Tropical nights on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, 1950-2014

Bacterial pollution in Cullera Bay (Spanish Mediterranean coast)

In coastal regions, ecological quality and economic development are highly sensitive to the quality of seawater, which often depends on the discharge of anthropogenic pollution through marine outfalls. This is the case of Cullera Bay (Spanish Mediterranean coast), where bacterial pollution problems are frequent during the tourist season due to its physical configuration, prevailing meteorologic...

Stranded on the Nw Spanish Atlantic Coast

Tsunami hazard at the Western Mediterranean Spanish coast from seismic sources

Spain represents an important part of the tourism sector in the Western Mediterranean, which has been affected in the past by tsunamis. Although the tsunami risk at the Spanish coasts is not the highest of the Mediterranean, the necessity of tsunami risk mitigation measures should not be neglected. In the Mediterranean area, Spain is exposed to two different tectonic environments with contrasti...

Prevalences of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in mollusks from the Spanish Mediterranean Coast

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a well-recognized pathogen of humans. To better understand the ecology of the human-pathogenic variants of this bacterium in the environment, a study on the prevalence in bivalves of pathogenic variants (tlh+ and tdh+ and/or trh+) versus a non-pathogenic one (only tlh+ as species marker for V. parahaemolyticus), was performed in two bays in Catalonia, Spain. Environme...

Hepatic sarcocystosis in a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

Fatal hepatic sarcocystosis was diagnosed in a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the northeastern Spanish Mediterranean coast based on pathologic findings and the microscopic and ultrastructural characteristics of the intralesional parasite. Main gross lesions were icterus, subcutaneous hemorrhages, and hepatic congestion. The most prominent microscopic lesions consisted of severe ac...