IT22 - Mar Piccolo of Taranto - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
IT22 - Mar Piccolo of Taranto
Short name
Mar Piccolo
Country
Italy
Web Address
Institute for Water Research - IRSA
LTER-Italy web site
Site Manager
Ester Cecere
Antonella Petrocelli
Site Description
The Mar Piccolo is an inner, semi-enclosed sea located on the North of the town of Taranto showing lagoon features. It has a surface area of 20.72 Km2 and is divided by two promontories of land into two smaller inlets, called the First and the Second Inlet, which have a maximum depth of 12 and 8 m, respectively. Two canals, Navigable Canal (width 58 m, depth 12 m) and Porta Napoli Channel (width 48 m, depth 2.5 m), the most important for the water exchange, put the Mar Piccolo in communication with the nearby Mar Grande basin. The scarce hydrodinamism and the reduced water exchange, mainly in the Second Inlet, with the nearby Mar Grande determine the stratification of the water, especially in summer. Due to the strong ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1914
Observed properties
ecosystem parameterbiological parameterwater parameteralgaespeciesabundancealgaespeciespresenceanimalspeciesabundanceanimalspeciespresencebenthicinvertebratesabundancebenthicinvertebratespresencefloristiccompositionfloristicdiversitybiologicaldiversityplantcoverwatertemperature
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_095)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
Photos
The Mar Piccolo of Taranto from the satellite, with indication of sampling stations
The Mar Piccolo of Taranto from the satellite, with indication of sampling stations
Geographic
1 km
3000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 40.4817 Longitude: 17.2818

Size
ca. 2072.00ha
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
-12.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Coastal
Biome
Coastal
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Biogeographical Region
Mediterranean Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Habitat complexes (X)
Habitat complexes (X) » Saline coastal lagoons (X02)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
11.44°C
Precipitation Annual
409.00mm
Landforms
Lagoon
Vegetation
Attached and unattached macroalgae; seagrasses Cymodocea nodosa, Ruppia cirrhosa
Hydrology
Presence of 34 submarine freshwater springs. Small tributary rivers.
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Land Use
primary production
primary production » aquaculture and fishing
secondary production
secondary production » heavy end product industry
tertiary production
tertiary production » commercial services
tertiary production » cultural entertainment and recreational services
transport networks logistics and utilities
transport networks logistics and utilities » utilities
transport networks logistics and utilities » utilities » water and sewage infrastructure
other uses
other uses » transitional areas
Site Type
not applicable
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Boat
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » No data transmission from site
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Equipment notes
There are no built infrastructures in the Mar Piccolo, neither permanent measurements equipments (i.e. buoys) only mobile equipments brought during sampling operations. Permanent little data logger are submersed for continuous temperature measurements
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
Four stations are seasonally monitored collecting phyto- and zoobenthos samples, as well as the main environmental variables (temperature, salinity, ph, O2). Moreover temperature sensors are immersed for continuous measurements . Starting from winter 2016, an additional station was monitored, since the presence of an alien species of macroalga and the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa were here detected.
Site Visit Interval
90
Maintenance Interval
90
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
8 activities in total:
Assessment of the benthic macro invertebrate community in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto
Biometric measurements and condition index in mussels from the Mar Piccolo of Taranto
Escherichia coli, coliforms and Vibrio abundance from water, sediments and mussels in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto
Study of non-indigenous (alien) species in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto
Study of the composition, structure and abundance of the ichthyofauna in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto
Study of the macrophytobenthos in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto
Study of the physical-chemical features of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto, including metals and organic pollutants in marine sediments
16 dataset(s) in total:
Abundance of E. coli, coliforms and Vibrio in water, sediments and mussels from the Mar Piccolo of Taranto 2007-2009
Alien species of invertebrates in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto
Benthic macro invertebrate community in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto 2002-2004
Benthic macro-invertebrates community in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto - 2012
Biodiversity of plankton cysts from the Mar Piccolo of Taranto 2010-2014
Biometric variables in mussels from the Mar Piccolo of Taranto 2004-2020
Composition, structure and abundance of the ichthyofauna in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto 2007-2009
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.