RESEARCH ON THE DEGRADATION OF A COAST FOREST ECOSYSTEM AT S.ROSSORE (PISA) AND METHODS TO RESTORE.

RESEARCH WILL DEAL WITH THE FOLLOWING MAIN TOPICS:

ATMOSPHERE POLLUTION: DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG AIR POLLUTANTS, METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND FOREST DEGRADATION.

ATMOSPHERE: DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL TO DETERMINE MICROCLIMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS.

WATER: RESEARCH TO DETERMINE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SEA AND RIVER WATERS AND THE DILUTION OF POLLUTANTS.

SOIL: INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND THE STABILITY OF SOIL AGGREGATE AND ON THE DEGRADATION OF THE COASTAL VEGETATION.

VEGETATION: INVESTIGATIONS ON THE RESISTANCE OF VARIOUS FOREST SPECIES TO AIR AND WATER POLLUTION.

FOREST ECOSYSTEM: INVESTIGATIONS ON NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FOREST REGENERATION. THINNING PRACTICE ON CONIFER AND BROADLEAVES STANDS FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY ON THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM.

COAST LINE: DEVELOPMENT OF A MATHEMATICAL MODEL TO CONTROL TOPOGRAPHICAL MODIFICATION OF THE COASTLINE.