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DOI: 10.21258/1653812
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title: Inventario forestale nazionale svizzero - Tabella n. 902314
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title: Inventario forestale nazionale svizzero - Tabella n. 811087
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title: Inventario forestale nazionale svizzero - Tabella n. 849168
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title: Inventario forestale nazionale svizzero - Tabella n. 870446
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title: Inventario forestale nazionale svizzero - Tabella n. 863571
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DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n2p1
title: Ecosystem functioning and the legacy of MarBEF
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n2p4
title: Metacommunity modelling, a fundamental approach for marine biodiversity studies

description: 1 - Comprehensive understanding of biological diversity patterns requires quantifying spatial dynamic processes. Mathematical modelling offers an array of techniques to investigate ecosystem processes that cannot be observed directly or tested experimentally.2 - In the 1990�s, a new paradigm for biodiversity studies appeared - called metacommunities - combining ecological and biogeographical concepts of species assemblages. A metacommunity is defined as a set of local communities linked by the exchanges of individuals at the regional scale. This relatively simple definition led to the development of theoretical frameworks (e.g. emphasizing neutrality, patch dynamics, species sorting and mass effects) that generated some controversy about the relative importance of the local ecological niche-based processes and regional dispersal processes. Recent studies have demonstrated that several of these proposed theories can lead to similar results when simulating the dynamics of metacommunity systems.3 - Thus, it does not seem possible to adequately prove whether or not local processes predominate over regional ones from available datasets, even if several evaluation criteria are combined. This is why metacommunity modelling is an important step toward quantifying changes in marine biodiversity. Models can be improved by unifying population dynamics processes and by establishing accurate typologies of parameter estimates. Validation should be performed by carrying out ad hoc experiments, testing dynamic properties; however, the design and implementation of these experiments remain difficult because of the lack of large-scale experimental facilities under controlled conditions.4 - Metacommunity modelling seems however to be promising for a broad range of applications in the domain of conservation of marine biodiversity, and particularly in that it can provide objective criteria to define Marine Protected Areas as a function of regional biodiversity conservation goals.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n2p13
title: Biodiversity and bio-evaluation methods in transitional waters: a theoretical challenge

description: 1 - This paper addresses the question of the weaknesses of the methodologies developed based on the analysis of the composition of benthic invertebrate communities in transitional waters.2 - Benthic communities are an important element of the bio-evaluation methodologies suggested for the Ecological Quality status of the European transitional and coastal waters in the context of the Water Framework Directive. It is argued that the assessment of Ecological Quality status requires both fundamental and applied science.3 - The lack of performance of many biotic indices under varying and highly fluctuating environmental conditions may well be related to weakness in theory supporting marine biodiversity.4 - We propose some possible approaches for future development in the field of biotic indices and marine biodiversity theory.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n2p20
title: Genetic vs community diversity patterns of macrobenthic species: preliminary results from the lagoonal ecosystem

description: 1 - The use of molecular data derived from multispecies assemblages in order to test ecological theory has only recently been introduced in the scientific literature.2 - As a first step, we compared patterns of abiotic environment, polychaeta distribution and their genetic diversity in five lagoon ecosystems in Greece. Our results confirm the hypothesis that higher genetic diversity is expected in the populations of the species occurring in the transitional waters rather than of those occurring in the marine environment.3 - Patterns derived from the polychaete community level and from the mitochondrial DNA (16S rRNA) obtained from Nephtys hombergii and Hediste diversicolor showed convergence, indicating the potential use of molecular matrices as surrogates in community analysis.4 - Finally, the high correlation between the genetic diversity pattern of H. diversicolor and the phosphorus concentration in the sediments may imply the broadening of the hierarchic-response-tostress hypothesis towards lower than species level.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n2p34
title: Use and limitations of ecological models

description: 1 - Modelling of ecological processes is not a recent area of scientific research but it is currently evolving fast due to the technological advances in computing power.2 - Mathematical models can be readily used as tools for the efficient assessment of environmental quality, for studying the ecosystem functioning properties and for monitoring biodiversity.3 - Conclusions based on ecological models are often used to reinforce policy design and environmental planning and management. A variety of different ecological models exists at the moment, each one with its advantages and disadvantages.4 - The question that needs to be answered and the type of data available in each case, define the most suitable type of model. The limitations and malpractices occasionally observed during the use of ecological models are described.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n2p42
title: MANOSS - a manually operated suction sampler for hard bottom benthos

description: 1 - The design and construction of MANOSS, a manually operated suction sampler, is described. The sampler is designed for sampling aquatic epibionts on hard substrates and is manually operated by SCUBA divers.2 - Building upon the basic design of a slurp gun, it allows for sequential pump actions to effectively scoop a certain sampling area and incorporates easily interchangeable sample collection pouches. Its simple construction, independent from air supply or motorised pumps, makes it compact, lightweight and easy to handle. A relatively large diameter of the intake nozzle (4.5 cm) permits the collection of large fragments of algae or even small pebbles without blocking the valves.3 - Preliminary tests comparing the new sampler to those hitherto in use indicate efficiency of sampling and satisfactory levels of effort during underwater manipulation. The sampler is inexpensive and easy to rebuild following the detailed description and illustrations provided in the manuscript.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n2p50
title: Extending biodiversity theory in the context of Theme 1 of the MarBEF Network of Excellence: final considerations
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv7n1p1
title: Resistance and resilience of ecosystem descriptors and properties to dystrophic events: a study case in a Mediterranean lagoon

description: 1 -  Mediterranean lagoons are naturally exposed, during the dry season, to dystrophic and hypoxic events determining dis-equilibrium conditions along temporal and spatial scales, which are linked to metabolism and life cycle of the biotic components. 
2 -  In summer 2008, Lesina lagoon (SE Italian coastline) was interested by a geographically localized dystrophic crisis which affected up to 8% of the total lagoon surface. 
3 -  Temporal dynamics of principal descriptors of abiotic (water, sediment) and biotic (phytoplankton, benthic macroinvertebrate) compartments have been followed during the 2008 by collecting data inside stressed and control lagoon areas before a dystrophic event and in the six months after the dystrophic event.
4 -  The aim of the study was to analyse the pathways of ecosystem responses to dystrophic stress, searching for the characteristic scales of ecosystem compartment resistance and resilience. 
5 -  The characteristic time-scale of abiotic and biotic component time responses varied from days, for the selected markers of the water column, to year, for the benthic ones. Short-term biotic and abiotic responses in the water column were strongly coupled while biotic and abiotic responses at the sediment level were remarkably un-coupled. Dynamics and recovery time of water column and benthic components do not match in Lesina following the dystrophic crisis, highlighting an intrinsic individualistic behavior within the lagoon community driving ecosystem processes and ecosystem level responses. 
	6 -  Taxonomic and non-taxonomic descriptors of both 	phytoplankton and benthic macroinvertebrates showed 	different response patterns as early warning signals and 	overall resilience. The emphasized differences in the 	stability components, i.e., resistance and resilience, of 	water column and sediment abiotic and biotic 	characteristics as well as of taxonomic and non-taxonomic 	descriptors has key implication in planning monitoring 	strategies and programs for transitional waters in the 	Mediterranean and Black Sea EcoRegions.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv7n1p23
title: Productivity in natural and artificial habitats in brackish water systems: an example from Aphanius fasciatus populations

description: 1 - Venice Lagoon is characterized by many different shallow-water habitats, where salt marshes represent important habitats for many nektonic species. On the other side, small lagoon islands show a typical landscape dominated by agricultural gardens and orchards, that still host small ditches once used in traditional fishery activities but now abandoned.
2 - Aims of this study is to determine the productivity of these habitats for the nektonic community, referring to the small teleost Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821), listed in Annex II of �Habitat� Directive 92/43/CEE.
3 - One year monthly samplings were performed in four sites: two natural salt marshes and two systems of artificial ditches. All collected fish were photographed and then released. Only a sub-sample was preserved for laboratory analysis.
4 - Data show that artificial habitats host higher biomass of A. fasciatus, yielding higher secondary production respect to natural salt marshes, while P:B ratios vary in accordance to different environmental features and the related life history strategies adopted by the four populations. 5 - Results of this study highlight the relevance of these artificial habitats in the conservation of an important resident fish species.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv7n1p32
title: The co-occurrence of Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Brachyura: Portunidae) and the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium sp. (Dinoflagellata: Syndinidae) in two transitional water ecosystems of the Apulia coastline (South-Italy)

description: 1 - Coastal marine and transitional water ecosystems are threatened world-wide by invasions of nonindigenous invertebrate species, altering community structure and ecosystem functioning.
2 - Here, we report on the occurrence of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus in transitional water ecosystems of the Apulia coastline (Salento peninsula, SE Italy).
3 - Blue crabs were sampled seasonally, every three months over a whole-year period in the Torre Colimena basin (Ionian Sea) and Acquatina lagoon (Adriatic Sea). Specimens were identified and enumerated. In addition, their hemolymph was screened for parasite infections using histological techniques.
4 - Callinectes sapidus was sampled in the Torre Colimena basin, where no other crab species were collected during the whole experimental period. In contrast, in the Acquatina Lagoon four crab species were sampled, including C. sapidus.
5 - The parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium sp., known to determine in C. sapidus the degenerative "bitter crab syndrome" in its native habitats, was ubiquitously detected in the hemolymph of blue crabs from both habitats and in autochthonous brachyurans collected in the Acquatina Lagoon.
6 - An assessment of the diverse spectrum of potential ecological effects triggered by the Callinectes-Hematodinium interaction on autochthonous brachyuran species is presented, together with a preliminary evaluation of the molecular approaches to be implemented in order to verify the speciesspecificity of the host-parasite interaction.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv7n1p64
title: Water quality evaluation in Mediterranean lagoons using the Multimetric Phytoplankton Index (MPI): Study cases from Sardinia

description: 1 - Water quality in four Sardinian lagoons (western Mediterranean Sea) was assessed using the Multimetric Phytoplankton Index (MPI), which is consistent with the EU Water Framework Directive. The index was developed using data on phytoplankton abundances, species structure and chlorophyll a concentrations in Venice Lagoon, Italy.
2 - The aim of this study was to test the MPI on a larger geographical scale and across a range of lagoon types. Therefore, it was applied to assess water quality in the Cabras, S�Ena Arrubia, Santa Giusta and Calich lagoons in Sardinia. These lagoons are all �choked�, but exhibit a range of sizes and morphometric features. They are directly affected by human activity within the lagoons themselves, such as fisheries, aquaculture and the construction of dams and canals, and are indirectly affected by anthropogenic activities in their catchments, including intensive agriculture, industrial activity and urban development.
3 - The data used in the present study were collected monthly over a period of 4 years (Calich, Santa Giusta and S�Ena Arrubia) to 7 years (Cabras). Samples were collected at three stations at each of the Cabras, Santa Giusta and Calich lagoons, and at two stations at the S�Ena Arrubia Lagoon, providing a total of 220 samples.
4 - The water quality in three of the four lagoons investigated (Cabras, S�Ena Arrubia and Calich) was classified as bad using the MPI. Among these three, water in Cabras Lagoon exhibited the worst condition. Water quality in Santa Giusta Lagoon was classified as poor using the MPI.
5 - Although we present preliminary results that require further verification, the index appears to be a useful tool for assessing the ecological status of typical Mediterranean lagoons.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n1p1
title: EResearch and Management for the Conservation of Coastal Lagoon Ecosystems, South - North comparisons
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n1p20
title: Associated and digenean fauna of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis cultured on shellfish tables in the lagoon of Bizerta (Tunisia)

description: 1 - Shellfish tables used for the breeding in bags of the oyster Crassostrea gigas and the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis are suitable support for rapid colonization by marine living organisms.2 - During the period, June 2008 to May 2009, monthly samples of M. galloprovincialis were collected from the mytiliculture farm situated in Menzel Jemil (Bizerta Lagoon). Specimens were analyzed to identify their associated and digenean fauna.3 - Overall samples contain 68 taxa belonging to 12 zoological classes. Crustaceans, Polychaetes and Bivalves dominated largely the associated fauna, with frequencies of 34.7%, 22.9% and 10.6% respectively. The Polychaete Myrianida pinnigera was identified for the first time in the Tunisian coast. The remaining groups of associated fauna (Ascidia, Ophiuroids, Gastropods, Actinaria, Gymnolaemata, Demosponges, Calcispongia, Turbellaria, and Echinids,) accounted for only 31.8%. Diversity indices showed a temporal variation of the taxonomic structure of listed groups related to the environmental conditions and the biological cycles.4 - The examination of ~1400 individual mussels showed the occurrence of a low number of Proctoeces maculatus sporocysts (Digenea, Fellodistomodae). Bag-shaped sporocysts containing, according to the maturation stage, germinal balls, daughter sporocysts and or cercariae colonize at the beginning of the infection, the digestive gland then gonads and totality of the mantle.
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229xv6n1p34
title: TBT pollution in Tunisian coastal lagoons as indicated by imposex in Hexaplex trunculus (Gastropoda: Muricidae)

description: 1 - Most of the shipping traffic in Tunisia comes from foreign countries that already enforced tributyltin (TBT) regulation.2 - Local and imported antifouling paints in Tunisia did not contain TBT.3 - Actual TBT contamination in Tunisia is the result of an old/historical pollution events.4 - Here we report data on imposex in Hexaplex trunculus from three Tunisian lagoons. This gastropod, which locally has fishery great commercial value, is currently used mostly for monitoring TBT effects in transitional and marine waters in the Mediterranean Sea.5 - Our results showed a decrease of imposex in Bizerta and in Northern Tunis lagoons, whilst in the southernmost lagoon of Boughrara imposex has significantly increased.6 - The effect of specimen size and reproductive activity on penis length variation in males and on the relative penis length index was validated.7 - Overall, we found that TBT is still a significant pollutant in the Tunisian waters, which requires further studies on the contamination causes.
DOI: 10.1285/i2037-3627v1n1p1
title: Editorial

description: It is our great pleasure to introduce the first issue of the Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis: Decision Support Systems and Services Evaluation (EJASA:DSS). The Journal has been founded as an expression of the permanent working group of the Italian Statistical Society (Italian: Societ� Italiana di Statistica, SIS): Statistics for the Evaluation and Quality in Services (Italian: Statistica per la Valutazione dei Servizi, SVQS).
This first issue is inspired by the Conference Innovation and Society 2009 (IES2009) held at University of Brescia, which is the third edition of a biennial meeting organized by the group SVQS.
EJASA:DSS collects articles concerning the application of statistics in the field of Decision Support Systems and Services Evaluation, mainly focusing on the subjects of Education and Training, Bank Services, Tourism, Social Services, Transportation, Enterprise Evaluation, Public Administration, Research Evaluation, Healthcare Services, and Law System.
Papers should contribute to the proper application of both innovative or existing statistical methods. In addition, special issues devoted to specific topics will also be published.
The editorial content follows a double-blind peer-reviewing procedure, which ensures a more efficient selection of the submitted papers.
All the members of the Italian Statistical Society, as well as statistical scientists operating all around the world, are kindly invited to submit their papers for publication. Moreover, publication in EJASA:DSS is free of charge.