Federico Falcini, Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR-CNR), Rome, Italy, Jaime Pitarch, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, Netherlands, William Nardin, University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States, Vittorio Brando, CNR Institute of Marine Sciences, Rome, Italy, Annalisa Di Cicco, CNR-ISMAR, Rome, Italy and Salvatore Marullo, ENEA, Rome, Italy