Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: the ecosystem approach in practice

A Borja, M Elliott, JH Andersen, T Berg… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine
ecosystems and impacting their ability to sustain ecological and human communities. To …

[HTML][HTML] Macroalgal assemblages as indicators of the ecological status of marine coastal systems: A review

R D'Archino, L Piazzi - Ecological indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Macroalgae have been utilized as biological indicators of ecosystem health in many
monitoring programs worldwide. These programs have utilized various methods to quantify …

The structure of Mediterranean rocky reef ecosystems across environmental and human gradients, and conservation implications

E Sala, E Ballesteros, P Dendrinos, A Di Franco… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Historical exploitation of the Mediterranean Sea and the absence of rigorous baselines
makes it difficult to evaluate the current health of the marine ecosystems and the efficacy of …

Nursery value of Cystoseira forests for Mediterranean rocky reef fishes

A Cheminée, E Sala, J Pastor, P Bodilis… - Journal of experimental …, 2013 - Elsevier
The canopy-forming fucoid Cystoseira spp. provide biogenic structure, food and shelter for
many organisms including fishes on Mediterranean nearshore rocky reefs. Infralittoral …

Loss of fucoid algae along a gradient of urbanisation, and structure of benthic assemblages

L Mangialajo, M Chiantore… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2008 - int-res.com
Canopy-forming macroalgae of the genus Cystoseira are being lost in several areas of the
Mediterranean Sea. Cystoseira amentacea var. stricta and C. compressa are common …

Ecological Evaluation Index continuous formula (EEI-c) application: a step forward for functional groups, the formula and reference condition values

S Orfanidis, P Panayotidis… - Mediterranean …, 2011 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Abstract The Ecological Evaluation Index continuous formula (EEI-c) was designed to
estimate the habitat-based ecological status of rocky coastal and sedimentary transitional …

Spatial variability and influence of biological parameters on microplastic ingestion by Boops boops (L.) along the Italian coasts (Western Mediterranean Sea)

A Sbrana, T Valente, U Scacco, J Bianchi… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, many studies focus on the ingestion of microplastics by marine biota. Fish exploit
almost every kind of marine environment, occupy many ecological niches and are an …

Evaluation of the health status of a coastal ecosystem in southeast Mexico: Assessment of water quality, phytoplankton and submerged aquatic vegetation

JA Herrera-Silveira, SM Morales-Ojeda - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2009 - Elsevier
The coastal environment of the Yucatan Peninsula (SE, Mexico) includes a wide variety of
ecosystems ranging from mangroves to coral reefs, resulting in a heterogeneous landscape …

Diversity and Temporal Dynamics of the Epiphytic Bacterial Communities Associated with the Canopy-Forming Seaweed Cystoseira compressa (Esper) Gerloff and …

FP Mancuso, S D'hondt, A Willems, L Airoldi… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Canopy-forming seaweed species of the genus Cystoseira form diverse and productive
habitats along temperate rocky coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Despite numerous studies …

Shallow Cystoseira (Fucales: Ochrophyta) assemblages thriving in sheltered areas from Menorca (NW Mediterranean): relationships with environmental factors and …

M Sales, E Ballesteros - Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 2009 - Elsevier
The distribution of Cystoseira species was studied at 103 coves in the island of Menorca
(Balearic Islands, NW Mediterranean). Both geomorphological parameters and …