The biology and fisheries of European hake, Merluccius merluccius, in the north-east Atlantic

H Murua - Advances in marine biology, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this chapter is to review the biology and fishery, including the management, of
European hake in the north-east Atlantic. The European hake is widely distributed …

The European Water Framework Directive and the DPSIR, a methodological approach to assess the risk of failing to achieve good ecological status

A Borja, I Galparsoro, O Solaun, I Muxika… - Estuarine, coastal and …, 2006 - Elsevier
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) establishes a framework for the protection
of groundwater, inland surface waters, estuarine waters, and coastal waters. The WFD …

Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystems

A Borja, E Barbone, A Basset, G Borgersen… - Marine Pollution …, 2011 - Elsevier
In recent times many benthic indices have been proposed to assess the ecological quality of
marine waters worldwide. In this study we compared single metrics and multi-metric …

Assessing reference conditions and physico-chemical status according to the European Water Framework Directive: a case-study from the Basque Country (Northern …

J Bald, A Borja, I Muxika, J Franco, V Valencia - Marine pollution bulletin, 2005 - Elsevier
The European Water Framework Directive requires the development of new and accurate
methodologies, addressing the assessment of the physico-chemical status of transitional …

Projecting future distribution of the seagrass Zostera noltii under global warming and sea level rise

M Valle, G Chust, A Del Campo, MS Wisz… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
In future decades, coastal ecosystems are expected to be exposed to increased risk of
experiencing adverse consequences related to climate change, exacerbated by human …

Risk assessment of trace elements in sediments: The case of the estuary of the Nerbioi–Ibaizabal River (Basque Country)

SFO de Vallejuelo, G Arana, A de Diego… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2010 - Elsevier
Long term (January 2005–January 2008) monitoring of sediments was used to investigate
metal pollution in the estuary of the Nerbioi–Ibaizabal River (Bilbao, Basque Country) …

Low-salinity plumes in the oceanic region of the Basque Country

L Ferrer, A Fontán, J Mader, G Chust… - Continental Shelf …, 2009 - Elsevier
Low-salinity waters, within the upper layers of the water column, have been observed in the
oceanic region of the southeastern limit of the Bay of Biscay (in March, 2007). This …

Morphological characteristics of the Basque continental shelf (Bay of Biscay, northern Spain); their implications for Integrated Coastal Zone Management

I Galparsoro, Á Borja, I Legorburu, C Hernández… - Geomorphology, 2010 - Elsevier
This contribution integrates and analyzes data from high-resolution multibeam, seismic
profiles, bathymetric LiDAR, and surficial sediment data for the geomorphological …

Human impacts overwhelm the effects of sea-level rise on Basque coastal habitats (N Spain) between 1954 and 2004

G Chust, Á Borja, P Liria, I Galparsoro, M Marcos… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2009 - Elsevier
According to coastal measurements, global mean sea-level has risen at a rate of 1.8 mmyr−
1 between 1950 and 2000, with large spatial variability at regional scales. Within the Bay of …

Holocene vs Anthropocene sedimentary records in a human-altered estuary: The Pasaia case (northern Spain)

MJ Irabien, A Cearreta, J Gómez-Arozamena… - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
This work deals with the microfaunal (benthic foraminifera) and geochemical (trace metals,
14 C, 210 Pb, 137 Cs, and 239/240 Pu) study of two boreholes (1200 and 1400 cm length) …