Since the 1960 s, there has been a rapid expansion of drilling activities in the central and
northern Adriatic Sea to meet the increasing global energy demand. The discharges of …

The environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding represents a new promising tool for
biomonitoring and environmental impact assessment. One of the main advantages of eDNA …

The diffusion of pollutants in the marine environment is nowadays a well-recognized issue
that is attracting growing interest from the scientific and social communities. One of the …

Background The collection and analysis of Atomic Force Microscopy force curves is a well-
established procedure to obtain high-resolution information of non-topographic data from …

Marine regional Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQG) for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from the Basque coast (SE Bay of Biscay) were …

Abstract Within the European Water Framework Directive, many studies have been
conducted to evaluate the sensitivity/robustness of a variety of indices in relation to natural …

Multidisciplinary monitoring of the impact of offshore gas platforms on northern and central
Adriatic marine ecosystems has been conducted since 1998. Beginning in 2006, 4–5 year …

Traditional taxonomical methods, an appropriate Benthic Biotic Index incorporating the
Taxonomical Sufficiency concept and Biological Traits Analyses, were applied concurrently …

Oil and gas exploration and production operations have the potential to cause a variety of
impacts on the environment depending upon the stage of the process, the nature and …

Macrobenthic organisms are useful bioindicators to assess ecological quality status. On the
south-central coast of Peru (13° 15.15′ S, 76° 18.5′ W), a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) …