Paolo Rossini

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Mugil cephalus has been identified as a suitable species for feeding populations in developing countries, and it represents a traditionally harvested and consumed species in various European countries. A decline in wild populations and a growing demand have promoted new interest in mullet production in hatcheries, considered imperative for the prod...

Two commercial coating systems, each one consisting of both a primer and an antifouling ("System 1" based on Copper Oxide and "System 2" based on Zinc Oxide), have been analyzed in order to investigate their environmental impacts through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and laboratory tests. A cradle-to-grave analysis has been performed in order to quan...

Atmospheric depositions were collected monthly by bulk passive samplers in different sites located in Aosta Valley, in the north west of Italy. The town of Aosta has grown around an industrial complex making stainless steel products. The characterization of atmospheric deposition allows evaluating the impact on pollution caused by airborne metals r...

This paper discusses the effects of breakwaters on the Rimini coastal environment over the last half century. Sediment cores of 50 cm thick were collected in various seasons from 2002 to 2005 and were subsampled at surface and subsurface levels at 20 inshore and offshore stations in order to take account of various freshwater and wastewater inputs....

Located at a distance of approximately 3200 km from Iceland, where the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted, Italy was affected by volcanic ash transported by middle altitude air masses across Europe. Volcanic emissions from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption in April 2010 were detected in Rimini (44 degrees 2' 28 '' N, 12 degrees 34' 3 '' E) (Italy) by mea...

This paper describes a decision-support system based on landscape ecology and focused on the study of ecosystems’ health. System capabilities are illustrated with three cases of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM), in the Adriatic Sea (Italy): the lagoon of Venice and the Rimini and Ancona coastal areas. Indicators and indices are developed w...

Coastal ecosystems are subjected to multiple stresses, from physical disturbance to chemical contamination related to the local anthropogenic activities. The recent European directives and Italian laws recommend that the assessment of the ecological quality of costal seawater should be based on an integrated approach, taking into account the ecolog...

Nel presente studio sono stati determinati gli Elementi Redox-Sensibili (RSE) nel sedimento di un’area dell’Adriatico settentrionale. I risultati, ottenuti attraverso una metodica analitica applicata per la prima volta in Italia, hanno consentito di evidenziare il ruolo degli RSE come indicatori ambientali di eventi anossici verificatisi in Adriati...

Murano's glass-makers have held a monopoly on quality glass-making for centuries known all over the world. Artistic glass manufacture entails exposure to complex mixtures of pollutants, including metals. A few studies have reported high levels of trace elements in marine waters, sediments and mussels around Murano and shown that emissions from Mura...

Studies have revealed the potential risks to which human health and ecosystems are exposed in the Venice Lagoon, due to the atmospheric deposition of persistent pollutants such as trace metals and organic compounds. A total of 77 atmospheric bulk deposition samples were collected monthly from April 2002 to December 2004, from three sites located in...

Dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in the ecosystem of the Lagoon of Venice were studied, in order to provide a general picture of conditions in the lagoon in terms of contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs). We present here novel data on atmospheric deposition, water, sediment and cla...

Atmospheric deposition in the lagoon of Venice and river inputs from the watershed were collected and analysed from 1998 to 1999 using the same analytical methods. The input from riverine sources largely prevails (>70%) over that from the atmosphere for As, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, nitrogen and phosphorus. Equivalent amounts of Hg, Pb, PCBs, HCB are dischar...

From 2000 to 2002, sediment contamination by Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn was analysed in the Pialassa Baiona salt marsh, which receives petrochemical wastewaters from the industrial district of Ravenna (Italy). The recent contamination levels were compared with data of previous studies carried out in 1982, in order to assess whether environmental policie...

In order to estimate the importance of atmospheric fall-out of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) around the industrial district of Porto Marghera, Italy, atmospheric depositions of POPs were collected using bulk samplers inside the Lagoon of Venice. Seventy-seven atmospheric deposition samples were collected monthly over a 12-month period (March...

Multivariate statistical analyses were applied to measurements of atmospheric deposition of total particulate (TSP), inorganic elements (Al, Ca, Na, K, Mg, Si, Mn, Fe, Zn, Ni, Cr, Cu, Pb, Cd, As, Hg, V and S) and organic compounds (PAH, PCB, HCB and PCDD/F) collected in four stations, all located in the Lagoon of Venice. Aerosols at the scale of th...

First available data on atmospheric fall-out were provided by sampling monthly bulk depositions in four sites inside the Lagoon of Venice (550 km2). Sampling was carried out monthly during the period July 1998-July 1999, in one site near an industrial area (Porto Marghera; site D), another site in the city of Venice (site A), and the remaining two...

Multivariate statistical analyses were applied to measurements of atmospheric deposition of total particulate (TSP), inorganic elements (Al, Ca, Na, K, Mg, Si, Mn, Fe, Zn, Ni, Cr, Cu, Pb, Cd, As, Hg, V and S) and organic compounds (PAH, PCB, HCB and PCDD/F) collected in four stations, all located in the Lagoon of Venice. Aerosols at the scale of th...

The rapid deterioration of the world’s major ecosystems has intensified the need for effective monitoring and development of operational indicators of ecosystem health, and the extension of health to describe regional ecosystems is a response to accumulating evidence that human-dominated ecosystems have become highly dysfunctional. The Lagoon of Ve...

Trace metal (As, Cd, Cr, Ni, Hg, Pb) concentrations in soil samples collected around the Porto Marghera (Italy) industrial zone (2–40 km) near the city of Venice were compared with direct measurements of atmospheric deposition measured at comparable distances from the same source. Concentrations of Cd and Pb in soils decreased exponentially with in...

Data on atmospheric fall-out of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) were provided by collecting bulk deposition in four stations inside the Lagoon of Venice. A total of 44 monthly samples was collected during the period July 1998-July 1999 in one site near an industrial area (Porto Marghera), one site in the city of...

Atmospheric bulk deposition of major and trace elements was measured at Venice from November 1995 to October 1997. Collection was carried out using polyethylene bulk passive samplers, samples being collected bi-weekly. In order to highlight the contribution of the atmosphere to water chemistry and particle budgets in the Lagoon of Venice, the geoch...

Data on atmospheric fall-out of dioxins and furans (PCDD-Fs), dioxin-like polychlorobyphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) were provided by collecting bulk depositions in four stations inside the Lagoon of Venice. A total of 44 monthly samples was collected in one site near an industrial area, one site...

In November 1999, a sediment core was sampled in the Piallassa Baiona, a coastal lagoon of the Northern Adriatic Sea. The toxicity of sediments (TEQs) for 2,3,7,8-substituted PCDD/Fs isomers and 12 dioxin-like PCBs were calculated by the sum of the products of their concentrations with the appropriate WHO- TEF, an approach widely applied for better...

A core collected in the Piallassa Baiona lagoon, a salt-marsh area already studied for Hg contamination related to nearby industrial sites, was analysed for organic micropollutants. Surface sediments show high concentrations of total PCBs (1148 ng g-1), PCDD/Fs (64 ng g-1) and PAHs (4801 ng g-1). According to a sedimentation rate of 0.4 cm y-1, the...

The atmospheric deposition of dioxins and furans (PCDD-Fs), dioxin-like polychlorobyphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was determined in the Lagoon of Venice. Sampling was carried out monthly, for a total of 13 months (July 1998-July 1999) using "bulk" samplers (passive collectors of wet and dry depo...

Atmospheric bulk deposition of trace metals (Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb) was measured at two coastal urban sites (Cesenatico and Venice) in the north Adriatic Sea. Collection was carried out using polyethylene bulk passive samplers, samples being collected bi-weekly. Annual deposition fluxes of metals were calculated and compared with the Po river supply rates...

Estimates of atmospheric inputs to the Mediterranean and some coastal areas are reviewed, and uncertainities in these estimates considered, Both the magnitude and the mineralogical composition of atmospheric dust inputs indicate that eolian deposition is an important (50%) or even dominant (>80%) contribution to sediments in the offshore waters of...

The chemical composition of aerosols and precipitation collected over Sardinia primarily reflect Saharan and European inputs. European background aerosols in Sardinia show a 3- to 25-fold decrease in EFcrust values for Cd, Zn, Pb, and Cr compared with coastal stations in the Western Mediterranean. Partitioning of total atmospheric deposition betwee...

Abstract This study reports the differences in the local precipitation input of inorganic chemicals at urban, industrial and woodland sites of a coastal area in northern Italy. The role of the local wind circulation was investigated to determine the contribution of the industrialised area to pollution above the woodland in terms of chemical (SO 4)...

A case of atmospheric chromium contamination from galvanic factories near Bologna (Italy), is reported. Lolium multiflorum in pots as biological accumulators and neutron activation analysis were used. Data confirm that chromium uptake peferentially occurs through leaves rather than via the root system.

The optimal assay conditions and the trend with time in culture (28 days) of arginine decarboxylase (ADE; EC 4.1.1.19), omithine decarboxylase (ODC; EC 4.1.1.17) and diamine oxidase (DAO; EC 1.4.3.6) activities in habituated (H) and normal (N) auxin- and cytokinin-requiring sugar beet callus were compared. Although the response to variations in buf...

In order to determine how polyamine metabolism operates and where it is localized in mature or developing tissues, superficial explants (two cell layers: epidemis and subepidermis) and deep tissue (pith) explants were excised at different levels (7th to 22nd internode) along the stem of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) plants in the vegetative stage....