The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: a critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future

D Hering, A Borja, J Carstensen, L Carvalho… - Science of the total …, 2010 - Elsevier
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD), which was adopted in 2000, changed
water management in all member states of the European Union fundamentally, putting …

Current status of macroinvertebrate methods used for assessing the quality of European marine waters: implementing the Water Framework Directive

A Borja, A Miles, A Occhipinti-Ambrogi, T Berg - Hydrobiologia, 2009 - Springer
This contribution reviews the current status of the macroinvertebrate methodologies
proposed for European coastal and transitional waters under the Water Framework Directive …

Marine management–towards an integrated implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework and the Water Framework Directives

Á Borja, M Elliott, J Carstensen, AS Heiskanen… - Marine pollution …, 2010 - Elsevier
Through implementing environmental Directives, Europe has moved towards coordinated
and integrated catchment-to-coast management, following the most novel legislation on …

Medium-and long-term recovery of estuarine and coastal ecosystems: patterns, rates and restoration effectiveness

Á Borja, DM Dauer, M Elliott, CA Simenstad - Estuaries and Coasts, 2010 - Springer
Many estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems have increasingly experienced degradation
caused by multiple stressors. Anthropogenic pressures alter natural ecosystems and the …

Quantified biotic and abiotic responses to multiple stress in freshwater, marine and ground waters

P Nõges, C Argillier, Á Borja, JM Garmendia… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
We reviewed 219 papers and built an inventory of 532 items of ecological evidence on
multiple stressor impacts in rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters, as well as …

Environmental status assessment using DNA metabarcoding: towards a genetics based marine biotic index (gAMBI)

E Aylagas, Á Borja, N Rodríguez-Ezpeleta - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Marine ecosystem protection and conservation initiatives rely on the assessment of
ecological integrity and health status of marine environments. The AZTI's Marine Biotic Index …

Restoring fish ecological quality in estuaries: implication of interactive and cumulative effects among anthropogenic stressors

N Teichert, A Borja, G Chust, A Uriarte… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Estuaries are subjected to multiple anthropogenic stressors, which have additive,
antagonistic or synergistic effects. Current challenges include the use of large databases of …

Implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive: a methodological approach for the assessment of environmental status, from the Basque …

A Borja, I Galparsoro, X Irigoien, A Iriondo… - Marine Pollution …, 2011 - Elsevier
The implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is directing
European marine research towards the coordinated and integrated assessment of sea …

Development of histopathological indices in the digestive gland and gonad of mussels: integration with contamination levels and effects of confounding factors

N Cuevas, I Zorita, PM Costa, J Franco, J Larreta - Aquatic toxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
Bivalve histopathology has become an important tool in aquatic toxicology, having been
implemented in many biomonitoring programmes worldwide. However, there are various …

Assessing ecological integrity in marine waters, using multiple indices and ecosystem components: challenges for the future

A Borja, A Ranasinghe, SB Weisberg - Marine pollution bulletin, 2009 - Elsevier
During the last decade, there have been substantial scientific advances in the development
of indices that measure the condition of biological ecosystem elements in coastal and …