Integrated ecological assessment of heavily polluted sedimentary basin within the broader industrialized area of Thriassion plain (Western Attica, Greece)

P Makri, D Hermides, G Kontakiotis, SD Zarkogiannis… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Thriassion Plain, the Saronikos Gulf and Eleusis Bay, Western Attica in Greece, receive
pressures from the enormous industrial activity, as well as the Athens metropolitan area and …

Addressing the cumulative impacts of multiple human pressures in marine systems, for the sustainable use of the seas

A Borja, M Elliott, H Teixeira, V Stelzenmüller… - Frontiers in Ocean …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Human activities at sea have increased, causing subsequent degradation of ocean health
and affecting ecosystem services and societal goods and benefits. Climate change further …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale testing of phytoplankton diversity indices for environmental assessment in Mediterranean sub-regions (Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas)

J Francé, I Varkitzi, E Stanca, F Cozzoli, S Skejić… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
According to the methodological standards established by Marine Strategy Framework
Directive, the assessment for the pelagic habitat under the Biodiversity Descriptor should be …

Ecosystem-level responses to multiple stressors using a time-dynamic food-web model: The case of a re-oligotrophicated coastal embayment (Saronikos Gulf, E …

G Papantoniou, S Zervoudaki… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multiple stressors may combine in unexpected ways to alter the structure of ecological
systems, however, our current ability to evaluate their ecological impact is limited due to the …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated assessment of the good environmental status of Mediterranean marine protected areas

S Fraschetti, E Fabbrizzi, L Tamburello… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Local, regional and global targets have been set to halt marine biodiversity loss. Europe has
set its own policy targets to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine ecosystems …

Public perceptions of the marine environment and behavioral intentions to preserve it: The case of three coastal cities in Greece

A Gkargkavouzi, S Paraskevopoulos, S Matsiori - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study explored public perceptions of the marine environment in three coastal
communities in Greece and further investigated intentions to adopt behaviors that contribute …

[PDF][PDF] Saronikos Gulf: a hotspot area for alien species in the Mediterranean Sea.

A Zenetos, P Ovalis, S Giakoumi… - BioInvasions …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Shipping is the greatest pathway of non-indigenous species (NIS) introductions, and port
areas are considered as alien hotspots. In this study, we analyzed data covering a 112-year …

Yes, we can! Large-scale integrative assessment of European regional seas, using open access databases

A Borja, JM Garmendia, I Menchaca… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Substantial progress has been made in assessing marine health in an integrative way.
However, managers are still reluctant in undertaking such assessments, because:(i) lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the environmental status of selected North Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems

G Kazanidis, C Orejas, A Borja, E Kenchington… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The deep sea is the largest biome on Earth but the least explored. Our knowledge of it
comes from scattered sources spanning different spatial and temporal scales …

Assessment of the eutrophication status at Mediterranean sub-basin scale, within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

M Giani, A Pavlidou, M Kralj, I Varkitzi, A Borja… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to define harmonized reference conditions and assessment
thresholds for selected criteria elements of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) …