This review provides an integrated synthesis with timelines and evaluations of ecological
responses to eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the USA. Analyses of …

Hypoxia affects thousands of km2 of marine waters all over the world, and has caused mass
mortality of marine animals, benthic defaunation and decline in fisheries production in many …

Coastal hypoxia (defined here as< 1.42 ml L− 1; 62.5 μM; 2 mg L− 1, approx. 30% oxygen
saturation) develops seasonally in many estuaries, fjords, and along open coasts as a result …

Fishers have been complaining about the effects of bottom trawl gear on the marine
environment since at least the 14th century. Trawl gear affects the environment in both direct …

Spatial and temporal environmental heterogeneity in lotic ecosystems can be quantitatively
described and identified with characteristic levels of ecological organization. The long-term …

The present review provides a framework within which the impact of dredging on biological
resources that live on the sea bed (“Benthic” communities) can be understood, and places in …

Biological criteria for defining water quality and the presence of acceptable levels of benthic
resources are evaluated for estuarine macrobenthic communities of the lower Chesapeake …

Coral reef communities are threatened worldwide. Resource managers urgently need
indicators of the biological condition of reef environments that can relate data acquired …

Analyses of deltaic facies successions highlight recurring ichnological patterns that reflect a
variety of physicochemical stresses imposed upon infaunal organisms by the interaction of …

The aim of this study is to develop a new method for classification of marine benthic quality
according to the European Union Water Framework Directive. Tolerance values to …