This contribution reviews the current status of the macroinvertebrate methodologies
proposed for European coastal and transitional waters under the Water Framework Directive …

Sediment plays a pivotal role in determining the physical, chemical and biological integrity of
aquatic ecosystems. A range of factors influences the impacts of sediment pressures on …

The purpose of this study was to relate the severity of histopathological changes in fish gills
with changes in metal concentrations of freshwater samples, and to use the relationships as …

ABSTRACT A multimetric Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) based on fish data was developed to
assess the ecological status of Iberian streams, in the context of the European Water …

The Northwestern Portuguese region is densely populated and highly industrialized,
suffering from high anthropogenic pressure. To assess the biological effect of the several …

Rapid urbanization and population growth have significantly impacted air and water quality,
exerting adverse effects on both the natural environment and human health. While …

Abstract Nullah Aik and Nullah Palkhu, two tributaries of river Chenab, were investigated for
the assessment of fish habitat degradation as indicator of stream health. Fish abundance …

Water contamination (heavy metals, pesticides, POPs, etc.) is a serious environmental issue
which has been raising lots of attention in the last decades because it can destroy aquatic …

Although anthropogenic degradation of riverine systems stimulated a multi-taxon
bioassessment of their ecological integrity in EU countries, specific responses of different …

Multivariable indices of environmental conditions summarize the information provided by
several biotic or abiotic variables into a single value of immediate interpretability. Thus they …