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Article

An Integrated Approach for Evaluating the Restoration of the Salinity Gradient in Transitional Waters: Monitoring and Numerical Modeling in the Life Lagoon Refresh Case Study

by
Alessandra Feola
1,*,
Emanuele Ponis
1,
Michele Cornello
1,
Rossella Boscolo Brusà
1,
Federica Cacciatore
1,
Federica Oselladore
1,
Bruno Matticchio
2,
Devis Canesso
2,
Simone Sponga
2,
Paolo Peretti
2,
Matteo Lizier
3,
Luigi Maniero
4,
Valerio Volpe
4,
Adriano Sfriso
5,
Maurizio Ferla
1 and
Andrea Bonometto
1
1
ISPRA, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Località Brondolo, 30015 Chioggia, Italy
2
IPROS Ingegneria Ambientale S.r.l., Corso del Popolo, 35131 Padua, Italy
3
Veneto Region-Environmental Protection Department, Calle Priuli–Cannaregio 99, 30121 Venice, Italy
4
Interregional Superintendency for Public Works in Veneto—Trentino Alto Adige—Friuli Venezia Giulia, San Polo 19, 30125 Venice, Italy
5
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca’ Foscari Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172 Mestre, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Environments 2022, 9(3), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9030031
Submission received: 27 January 2022 / Revised: 24 February 2022 / Accepted: 25 February 2022 / Published: 1 March 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multiple Approaches for Environmental Assessment of Transitional and Coastal Waters)
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Abstract

Large lagoons usually show a salinity gradient due to fresh water tributaries with inner areas characterized by lower mean values and higher fluctuation of salinity than seawater-dominated areas. In the Venice Lagoon, this ecotonal environment, characterized in the past by oligo-mesohaline waters and large intertidal areas vegetated by reedbeds, was greatly reduced by historical human environmental modifications, including the diversion of main rivers outside the Venice Lagoon. The reduction of the fresh water inputs caused a marinization of the lagoon, with an increase in salinity and the loss of the related habitats, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. To counteract this issue, conservation actions, such as the construction of hydraulic infrastructures for the introduction and the regulation of a fresh water flow, can be implemented. The effectiveness of these actions can be preliminarily investigated and then verified through the combined implementation of environmental monitoring and numerical modeling. Through the results of the monitoring activity carried out in Venice Lagoon in the framework of the Life Lagoon Refresh (LIFE16NAT/IT/000663) project, the study of salinity is shown to be a successful and robust combination of different types of monitoring techniques. In particular, the characterization of salinity is obtained by the acquisition of continuous data, field campaigns, and numerical modeling.
Keywords: transitional waters; integrated approach; numerical modeling; restoration; monitoring; salinity gradient; fresh water; life project transitional waters; integrated approach; numerical modeling; restoration; monitoring; salinity gradient; fresh water; life project

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Feola, A.; Ponis, E.; Cornello, M.; Boscolo Brusà, R.; Cacciatore, F.; Oselladore, F.; Matticchio, B.; Canesso, D.; Sponga, S.; Peretti, P.; et al. An Integrated Approach for Evaluating the Restoration of the Salinity Gradient in Transitional Waters: Monitoring and Numerical Modeling in the Life Lagoon Refresh Case Study. Environments 2022, 9, 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9030031

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Feola A, Ponis E, Cornello M, Boscolo Brusà R, Cacciatore F, Oselladore F, Matticchio B, Canesso D, Sponga S, Peretti P, et al. An Integrated Approach for Evaluating the Restoration of the Salinity Gradient in Transitional Waters: Monitoring and Numerical Modeling in the Life Lagoon Refresh Case Study. Environments. 2022; 9(3):31. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9030031

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Feola, Alessandra, Emanuele Ponis, Michele Cornello, Rossella Boscolo Brusà, Federica Cacciatore, Federica Oselladore, Bruno Matticchio, Devis Canesso, Simone Sponga, Paolo Peretti, and et al. 2022. "An Integrated Approach for Evaluating the Restoration of the Salinity Gradient in Transitional Waters: Monitoring and Numerical Modeling in the Life Lagoon Refresh Case Study" Environments 9, no. 3: 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9030031

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Feola, A., Ponis, E., Cornello, M., Boscolo Brusà, R., Cacciatore, F., Oselladore, F., Matticchio, B., Canesso, D., Sponga, S., Peretti, P., Lizier, M., Maniero, L., Volpe, V., Sfriso, A., Ferla, M., & Bonometto, A. (2022). An Integrated Approach for Evaluating the Restoration of the Salinity Gradient in Transitional Waters: Monitoring and Numerical Modeling in the Life Lagoon Refresh Case Study. Environments, 9(3), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9030031

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