Abstract

Between March-May 2013 a massive Salpa maxima bloom was recorded by a citizen science study along the Ionian and Adriatic coast of the Salento peninsula (Italy). Citizen records were substantiated with field inspections along the coast and during an oceanographic campaign in the Otranto Channel. Salps clogged nets, impairing fishing activities along the coast. Swimmers were scared by the gelatinous appearance of the salps, and thought they were jellyfish. At the end of the bloom the dead bodies of the colonies, that were up to 6-7 m long, were accumulated along the coast and stirred by the waves, forming foams along dozens of kilometers of coast. The bloom also occurred at the Tremiti Islands, north of the Gargano Peninsula. The possible impacts of such events on the  functioning of pelagic systems are discussed.

Autore Pugliese

• Piraino Stefano , Boero Ferdinando , Belmonte Genuario , Fraschetti Simonetta

Tutti gli autori

• Boero F. , Belmonte G. , Bracale R. , Fraschetti S. , Piraino S. , Zampardi S.

Titolo volume/Rivista

F1000RESEARCH

Anno di pubblicazione

2013

ISSN

2046-1402

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

Nessuna citazione

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

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Numero di citazioni Scopus

9

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

26/04/2018

Settori ERC

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Codici ASJC

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