The use of benthic indicators in Europe: from the Water Framework Directive to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

G Van Hoey, A Borja, S Birchenough… - Marine Pollution …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
(MSFD) are the European umbrella regulations for water systems. It is a challenge for the …

Macrobenthic community for assessment of estuarine health in tropical areas (Northeast, Brazil): review of macrofauna classification in ecological groups and …

APMC Valença, PJP Santos - Marine pollution bulletin, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to investigate the ecological quality of tropical estuaries on
the northeastern coast of Brazil using the AMBI. Macrofauna classification based on …

Integrating ecological, economic and social aspects to generate useful management information under the EU Directives''ecosystem approach'

VN De Jonge, R Pinto, RK Turner - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2012 - Elsevier
If we as scientists cannot decide upon what research, monitoring and technical tools should
be used as a basis for policy making and management within the European context, then the …

Effect of activities associated with coastal reclamation on the macrobenthos community in coastal wetlands of the Yellow River Delta, China: A literature review and …

W Yang, T Sun, Z Yang - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Human activities such as seashore reclamation can have profound negative impacts on the
macrobenthos of coastal wetlands. Using the Yellow River Delta as a case study, we …

Assessing benthic health in stressed subtropical estuaries, eastern Florida, USA using AMBI and M-AMBI

A Borja, BG Tunberg - Ecological indicators, 2011 - Elsevier
The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) and the St. Lucie Estuary (SLE), both located in Florida, USA,
are affected by a variety of anthropogenic pressures. Benthic macroinvertebrates have been …

Ecological quality of some Tunisian coast and lagoon locations, by using benthic community parameters and biotic indices

A Afli, R Ayari, S Zaabi - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Three Tunisian coastal and lagoon sites, variously affected by human activities, and differing
according to their degree of communication with the sea, were studied. The total organic …

Influence of macrofauna long-term natural variability on benthic indices used in ecological quality assessment

I Kröncke, H Reiss - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2010 - Elsevier
An essential prerequisite for the assessment of the ecological quality of marine ecosystems
is the understanding of the natural variability and its effect on the performance of quality …

Influence of oyster culture practices and environmental conditions on the ecological status of intertidal mudflats in the Pertuis Charentais (SW France): A multi-index …

VMP Bouchet, PG Sauriau - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2008 - Elsevier
The ecological quality status (EcoQ) of intertidal mudflats constrained by Pacific oyster
farming was assessed by single (H', AMBI, BENTIX and BOPA) and multimetric (M-AMBI and …

The robustness of ecological indicators to detect long-term changes in the macrobenthos of estuarine systems

J Patrício, JM Neto, H Teixeira, F Salas… - Marine Environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Accurate and reliable benthic quality indicators are in great demand following the recent
developments and the strict time schedule for implementing the European Water Framework …

Macrozoobenthos monitoring in Portuguese transitional waters in the scope of the water framework directive using morphology and DNA metabarcoding

S Duarte, PE Vieira, BR Leite, MAL Teixeira… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the growing use and potential of DNA metabarcoding to improve and expedite
macrozoobenthos monitoring, its employment in Water Framework Directive (WFD) …