Meso-zooplankton samples were collected from 2001 to 2005 at fortnightly frequency at 7 stations along the Campania coasts, within 500 m from the coastline.

Abundance on genus levels for cyanobacteria, abundance at group level for picoeukaryotes, total bacteria abundances. The goal is to provide a background information on abundances to link to punctual experiments on dynamics (growth and grazing) and ecotoxicological tests.

Copepod (<i>Calanus helgolandicus</i>) egg production, % egg hatching success, fecal pellet production per female per day measured weekly/biweekly at 6 stations along a transect from the Po River to central North Adriatic Sea

Ciliate numbers and biomass were measured in weekly samples since September 1996, heterotrophic dinoflagellates from 2007.

The database of the Sea Defense System (Si.Di.Mar.) is an information system providing a complete and coordinated panorama on the condition of our marine and coastal territory, both on the basis of the relative ecological conditions and in relation to the activities anthropic, economic and industrial activities that intervene on the emerged and submerged coastal strip. Currently it is possible to acquire and view information relating to: Marine Environmental Data (DAM) Distribution of alien organisms in the Mediterranean Coastal mapping of Posidonia oceanica meadows in Italy Position, zoning and boundaries of the established Marine Protected Areas Beaching of cetaceans, sharks and sea turtles in Italy

The CEMP is currently focussed on monitoring of the concentrations and effects of selected contaminants and nutrients in the marine environment as follows:

Monitoring is since long a well established function of the Helsinki Convention. Monitoring of physical, chemical and biological variables of the open sea started in 1979, monitoring of radioactive substances in the Baltic Sea started in 1984.

CSEMP provides a coordinated approach to environmental monitoring in the UK's coastal and estuarine areas.