Recovery of Danish coastal ecosystems after reductions in nutrient loading: a holistic ecosystem approach

B Riemann, J Carstensen, K Dahl, H Fossing… - Estuaries and …, 2016 - Springer
In the 1980s, Danish coastal waters suffered from eutrophication and several nutrient
management plans have been implemented during the years to improve ecological status …

Diversity patterns of benthic macrofauna caused by marine fish farming

C Sanz-Lázaro, A Marín - Diversity, 2011 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the patterns observed in the diversity and structure of the macrofauna
benthic community under the influence of fish farming. First, we explain the effects of organic …

Paradigms in the recovery of estuarine and coastal ecosystems

CM Duarte, A Borja, J Carstensen, M Elliott… - Estuaries and …, 2015 - Springer
Following widespread deterioration of coastal ecosystems since the 1960s, current
environmental policies demand ecosystem recovery and restoration. However, vague …

A biological trait approach to assess the functional composition of subtidal benthic communities in an estuarine ecosystem

P van der Linden, J Patrício, A Marchini, N Cid… - Ecological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Within transitional/estuarine environments 'ecosystem functioning'has been mostly
investigated with “traditional” taxonomic analysis, based on the taxonomic composition of …

Functional structure of marine benthic assemblages using Biological Traits Analysis (BTA): a study along the Emilia-Romagna coastline (Italy, North-West Adriatic Sea …

D Paganelli, A Marchini… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The functional diversity index has shown that the functional diversity of the macrobenthic
community increased along a spatial gradient of distance from the Po river delta (Emilia …

Consequences of increasing hypoxic disturbance on benthic communities and ecosystem functioning

A Villnäs, J Norkko, K Lukkari, J Hewitt, A Norkko - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Disturbance-mediated species loss has prompted research considering how ecosystem
functions are changed when biota is impaired. However, there is still limited empirical …

Biological traits analyses in the study of pollution gradients and ecological functioning of marine soft bottom species assemblages in a fjord ecosystem

E Oug, A Fleddum, B Rygg, F Olsgard - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the present study, biological traits analysis (BTA) was used to explore and characterise
effects of pollution on functional attributes of soft bottom infaunal species assemblages. The …

How functional traits of estuarine macrobenthic assemblages respond to metal contamination?

D Piló, R Ben-Hamadou, F Pereira, A Carriço… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The effects of metal contamination on estuarine macrobenthic communities were
investigated using the Biological Traits Analysis (BTA). The study was carried out in the …

Species and functional diversity of marine macrobenthic community and benthic habitat quality assessment in semi-enclosed waters upon recovering from …

Y Shi, G Zhang, G Zhang, Y Wen, Y Guo, L Peng… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated the structure and function of macrobenthic community in Bohai Bay
upon improvement of water quality due to pollution abatement. A total of 166 species were …

Functional changes in benthic communities along a salinity gradient–a western Baltic case study

A Darr, M Gogina, ML Zettler - Journal of Sea Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The study investigates the effect of the salinity gradient on the functional composition,
functional diversity and functional redundancy of soft-bottom communities in the south …