Silting Process and Loss of &lt;em&gt;Posidonia oceanica&lt;/em&gt; Meadows in the Tyrrhenian Calabria Waters (Southern Italy)
Journal: Preprints.org
Year: 2023

In the Mediterranean Sea, there are two critical issues affecting marine benthic biocenosis: the sedimentation process and the increasing trend in marine biodiversity loss. These processes are very marked along the western side of Calabria coastline where siltation is one of the main reasons for the regression of Posidonia beds in the regional coastal waters. This research aims to investigate the relationships between the geomorphological features of the debris source areas, represented by fluvi