Twenty years of application of Polychaete/Amphipod ratios to assess diverse human pressures in estuarine and coastal marine environments: A review

JC Dauvin - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Benthic opportunistic polychaete/amphipod ratio: an indicator of pollution or modification of the environment by macroinvertebrates?

AA Maximov, NA Berezina - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development of sensitive indicators reflecting the state of the environment is an
important issue for the monitoring of marine ecosystems. The spionid polychaete …

Tracing the impact and recovery trajectory of oil spill affected tropical rocky intertidal macrobenthic communities using the BOPA index

J Mulik, S Sukumaran, MJ Jisna, MN Rao - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
A yearlong study was conducted to assess the impact of an oil spill on macrobenthos of
rocky intertidal zone of Uran, India and its recovery processes, by comparing impacted site …

Spatial and temporal variability of sandy intertidal macrobenthic communities and their relationship with environmental factors in a tropical island

V Pandey, G Thiruchitrambalam - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Spatial and temporal variability of macrobenthic community in intertidal habitats is governed
by various physicochemical factors. Finding the relationship between environmental …

Assessment of benthic macroinvertebrate response to anthropogenic and natural disturbances in the Kodungallur-Azhikode estuary, southwest coast of India

PR Jayachandran, M Jima, J Philomina… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Macrobenthic community of an anthropogenically influenced mangrove associated estuary on the East coast of India: An approach for ecological assessment

A Nayak, J Equbal, SS Rout, B Dash… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Mahanadi Estuarine System (MES), with a complex network of freshwater channels,
rivers, and mangroves, is a leading seaport in State Odisha on the east coast of India, but …

Testing performances of marine benthic biotic indices under the strong seasonality in the tropical intertidal habitats, South Andaman, India

J Equbal, RK Lakra, M Savurirajan, K Satyam… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the natural variability and its influence on the performance of marine biotic
indices used for the health assessment of marine ecosystem is the prime concern. This study …

Assessing the ecological health of the Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve, China, using different benthic biotic indices

Z Liu, B Fan, Y Huang, P Yu, Y Li, M Chen, M Cai… - Marine pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
To assess the ecological health of the Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve (CDNR),
univariate and multimetric indices—AZTI's Marine Biotic Index (AMBI), multivariate AMBI (M …

Assemblage patterns and community structure of macro-zoobenthos and temporal dynamics of eco-physiological indices of two wetlands, in lower gangetic plains …

DK Meena, L Lianthuamluaia, P Mishal, HS Swain… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wetlands are rich biological resources and support livelihood and nutritional security to a
huge populace globally. In the present study, two ecologically distinct floodplain wetlands …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal changes and recovery of benthic macroinvertebrate communities after the Hebei Spirit oil spill in the subtidal area around the Taean …

CL Lee, DS Lee, S Kim, JW Yoo, WO Jeong… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Marine oil pollution is a significant environmental issue that significantly threatens ocean
ecosystems. It occurs frequently and has devastating consequences for marine life, coastal …