Professor Dr. FRANCESCO MARIA FARANDA
Universita di Genova
Istituto di Scienze Ambientali Marine
Viale Benedetto XV, 5
1-16132 Genova
Italy
Professor Dr. LETTERIO GUGLlELMO
Universita di Messina
Dipartimento di Biologia ed Ecologia Marina
Salita Sperone, 31
1-98166 Messina-S. Agata
Italy
Professor Dr. GIANCARW SPEZIE
Istituto Universitario Navale
Istituto di Meteorologia e Oceanografia
Via Amm. Acton, 38
1-80133 Napoli
Italy
Cover figure:
Mediterranean Basin: Sea Surface Temperature & Vegetation with ATSR-2
European Space Agency - Esa
Produced from ESA remote sensing data
Image processed by: ESNERSIN/EURISY, Frascati
®ESNCCLRC/RAL/NERC/BNSC 1997
© Springer-Verlag Italia 2001
Originally published by Springer-Verlag Milan 2001
Softcover reprint of the hardcover Ist edition 2001
ISBN 978-88-470-2162-4
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DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-2105-1
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Universita di Genova
Istituto di Scienze Ambientali Marine
Viale Benedetto XV, 5
1-16132 Genova
Italy
Professor Dr. LETTERIO GUGLlELMO
Universita di Messina
Dipartimento di Biologia ed Ecologia Marina
Salita Sperone, 31
1-98166 Messina-S. Agata
Italy
Professor Dr. GIANCARW SPEZIE
Istituto Universitario Navale
Istituto di Meteorologia e Oceanografia
Via Amm. Acton, 38
1-80133 Napoli
Italy
Cover figure:
Mediterranean Basin: Sea Surface Temperature & Vegetation with ATSR-2
European Space Agency - Esa
Produced from ESA remote sensing data
Image processed by: ESNERSIN/EURISY, Frascati
®ESNCCLRC/RAL/NERC/BNSC 1997
© Springer-Verlag Italia 2001
Originally published by Springer-Verlag Milan 2001
Softcover reprint of the hardcover Ist edition 2001
ISBN 978-88-470-2162-4
ISBN 978-88-470-2105-1 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-2105-1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: applied for
This work is subject to copyright. AlI rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is
concerned, specificaUy the rigths of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is only permitted under the provisions of the Italian Copyright Law in its current
version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for
prosecution under the Italian Copyright Law.
The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a
specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and
therefore free for general use.
Typesetting: Photo Life, Vimodrone (Milano)
Cover design: Simona Colombo
SPIN: 10781852