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Macrozoobenthic assemblages around a marine terminal for re-gasifying liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy)
Trabucco, B.; Grossi, L.; Marusso, V.; Bacci, T.; Bertasi, F.; Ceracchi, S.; Lomiri, S.; Vani, D.; Virno Lamberti, C. (2015). Macrozoobenthic assemblages around a marine terminal for re-gasifying liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the north Adriatic Sea (Italy). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 95(8): 1541-1553. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000338
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Sukhotin, A.; Frost, M.; Hummel, H. (Ed.) (2015). Proceedings of the 49th European Marine Biology Symposium September 8-12, 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 95(8). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 1517-1721 pp., more
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Keyword
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    soft-bottom macrozoobenthos; marine LNG terminal; liquefied natural gas;LNG; gravity based structure; GBS; North Adriatic Sea; Mediterranean Sea

Authors  Top 
  • Trabucco, B.
  • Grossi, L.
  • Marusso, V.
  • Bacci, T.
  • Bertasi, F.
  • Ceracchi, S.
  • Lomiri, S.
  • Vani, D.
  • Virno Lamberti, C.

Abstract
    The first offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Italy and the first gravity based structure (GBS) in the world for unloading, storing and re-gasifying liquefied natural gas, was authorized and realized. The Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA, formerly ICRAM) formulated and implemented a multidisciplinary monitoring plan at verifying possible impacts of the project on marine environment. Data from June 2006 to July 2012 on the soft-bottom macrozoobenthic assemblages around the LNG terminal are presented, with the aim of verifying possible disturbances on these assemblages associated with the LNG terminal, by comparing the structure of the benthic communities before and after installation of the terminal, and during its operation. Well-structured assemblages were observed for the entire period investigated, with all taxa normally represented both quantitatively and qualitatively. A temporary disturbance due to the construction of the LNG terminal was detected in the surrounding sediments, while the presence of the concrete structure did not show significant effects at the investigated distances.

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