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标题：Tyrrhenian Upper Waters in the Ustica Island (Marine Protected Area, Sicily, Italy)
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作者：Marilena Sanfilippo ; Giuseppa Pulicanò ; Antonio Manganaro 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Ecology
印刷版ISSN：1687-9708
电子版ISSN：1687-9716
出版年度：2009
卷号：2009
DOI：10.1155/2009/161609
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：The Marine Protected Area (MPA) of Ustica was monitored for the hydrographic properties in the A zone of the reserve during the period from the autumn of 2001 to the winter of 2003. This study is also a part of a great triennal project (2001–2004) “Sistema Afrodite”, that was carried out in all the MPAs instituted in Italy. The parameters examined were treated statistically to show their seasonal variability. Temperature, nitrate, phosphate, and chlorophyll a showed similar trends between winter 2002 and 2003, while differences between winter 2002 and 2003 were noticed for salinity, dissolved oxygen, and silicate. It is postulated that the Atlantic current and eddies along its margin result in variation of the water characteristics in the MPA zone analyzed in this study.