Intro -- MEDITERRANEAN SEA: ECOSYSTEMS, ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Ecosystem Services in the Mediterranean Sea: The Need for an Economic and Business Oriented Approach -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTS ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND ITS CLASSIFICATION -- ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VALUATION -- ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: A BUSINESS POLICY ORIENTED APPROACH -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: Marine Pollution From Shipwrecks at the Sea Bottom: A Case Study From the Mediterranean Basin -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: Disposal of Produced Formation Water From Offshore Gas Platforms in the Mediterranean Sea: A Parametric Study on Discharge Conditions Aimed at Mitigating Risks for the Marine Environment -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA -- EXPERIMENTAL MONITORING STRATEGY OF THE ADRIATIC PFW DISCHARGE -- INITIAL DILUTION MODEL -- FIELD DATA -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: Secchi Depth and Water Quality Control: Measurement of Sunlight Extinction -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.SUNLIGHT EXTINCTION IN WATER -- 3. SECCHI DISK AND SUNLIGHT EXTINCTION -- 4. LUZEX -- 5. THREE DIFFERENT MEDITERRANEAN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS -- 6. PROCEDURES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: An Environmental Monitoring Plan for the Construction and Operation of a Marine Terminal for Regasifying Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in the North Adriatic Sea -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MAIN POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF TERMINAL AND PIPELINE TRANSFERRING GAS TO THE LAND -- ADRIATIC LNG TERMINAL AND ITS PIPELINE MONITORING (ALNGM) -- MATRIX SAMPLING -- SAMPLING STRATEGY -- ANALYSES -- CONCLUSION.
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