To introduce the special issue this paper reviews the use of protists as bioindicators. Seven
key advantages of protist bioindicators are highlighted, namely: environmental sensitivity …

This work contributes to the ongoing work aiming at confirming benthic foraminifera as a
biological quality element. In this study, benthic foraminifera from intertidal and transitional …

This study investigated the environmental quality of the Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia) through an
integrated approach that combined environmental, biogeochemical, and living benthic …

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 …

This paper presents an updated list of benthic foraminifera found in brackish and marine
(paleo-) environments of the Doñana National Park (SW Spain) from the Lower Pliocene to …

Over the last centuries, coastal areas have experienced dramatic degradations of their
environmental quality, which has led to a huge reduction of marine biodiversity. The …

For the past 200 years, estuarine environments experienced intense and rapid
environmental degradations due to human interventions. In addition, Global Changes are …

Benthic foraminifera are increasingly used as an indicator of environmental disturbance.
Their sensitivities to pollutants can be reflected by changes in assemblage, which can …

This study was conducted in Lake Varano (southern Italy) in order to determine the
environmental parameters that influence nematode taxonomic and functional diversity and …

We document the foraminiferal diversity across a semi-enclosed pool in eastern Bahrain that
we named “Murray's Pool” because this is the same location as the one studied by Basson …