Our planet is changing, and one of the most pressing challenges facing the scientific
community revolves around understanding how ecological communities respond to global …

This review examines environmental factors affecting potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in
coastal waters with the goal of proposing ways to enhance the use of benthic foraminifers as …

Meiofauna are the metazoan component of the benthos, and also include large protozoans
(eg foraminifera). They are defined by their body size (44-1000 μm) and are the most …

New data support our previously published propagule dispersal hypothesis and show that
propagules of some benthic foraminiferal species can survive for two years before growth …

At present, environmental impacts from offshore oil and gas activities are partly determined
by measuring changes in macrofauna diversity. Morphological identification of macrofauna …

Sediment cores were collected from three sites (1000–1200 m water depth) in the
northeastern Gulf of Mexico from December 2010 to June 2011 to assess changes in …

Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter in the world and their environmental
impact is related to both persistence and potential toxic effects for chemical composition. The …

Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element for living organisms and is known to bioaccumulate
and biomagnify. Here, we analyze the response of benthic foraminifera communities …

Anoxia was successfully induced in four benthic chambers installed at 24 m depth on the
northern Adriatic seafloor from 9 days to 10 months. To accurately determine whether …

This paper proposes a systematic approach for exploring the compliance level of the
international safety management (ISM) code with the ISO 9001: 2000 in order to structure an …