This contribution reviews the current status of the macroinvertebrate methodologies
proposed for European coastal and transitional waters under the Water Framework Directive …

Transitional waters straddle the interface between marine and terrestrial biomes and, among
others, include fjords, bays, lagoons, and estuaries. These coastal systems are essential for …

Over 50 million cubic meters of mining tailings were released in the Rio Doce basin after the
collapse of the Fundão dam (Samarco) in November 2015. Predicting significant impacts on …

Estuaries have long been regarded as environmentally naturally stressed areas because of
the high degree of variability in their physico-chemical characteristics, for example oxygen …

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) establishes a framework for the protection
and improvement of estuarine and coastal waters, trying to achieve 'good surface water …

Increasingly on a worldwide scale, legislation has been adopted to determine the ecological
integrity of surface waters including streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters. An …

The European Water Framework Directive will have instituted the concept of Ecological
Quality Status (EQS) as a way to assess the biological quality of water masses. The EQS will …

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
(MSFD) are the European umbrella regulations for water systems. It is a challenge for the …

The implementation of the European Water Framework Directive has provoked enthusiastic
debate between scientists and stakeholders, as they try to define the ecological quality …

This study deals with the application of macrozoobenthos-based biotic indices (BI) within the
frame of the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. More precisely …