[HTML][HTML] Can biochemical endpoints improve the sensitivity of the biomonitoring strategy using bioassays with standard species, for water quality evaluation?

S Rodrigues, I Pinto, F Martins, N Formigo… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) was adopted in 2000 and is a common
framework for water policy, management and protection in Europe. The WFD assesses …

An ecotoxicological approach can complement the assessment of natural waters from Portuguese reservoirs?

S Rodrigues, I Pinto, F Martins, N Formigo… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Within the scope of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), the scientific
community recognized clear opportunities to take advantage of the use of ecotoxicological …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers based tools to assess environmental and chemical stressors in aquatic systems

S Lomartire, JC Marques, AMM Gonçalves - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
The quality of aquatic systems is threated by the huge amount of chemicals dispersed in the
environment. Anthropogenic activities are one of the main causes of pollution by metals …

Assessment of river water quality using an integrated physicochemical, biological and ecotoxicological approach

D Serpa, JJ Keizer, J Cassidy, A Cuco… - … Science: Processes & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In order to maintain and improve the water quality in European rivers, the Water Framework
Directive (WFD) requires an integrated approach for assessing water quality in a river basin …

Ecotoxicological endpoints, are they useful tools to support ecological status assessment in strongly modified water bodies?

P Palma, L Ledo, P Alvarenga - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Although man-made reservoirs represent an important water supply source in countries
where water scarcity has become a problem, little work has been done on the evaluation of …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of water quality in Aguieira reservoir: Ecotoxicological tools in addition to the Water Framework Directive

I Pinto, S Rodrigues, OM Lage, SC Antunes - … and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
To assess the ecological potential (EP), the Water Framework Directive (WFD) uses specific
parameters but ignores ecosystem functioning and individual/subindividual biological …

[HTML][HTML] The usefulness of ecotoxicological tools to improve the assessment of water bodies in a climate change reality

MH Novais, AM Penha, A Catarino, I Martins… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to analyse the added value of using ecotoxicological tools to complement
and improve the assessment of natural water bodies status, in situations of climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers as tools for monitoring within the Water Framework Directive context: concept, opinions and advancement of expertise

T Milinkovitch, O Geffard, A Geffard… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) currently supports chemical and ecological
monitoring programmes in order to achieve the good water surface status. Although …

The use of biomarkers as integrative tools for transitional water bodies monitoring in the Water Framework Directive context—A holistic approach in Minho river …

R Capela, J Raimundo, MM Santos, M Caetano… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) provides an important legislative opportunity
to promote and implement an integrated approach for the protection of inland surface …

Integration of sediment contamination with multi-biomarker responses in a novel potential bioindicator (Sepia officinalis) for risk assessment in impacted estuaries

AP Rodrigo, PM Costa, MH Costa, S Caeiro - Ecotoxicology, 2013 - Springer
For the purpose of biomonitoring, species that combine ecological and commercial
importance may provide a link between ecological and human health risk. The common …