Mediterranean coastal lagoons provide important ecological functions and nature's
contribution to people, but they are particularly vulnerable to multiple pressures due to their …

The release of tributyltin (TBT) from maritime traffic represents one of the main problems of
direct, diffuse, and continued contamination of the marine environment. In the present …

Since humans began fishing (at least 90 000 years ago), fishing technology has developed
with the objective of trying to catch the greatest quantities of fish possible, of an ever …

The rapido is a towed gear used only in the Adriatic Sea for fishing scallops in sandy
offshore areas and flatfish in muddy inshore areas. The gear is expected to have a high …

The checklist of polychaetes of the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) based on bibliographic
sources published from 1840 to 2014, as well as on novel data, with 49 new records for the …

The impact of hydraulic dredging on Chamelea gallina populations in the mid-western
Adriatic Sea was assessed by evaluating and quantifying the damage exerted on harvested …

The ecological quality of 127 stations from six Adriatic coastal lagoons was assessed using
a suite of biotic indices: H′, d, 1− λ′, Δ∗, Δ+, W, AMBI, BOPA and FINE. The analysis …

Marine aggregate extraction and benthic fishing are the 2 largest causes of physical
disturbance to the UK seabed. Aggregate dredging is a damaging but highly spatially …

The implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC) has
provoked a huge debate about the use of benthic indices to determine the quality of …

An increase in the frequency of hypoxia, mucilages, and sediment pollution occurred in the
20th century in the Adriatic Sea. To assess the effects of these impacts on bivalves, we …