Ricerc@Sapienza

Nowadays the proliferation of small unmanned aerial systems or vehicles (UAS/
Vs), formerly known as drones, coupled with an increasing interest in tools for environmental
monitoring, have led to an exponential use of these unmanned aerial
platforms for many applications in the most diverse fields of science. In particular,
ecologists require data collected at appropriate spatial and temporal resolutions to
describe ecological processes. For these reasons, we are witnessing the proliferation of

The Costa Concordia shipwreck permitted to assess how multiple disturbances affected marine biota at different spatial and temporal scales, evaluating the effects of mechanical and physical disturbances on Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, an endemic seagrass species of the Mediterranean Sea. To assess the impacts of the shipwreck and its salvaging from 2012 to 2017 at a population and a landscape level, a diversified approach was applied based on the application of a geographical information system coupled with seascape metrics and structural descriptors.

A human-made environmental disaster due to the shipwrecked of Costa Concordia cruise vessel on the Tuscan Island of Giglio (Italy) coast and the possible pollutants release has been feared, so
requiring the activation of removal operations and the monitoring of the marine environment. In the present study, the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile was used as a bioindicator for the impact of the