Paolo Tomassetti
Use of biological and chemical indicators for monitoring offshore marine fish farms: Italian case studies
Job Title: Researcher
Employer: ISPRA Institute for Environment Protection and Research
Biography
Paolo Tomassetti is researcher at ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) and is involved, for several years, in environmental impact connected with offshore mariculture. He is author of many scientific paper on this issue. He participated to national and international research projects about aquaculture.
Abstract
The aims of the present study were to evaluate the spatial and temporal changes produced in the environment, in two fish farms located along the Italian coasts, during fattening cycle using chemical and biological indicators The results showed a different impacts detected in the two fish farms connected with different environmental, hydrodynamic and zootechnical features.
