Transitional waters are fragile ecosystems with high ecological values, representing the
breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species. They warrant particular attention …

The census of natural populations provides relevant information for both conservation
purposes and environmental monitoring. In the present work, natural populations of the …

Abstract The Water Framework Directive uses the “one-out, all-out” principle in assessing
water bodies (ie, the worst status of the elements used in the assessment determines the …

Transitional waters are among the most productive ecosystems of the world and their biotic
communities show high diversity and complex mechanisms of self-regulation that provide …

In the last years, increasing interest has been dedicated to the quality assessment of
brackish-water systems. Traditionally, fish community is an important biological element …

Lagoons and estuaries are transitional waters (TW), saline in character but substantially
influenced by freshwater (FW) flows and the most productive habitat after upwelling areas …

Eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a catadromous fish species typical of Mediterranean coastal
lagoons, that currently suffers from several anthropogenic and natural impacts. These are …

Transitional waters are fragile ecosystems with high ecological values, representing the
breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species. They deserve particular concern …

Syngnathus abaster is a pipefish whose distribution is commonly referred as encompassing
the Mediterranean and Black Sea, as well as the Atlantic Coast northwards up to the Bay of …

Agrupaciones de bentopleustófitos esféricos (“ball-like”“algal-balls” o “egagrópilas”) se
describen, por primera vez, para las islas Canarias. Valonia aegagropila es una clorófita …