The Civitavecchia Coastal Environment Monitoring System (C-CEMS): a new tool to analyze the conflicts between coastal pressures and sensitivity areas

The Civitavecchia Coastal Environment Monitoring System (C-CEMS): a new tool to analyze the conflicts between coastal pressures and sensitivity areas

The understanding of the coastal environment is fundamental for efficiently and effectively facing the pollution phenomena as expected by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and for limiting the conflicts between anthropic activities and sensitivity areas, as stated by Maritime Spatial Planning...

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Published in:Ocean science Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 87 - 100
Main Authors: Bonamano, S, Piermattei, V, Madonia, A, Paladini de Mendoza, F, Pierattini, A, Martellucci, R, Stefanì, C, Zappalà, G, Caruso, G, Marcelli, M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 15-01-2016
Copernicus Publications
Subjects:
Bacteria
Bathing
Case studies
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll a
Climate change
Coastal ecology
Coastal environments
Coastal zone
Coastal zones
Coasts
Computer simulation
Conflicts
Data processing
Datasets
Dispersion
Dredging
Dynamics
Ecological monitoring
Ecology
Ecosystems
Environmental monitoring
Evaluation
Fixed stations
Frameworks
Marine ecology
Marine ecosystems
Marine environment
Mathematical models
Meadows
Monitoring systems
Numerical models
Pollutants
Pollution
Pollution detection
Pollution dispersion
Pollution sources
Ports
Quality assessment
Quality control
Satellite observation
Satellites
Sediments
Sensitivity analysis
Spatial distribution
Spatial planning
Thematic mapping
Water circulation
Water column
Water pollution
Water quality
Water quality assessments
Italy
Tyrrhenian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Europe
Latium
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Summary:The understanding of the coastal environment is fundamental for efficiently and effectively facing the pollution phenomena as expected by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and for limiting the conflicts between anthropic activities and sensitivity areas, as stated by Maritime Spatial Planning Directive. To address this, the Laboratory of Experimental Oceanology and Marine Ecology developed a multi-platform observing network that has been in operation since 2005 in the coastal marine area of Civitavecchia (Latium, Italy) where multiple uses and high ecological values closely coexist. The Civitavecchia Coastal Environment Monitoring System (C-CEMS), implemented in the current configuration, includes various components allowing one to analyze the coastal conflicts by an ecosystem-based approach. The long-term observations acquired by the fixed stations are integrated with in situ data collected for the analysis of the physical, chemical and biological parameters of the water column, sea bottom and pollution sources detected along the coast. The in situ data, integrated with satellite observations (e.g., temperature, chlorophyll a and TSM), are used to feed and validate the numerical models, which allow the analysis and forecasting of the dynamics of pollutant dispersion under different conditions. To test the potential capabilities of C-CEMS, two case studies are reported here: (1) the analysis of fecal bacteria dispersion for bathing water quality assessment, and (2) the evaluation of the effects of the dredged activities on Posidonia meadows, which make up most of the two sites of community importance located along the Civitavecchia coastal zone. The simulation outputs are overlapped by the thematic maps showing bathing areas and Posidonia oceanica distribution, thus giving a first practical tool that could improve the resolution of the conflicts between coastal uses (in terms of stress produced by anthropic activities) and sensitivity areas.
ISSN:1812-0792
1812-0784
1812-0792
DOI:10.5194/os-12-87-2016