期刊名称：EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
印刷版ISSN：2281-4485
出版年度：2015
卷号：19
期号：1
页码：31-43
语种：English
出版社：Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
摘要：Subaqueous soils have to be studied with proper methodologies, according to a pedological approach and considering the key role of animal bioturbation. Morphological and chemical characteristics of submerged soils found in the MPA of "Torre del Cerrano", Adriatic sea (Italy), have been studied in this way, and we conclude that submarine soils of the MPA are important examples of pedogenesis promoted by animals. Soils from the highly protected marine area hosted a major biodiversity than those from the sub- and non-protected areas, while no striking differences in terms of soil physical and chemical characteristics among protected, sub-protected and non-protected areas occurred.
