Microzooplankton in the Trieste harbour (Adriatic Sea) - SOS Monitoring, 2008

Environmental monitoring in the port of Trieste after the mooring of the Ro-Ro vessel Und Adriyatik, as requested by the Harbour Master. Water and sediment samples were collected before and after arrival to assess possible impacts on the marine ecosystem. Chemical analyses, plankton abundance and taxonomic composition, biological toxicity tests, and microbiological studies were performed to detect pollutants and ecological chan Method step description:Samples were collected using Niskin bottles at various depths, filtered using meshes sized 20 to 200 um, and organism were counted using optical microscopy