[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods

J Pawlowski, K Bruce, K Panksep, FI Aguirre… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding (parallel sequencing of DNA/RNA for
identification of whole communities within a targeted group) is revolutionizing the field of …

Indicative value of benthic foraminifera for biomonitoring: Assignment to ecological groups of sensitivity to total organic carbon of species from European intertidal …

VMP Bouchet, F Frontalini, F Francescangeli… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Inferring the ecological quality status based on living benthic foraminiferal indices in transitional areas of the Guanabara bay (SE Brazil)

M Nunes, MVA Martins, F Frontalini, VMP Bouchet… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Using benthic foraminifera, we evaluate the ecological quality status (EcoQS) of transitional
waters of the Guanabara Bay (SE Brazil) by applying the diversity-based index exp (H′ bc) …

Trace element fluxes during the “Anthropocene” in a large South American industrial and port area (Santos and São Vicente estuarine system, SE, Brazil)

JLF Angeli, JR Sartoretto, BSM Kim… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The worldwide evidence of human activities on the environment led the scientific community
to recognize a new geologic time unit known as the “Anthropocene.” Since the twentieth …

[HTML][HTML] Past and contemporaneous otolith fingerprints reveal potential anthropogenic interferences and allows refinement of the population structure of Isopisthus …

NT Hoff, JF Dias, E Pinto, A Almeida, R Schroeder… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Otolith geochemical signatures were important tools used to investigate
the population of commercially exploited fish species. Historical and contemporary otolith …

[HTML][HTML] Paleoenvironmental changes in the Gulf of Gaeta (Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): A perspective from benthic foraminifera after dam construction

M Cavaliere, V Scipioni, F Francescangeli, L Ferraro… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
A 300-year paleoenvironmental reconstruction using benthic foraminifera in the Gulf of
Gaeta (central Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) is here presented. The Gulf of Gaeta dynamics are …

Assessing the Ecological Quality Status in tropical Indian estuaries: testing the applicability of benthic foraminiferal indices

R Punniyamoorthy, P Murugesan, A Sanchez… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
The ecological quality status (EcoQS) of Vellar and Uppanar estuaries (Southeast coast of
India) has been monitored monthly, using a combination of foraminiferal (Foram Stress …

Living benthic foraminifera and organic matter compounds as proxies to characterize the trophic state in an impacted hypersaline environment: Araruama Lagoon …

L Laut, A Vilar, T Carelli, J Sambugaro… - Journal of South …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recognizing the tolerance levels of foraminifera species towards organic matter
components is a crucial aspect of biomonitoring in diverse coastal environments, including …

[HTML][HTML] Benthic Foraminifera as Proxies of Paleoenvironmental Changes in the Sant'Elia-Foxi Canyon (Gulf of Cagliari, Italy, Western Tyrrhenian Sea)

C Cristallo, C Buosi, F Francescangeli… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Marine coastal areas are highly dynamic and fragile environments characterised by a
complex interplay of biological, physical, and chemical factors. These areas are also …

[HTML][HTML] Biomonitoring of a Nile Delta Lake using benthic foraminifera

AM BadrElDin, KM Al-Qahtani, NBE Badr - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2023 - Springer
Lake Edku, one of the northern Nile Delta lakes, is a shallow brackish coastal lake subjected
to domestic and agricultural effluents via two main drains, El-Khairy and Barsik, in addition to …