The Levantine Basin (LB) is considered an impoverished and sensitive ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution this sea has been influenced by increasing global, regional and local anthropogenic pressures. The LB is at the eastern most terminus of the Mediterranean Sea with relatively long residence time of water subject to warming, salinization and acidification. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1864 linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean has facilitated the migration and settling of hundreds of Eritrean species along the Levantine coasts at the expense of native species and irreversibly altering the ecosystem
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel - ORCID: 0000-0002-7093-8753
Titolo del capitolo
The National Monitoring Program of Israel's Mediterranean Waters – scientific perspectives
Autori
Barak Herut
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.64
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Sottotitolo del libro
Livorno (Italy) 14th-16th June 2022
Curatori
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
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Anno di pubblicazione
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1
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979-12-215-0030-1
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979-12-215-0031-8
Collana
Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
e-ISSN della collana
2975-0288