Dario Smania

Saltmarsh Habitats and Wildlife

<p>Dario Smania talks about the different habitats that can be found within the lagoon ecosystem, and how these fragile environments sustain different types of flora and fauna. Dario also describes some of the bird species that can be found within the lagoon, which in recent years has become home to some unusual visitors.[May 2015]</p>


METAGOON IS A TOOL FOR OBSERVING AND RESEARCHING THE COMPLEXTY OF THE VENICE LAGOON.<br />
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METAGOON IS A MAP WHOSE BOUNDARIES ARE DRAWN BY INTERVIEWS, STORIES AND SILENT OBSERVATIONS. THE TESTIMONIES COLLECTED COME FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS, VERY OFTEN SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS WITH PROJECTS TO SAFEGUARD THE ECOSYSTEM, LOCALS PORTRAYED IN EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT.