Temperature study in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto

In the present paper, the following historical series of temperature data from a station located in the Primo Seno of the Mar Piccolo basin were analysed: 1919-1923, 1932-1934, 1962-1969 and 1996-2004. The statistical analysis results showed a clear trend to seawater temperature increase although the available data series does not permit to exactly quantify such increase. The increase was in accordance with the warming observed in the Mediterranean and let the settlement in the basin of several warm-water species