Produced water (PW), a large byproduct of offshore oil and gas extraction, is reinjected to
formations or discharged to the sea after treatment. The discharges contain dispersed crude …

Benthic indices based on the Polychaetes/Amphipods (P/A) ratio have been proposed to
assess the environmental quality status of ecosystems in estuarine and coastal waters …

Among the macro-invertebrates used for the assessment of soft-bottom communities, most
polychaetes are classified as tolerant/opportunistic to pollution while amphipods are …

The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the ecological status of tropical coastal
waters using the temperate benthic indices and examine the effect of seasonal variability on …

Effective management measures for improving rapidly deteriorating estuaries around the
world are hugely dependent on accurate evaluation of the ecological status, which is a …

Benthic biotic indices are important ecological tools extensively used to understand the
ecological quality of coastal wetlands. The present study aimed to assess the ecological …

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 …

This study was carried out in the Yenisei estuary and in the adjacent part of the Kara Sea
shelf. We analyzed and compared the distribution patterns of the different benthic taxa and …

This paper describes effects of drilling with water and synthetic-based drilling muds on
benthic macro-invertebrates over 10 years at the Terra Nova offshore oil development. As …

This paper assesses the applicability of the Frame of Reference (FoR) approach for the
environmental monitoring of large-scale offshore Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) projects …