chimiques de l't!tang de Thau.
Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique
de la Mer Mediterranee, Etang Sales et Lagunes, 25/26(3):
11-12
Hansen JA, Klump DW,Alongi DM, Dayton PI<, Riddle MJ (1992)
Detrital pathways in a coral reef lagoon. II. Detritus deposition, benthic microbial biomass and production. Mar BioI
113:363-372
Hartree EF (1972) Determination of proteins: a modification of
the Lowry method that gives linear photometric response.
Anal Biochem 48: 422-427
Hickel W (1984) Seston in the Wadden sea of sylt (German Bight,
North Sea). Proc 4th Int Wadden Sea Symp 10: 113-131
Iseki K, McDonald RW, Carmack E (1987) Distribution of particulate matter in the south-eastern Beaufort Sea in late summer. Polar Bioi 1: 35-46
KenworthyWJ, Thayer GW (1984) Production and decomposition
of the roots and rhizomes of seagrallses Zostera marina and
Thalassia testudinum in temperate and subtropical marine
ecosystems. Bull Mar Sci 35: 364-379
Lawrence JM, Boudouresque Ch-F, Maggiore F (1989) Proximate
costituents, biomass and energy in Posidonia oceanica
(Potamogetonaceae ). Publ Staz Zool Napoli (I Mar Beol) 10:
263-270
Lee S, Fuhrman JA (1987) Relationships between biovolume and
biomass of naturally derived marine bacterioplankton. Appl
Environ Microbiol 53: 1298-1303
Lorenzen Cr, Jeffrey SW (1980) Determination of chlorophyll and
phaeopigments spectrophotometric equations. Limnol
Oceanogr 12: 343-346
Magazzu G (1982) La crescita fitoplanctonica in alcuni ambienti
lagunari del Mar Mediterraneo. Naturalista Siciliano 6(2):
337-359
Marsh JB, Weinstein WJ (1966) A simple charring method for
determination of lipids. r Lipid Res 7: 574-576
Mazzola A, Mirto S, Danovaro R, Fabiano M (2000) Fish farming
effects on benthic community structure in coastal sediments: analysis of meiofaunal resilience. ICES Marine science (in press)
Mazzola A. Sara G (1995) Caratteristiche idrologiche di una laguna costiera mediterranea (Stagnone di Marsala - Sicilia
Occidentale): ipotesi di un modello qualitativo di circolazione lagunare. Naturalista Siciliano 19(3-4): 229-277
Meyer-Reil LA (1983) Benthic response to sedimentation events
in the Western Kiel Bight. II Analysis of benthic bacterial
populations. Mar BioI 77: 247-256
Millet B, Cecchi P (1992) Wind-induced hydrodinamic control of
the phytoplankton biomass in a lagoon ecosystem. Limnol
Oceanogr 37(1): 140-146