Preliminary Results of the Joint Italian-Yugoslav Research Program on the Pollution of the Adriatic Sea

摘要: The research program of the “Joint Italian-Yugoslav Commission for the Protection of the Adriatic Sea and Coastal Regions from Pollution” started in 1979. To date five cruises have been conducted on a grid of 42 stations covering the open waters of the northern and middle Adriatic, and basic physical, chemical, biological and sedimentological characteristics, as well as specific pollutant concentrations, were established and monitored (75 parameters in all). Other activities, undertaken as subprojects, were the development of computerized banks for the collected data and relevant bibliography, and the ełaboration of hydrodynamical and interactive models. The preliminary results are summarized and discussed in the light of the objectives of the joint research.