Current status of macroinvertebrate methods used for assessing the quality of European marine waters: implementing the Water Framework Directive

A Borja, A Miles, A Occhipinti-Ambrogi, T Berg - Hydrobiologia, 2009 - Springer
This contribution reviews the current status of the macroinvertebrate methodologies
proposed for European coastal and transitional waters under the Water Framework Directive …

Forever young: the successful story of a marine biotic index

A Borja, G Chust, I Muxika - Advances in marine biology, 2019 - Elsevier
In 2000, the AZTI's Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) was published and was one of a number of
marine benthic indices development to assess the ecological status of soft-bottom …

High-throughput sequencing and morphology perform equally well for benthic monitoring of marine ecosystems

F Lejzerowicz, P Esling, L Pillet, TA Wilding, KD Black… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Environmental diversity surveys are crucial for the bioassessment of anthropogenic impacts
on marine ecosystems. Traditional benthic monitoring relying on morphotaxonomic …

The use of nematodes in assessing ecological quality status in the Mediterranean coastal ecosystems

M Moreno, F Semprucci, L Vezzulli, M Balsamo… - Ecological …, 2011 - Elsevier
The use of nematodes as biological indicators of environmental quality was evaluated in
sediments of the Mediterranean Sea. The Shannon-Diversity Index (H′), the Maturity Index …

The estuarine quality paradox: is it possible to define an ecological quality status for specific modified and naturally stressed estuarine ecosystems?

JC Dauvin, T Ruellet - Marine pollution bulletin, 2009 - Elsevier
The implementation of the European Water Framework Directive has provoked enthusiastic
debate between scientists and stakeholders, as they try to define the ecological quality …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating multiple indices based on heavy metals and macrobenthos to evaluate the benthic ecological quality status of Laoshan Bay, Shandong Peninsula …

JY Dong, X Wang, X Zhang, G Bidegain, LL Zhao - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Many different indices have been developed to evaluate habitat quality status (EcoQs) in
marine ecosystems; however, few studies have concurrently considered both abiotic and …

Using multiple ecosystem components, in assessing ecological status in Spanish (Basque Country) Atlantic marine waters

A Borja, J Bald, J Franco, J Larreta, I Muxika… - Marine pollution …, 2009 - Elsevier
The European Water Framework and Marine Strategy Directives relate to the assessment of
ecological quality, within estuarine and coastal systems. This legislation requires quality to …

A review of Italian research on free-living marine nematodes and the future perspectives on their use as Ecological Indicators (EcoInds)

F Semprucci, V Losi, M Moreno - Mediterranean …, 2015 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
The use of free-living marine nematodes as ecological indicators (EcoInds) of human
impacts has increased greatly in Italy since 1990. This paper is a summary of the Italian …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the benthic ecological quality status (EcoQs) of Laizhou Bay (China) with an integrated AMBI, M− AMBI, BENTIX, BO2A and feeding evenness …

JY Dong, X Wang, G Bidegain, X Sun, X Bian… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
With increasing impacts of climate change and human activities on marine ecosystems,
accurate assessment of benthic ecological quality status (EcoQs) has become increasingly …

Paradigmatic responses of marine benthic communities to different anthropogenic pressures, using M‐AMBI, within the European Water Framework Directive

A Borja, I Muxika, JG Rodríguez - Marine Ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The use of AMBI and M‐AMBI in benthic quality assessments, within the European Water
Framework Directive (WFD), has increased dramatically in recent years. M‐AMBI is a …