With a growing human population and the need to protect our oceans from overfishing, there
is a requirement for society to source alternative means of sustainable protein. Mussel …

Benthic indices based on the Polychaetes/Amphipods (P/A) ratio have been proposed to
assess the environmental quality status of ecosystems in estuarine and coastal waters …

Expansion of bivalve aquaculture offshore reports lower environmental impacts compared to
inshore farms. Taking a Before-After Control-Impact approach, this study presents the first …

Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) is an innovative mariculture methodology that
reduces the environmental footprint and increases the profitability of the farm. It combines …

Marine habitat assessment using indicator species through Species Distribution Modeling
(SDM) was investigated. The bivalves: Corbula gibba and Flexopecten hyalinus were the …

Abstract AMBI and M-AMBI are widely used biotic indices for assessing the ecological
quality status of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in estuarine and coastal soft-bottom …

Coastal benthic ecosystems may be impacted by numerous human activities, including
aquaculture, which continues to expand rapidly. Indeed, today aquaculture worldwide …

Phytoplankton is a fundamental component of marine food webs and play a crucial role in
marine ecosystem functioning. The phenology (timing of growth) of these microscopic algae …

Mussel colonization can affect the water quality through restructuring nearby bacterial
communities. In this study, we conducted an experiment to detect the bacterial alteration …

Marine aquaculture in Greece is a relatively new industry based on the culture of aquatic
species such as the Mediterranean sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), gilthead sea bream …