Gradienti spaziali delle proprieta idrobiologiche nel golfo di Manfredonia.

Hydrobiological properties along a transect from coastal to offshore waters of the Southern Adriatic Sea (Gulf of Manfredonia) were monitored during a multidisciplinary cruise in March 2012 and are here reported. Absence of stratification and presence of two systems with different hydrobiological characteristics are highlighted. Coastal waters resulted colder and less salty than off-Shore waters. Primary biomass data evidenced an increase of the values from the surface coastal waters to the 25 m layer. A decrease of phytoplankton biomass was also detected at the off-shore waters.