Silting Process and Loss of Posidonia oceanica Meadows in the Tyrrhenian Waters of Calabria (Southern Italy)
Journal: Sustainability
Year: 2023

In the Mediterranean Sea, two critical issues affect marine benthic biocenosis: sedimentation and the increasing trend in marine biodiversity loss. These processes are very marked along the western side of the Calabrian coastline, where siltation is one of the main reasons for the regression of Posidonia beds in the regional coastal waters. This study investigates the relationships between the geomorphological features of the debris source areas, represented by fluvial basins, and the distributi