Numerous methods have been developed for the quantitative assessment of eutrophication:
statistical techniques, simulation models and water quality indicators are the most widely …

Biotic indices have become key assessment tools in most recent national and trans-national
policies aimed at improving the quality of coastal waters and the integrity of their associated …

Abstract The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) establishes a well differentiated
typology of water bodies on the basis of scientific and biological criteria. For coastal waters …

This study deals with the application of macrozoobenthos-based biotic indices (BI) within the
frame of the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. More precisely …

Estuaries, lagoons and lakes, identified as transitional waters (TWs), are fragile ecotones at
the interface between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The assessment of their Ecological …

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 soft-bottom communities of eight Italian lagoons were analyzed for eight biological traits
(feeding, mobility, adult life habitat, body size, life span, reproductive technique, type of larva …

The ability of the two synthetic marine biotic indices, AMBI and M-AMBI, to account for
changes in the ecological quality of coastal soft bottoms of Reunion Island according to …

Three coastal and three lagoonal sites located in Greece (Eastern Mediterranean) were
selected to test and intercalibrate classification methods developed for benthic invertebrates …

The variations in the composition and structure of macroinvertebrate benthic communities in
relationship with the marine sediment enrichment with heavy metals were investigated in the …