[HTML][HTML] Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

L Carvalho, EB Mackay, AC Cardoso… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a pioneering piece of legislation that aims
to protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems and promote sustainable water use across …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing marine ecosystem condition: A review to support indicator choice and framework development

KP Smit, ATF Bernard, AT Lombard, KJ Sink - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
This review provides a broad conceptual overview of different approaches to measuring
marine ecosystem condition and guidance for framework development (particularly relevant …

Adapting metabarcoding-based benthic biomonitoring into routine marine ecological status assessment networks

E Aylagas, Á Borja, I Muxika, N Rodríguez-Ezpeleta - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of genomic approaches to assist with biodiversity estimations is an alternative to
traditional biomonitoring, which is very time-consuming and costly. In response to the high …

A bacterial community-based index to assess the ecological status of estuarine and coastal environments

E Aylagas, Á Borja, M Tangherlini, A Dell'Anno… - Marine pollution …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biotic indices for monitoring marine ecosystems are mostly based on the analysis of benthic
macroinvertebrate communities. Due to their high sensitivity to pollution and fast response to …

Climate regime shifts and biodiversity redistribution in the Bay of Biscay

G Chust, M González, A Fontán, M Revilla… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global ocean warming, wave extreme events, and accelerating sea-level rise are
challenges that coastal communities must address to anticipate damages in coming …

From an economic crisis to a pandemic crisis: The need for accurate marine monitoring data to take informed management decisions

A Borja, M Elliott - Advances in Marine Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
It is axomatic that a system cannot be managed unless it is measured and that the
measurements occur in a rigorous, defendable manner covering relevant spatial and …

Contaminants of emerging concern in the Basque coast (N Spain): Occurrence and risk assessment for a better monitoring and management decisions

O Solaun, JG Rodríguez, I Menchaca… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study of the presence in the aquatic environment of certain substances considered as
contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) is a preliminary step to the analysis of the possible …

Cross-basin and cross-taxa patterns of marine community tropicalization and deborealization in warming European seas

G Chust, E Villarino, M McLean, N Mieszkowska… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ocean warming and acidification, decreases in dissolved oxygen concentrations, and
changes in primary production are causing an unprecedented global redistribution of marine …

A microbial mandala for environmental monitoring: Predicting multiple impacts on estuarine prokaryote communities of the Bay of Biscay

A Lanzen, I Mendibil, A Borja… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Routine monitoring of benthic biodiversity is critical for managing and understanding the
anthropogenic impacts on marine, transitional and freshwater ecosystems. However …

A catalogue of marine biodiversity indicators

H Teixeira, T Berg, L Uusitalo, K Fürhaupter… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators was developed with the aim of providing the
basis for assessing the environmental status of the marine ecosystems. Useful for the …