This article considers the major events in recent history, current situation and prospects for
developing an ecosystem-based style of management in the Gulf of Cadiz. This particular …

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) negatively impact coastal ecosystems, fisheries, and human
health, and their prediction has become imperative for effective coastal management. This …

This baseline focuses on the octopus pot, a litter item found on the North Atlantic Iberian
coast. Octopus pots are deployed from vessels in ropes, with several hundred units, and …

The Gulf of Cádiz is an area historically affected by acid mine drainage and also by the
discharge of two important rivers, the Guadiana and the Guadalquivir. Metal and metalloid …

Metals transported into the coastal zone by the South Iberian rivers are key to understand
the biogeochemical cycles and distribution of trace elements in the Gulf of Cadiz (GoC …

Several studies about the coastal circulation over the continental shelf of the Gulf of Cadiz
have been published in the last twenty years. One of the most studied features in these …

A network of cross-shelf paleovalleys has been recognized over the paleo-inner shelf off the
Gilão-Almargem Estuary, a small fluvial drainage system that presently receives minor …

Citizen science and informed citizens have become fundamental in providing the first
records and accounts about the expansion of numerous non-indigenous species. However …

The Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 is native in the western Atlantic,
however it is a non-indigenous species across Europe since 1900, among other world …

The GoC shelf waters present much higher concentrations of dissolved Cu, Cd, and Zn than
other coastal areas, constituting an important source of these elements onto its neighbouring …