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The present aspect of the Lagoon is the result of human intervention. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Venetian hydraulic projects designed to prevent the lagoon from turning into a marsh reversed the natural evolution of the Lagoon. Pumping of
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are inhabited as well, but they are considered part of Venice. However, most of the inhabitants of Venice, as well as its economic core (its airport and harbor), are on the western border of the lagoon, around the former towns of
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in the south, with a surface area of around 550 square kilometres (212 square miles). It is around 8% land, including Venice itself and many smaller islands. About 11% is permanently covered by open water, or
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Pranovi, F., Libralato, S., Raicevich, S., Granzotto, A., Pastres, R. and Giovanardi, O. (2003). "Mechanical clam dredging in Venice lagoon: ecosystem effects evaluated with a trophic mass-balance model".
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Atlas of the Lagoon - 103 thematic maps and associated explanations grouped in five sections: Geosphere, Biosphere, Anthroposphere, Protected Environments and Integrated Analysis
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blooms in the late 1980s proved particularly devastating. Researchers have identified the lagoon as one of the primary areas where non-indigenous species are introduced into the
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Heymans, J.J., Coll, M., Libralato, S., Morissette, L. and Christensen, V. (2014). "Global patterns in ecological indicators of marine food webs: a modelling approach".
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Cruise ships crossing the Venetian Lagoon have contributed to air pollution, surface-water pollution, decreased water quality, erosion, and loss of landscape.
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flooded the upper Adriatic coastal plain. Deposition of river sediments compensated for the sinking coastal plain, and coastwise drift from the mouth of the
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Grancini, Gianfranco & Cescon, Bruno (1971). "Observations of Dispersal Processes of Pollutants in Venice Lagoon and in the Po River Coastal Area".
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Sfriso, A.; Pavoni, B.; Marcomini, A. & Orio, A. A. (1992). "Macroalgae, Nutrient Cycles, and Pollutants in the Lagoon of Venice".
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Aerial view of the Venetian Lagoon, showing many of the islands including Venice itself, center rear, with the bridge to the mainland
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started a natural process of recolonization, helping to partially restore the pristine conditions of the marine ecosystem.
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From 1987 to 2003, the Venice Lagoon was harmed by a reduction in nutrient inputs and by macroalgal biomasses caused by
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Venice Lagoon has been inhabited from the most ancient times, but it was only during and after the
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Brambati, Antonio; Carbognin, Laura; Quaia, Tullio; Teatini, Pietro & Tosi, Luigi (2003).
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The largest islands or archipelagos by area, excluding coastal reclaimed land and the coastal
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Marchini, Agnese; Ferrario, Jasmine; Sfriso, Adriano & Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna (2015).
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are also reclaimed islands. The remaining islands—-including those of the coastal strip (
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Comune di Venezia, Servizio Mobilità Acquea, Thematic cartography of Venice Lagoon
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Additional editions printed in 1900, 1904, & 1909; paperback in 2008.
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The Venice Lagoon Ecosystem: Inputs and Interactions Between Land and Sea
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The level of pollution in the lagoon has long been a concern The large
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The Lagoon was formed about six to seven thousand years ago, when the
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Pranovi, Fabio; Da Ponte, Filippo & Torricelli, Patrizia (2007).
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The Lagoon of Venice is the most important survivor of a system of
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Sonia Ceoldo; Nicola Pellegrino; Adriano Sfriso (2014).
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in the upper sediments. At the same time, however, the
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Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna & Savini, Dario (2003).
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occasionally enter the lagoon, possibly for feeding.
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Enclosed bay in which the city of Venice is situated
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Index


Venetian Lagoon is located in Venetian Lagoon
Venice
Veneto
Italy
45°24′47″N 12°17′50″E / 45.41306°N 12.29722°E / 45.41306; 12.29722
Primary outflows
Adriatic Sea
Basin
Italy
Venice
Campagna Lupia
Cavallino-Treporti
Chioggia
Codevigo
Jesolo
Mira
Musile di Piave
Quarto d'Altino
San Donà di Piave
Ramsar Wetland
Italian
Venetian
Adriatic Sea
northern Italy
Venice
Italian
Venetian languages
embayment
lagoon

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