Eastern Ligurian Sea - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
Eastern Ligurian Sea
Short name
Eastern Ligurian Sea
Country
Italy
Web Address
LTER-Italy website
Operating Organisation
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)
Site Manager
Tiziana Ciuffardi
Chiara Lombardi
Site Description
The study area is located between the mouth of the river Magra and the promontory of Monterosso. The Eastern Ligurian Sea is particularly interesting from a scientific point of view because it includes marine protected areas recognized by UNESCO (e.g. Porto Venere, Cinque Terre), located close to activities with potentially high environmental impacts. Furthermore, the site is very interesting for its biodiversity, as there is an unusually high number of species of both flora and fauna (including deep sea species), and it is part of the Whale Sanctuary. A long-term series of data is available and derives from high-frequency measurements and samplings to assess environmental and biological parameters. In particular the data concern ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1973
Observed properties
water parameterchemical parameterecosystem parameteratmospheric parameterbiological parameterchlorophyllcontentofwaterconductivityoxygenconcentrationphotosyntheticallyactiveradiationintensityseasurfacetemperaturesecchidepthwaterdepthwaterqualitywatertemperaturewatertransparencywatervelocitydissolvednutrientpercentcarbonpercentorganiccarbonpHvalueofwatersuspendedsolidstotalorganiccarbonwatersalinitycommunitycompositiondiversityindexecosystemstructurehabitatstructureinorganicnutrientcontentspeciespresencespeciesturnoverairhumidityairtemperatureprecipitationintensitysolarradiationwinddirectionwindspeedleafarealeafarearationitrogencontent
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Italia (Italy)✔ (LTER_EU_IT_107)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Photos
Eastern Ligurian Sea Site
Eastern Ligurian Sea Site
Geographic
10 km
5 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 44.002684 Longitude: 9.992889

Size
ca. 54004.89ha
Elevation (average)
0.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
0.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Biome
Marine
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Marine
Temperate shelfs and seas
Rivers
Small rivers
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Coastal habitats (B) » Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral (B3)
Habitat complexes (X) » Bentho-pelagic habitats (X30)
Marine habitats (A)
Marine habitats (A) » Circalittoral rock and other hard substrata (A4)
Marine habitats (A) » Infralittoral rock and other hard substrata (A3)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral rock and other hard substrata (A1)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral sediment (A2)
Marine habitats (A) » Pelagic water column (A7)
Marine habitats (A) » Sublittoral sediment (A5)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
15.40°C
Precipitation Annual
1100.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Marine Platform
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Map Service (WMS)
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Boat
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Other transmission types
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
Since 2009 seasonal measurement campaigns of physical-chemical parameters are being performed at fixed coordinates in the Gulf of La Spezia. Continuous time series are also available at 9 fixed locations: Tino (Lat. 44.032 Long. 9.848), Mooring Tino (Lat. 44.017 Long. 9.817), Mooring Tinetto (Lat. 44.024 Long. 9.850), Baia Blu (Lat. 44.083 Long. 9.884), Castello (Lat. 44.072 Long. 9.907), Tinetto (Lat. 44.024 Long. 9.850), Saladero (Lat. 44.052 Long. 9.854), Olivo (Lat. 44.057 Long. 9.846), Mooring S.Pietro (Lat. 44.047 Long. 9.832). All of them provided water temperature measurements. Measurements of salinity (conductivity) are available for the station Tinetto and for the Mooring Tino. Measurements of current speed and direction are available for the Mooring of Tino and Tinetto. Time series cover the years from 2007 to 2015 (with some missing data), while temperature recpordings at Castello and Tinetto are still operative. Since 1991, every three or six months, data on phenology and structural features of Posidonia oceanica meadows are being collected in the MPA of Cinque Terre, in 3 stations at 3 depths. Since 1991, campaigns for the detection of changes in coralligenous communities and long-lived benthic species are also being carried out in the MPA of the Cinque Terre and in the islands of the Gulf of La Spezia.
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
180
General Data Policy
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
Mutual agreement on reciprocal sharing of data
LTER Site Classification
Regular
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.