Following the oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1989, effects were observed
across a wide range of habitats and species. The data allow us to evaluate direct and …

This conceptual paper addresses the role of lysosomal autophagy in cellular defence
against oxidative stress. A hypothesis is proposed that autophagic removal of oxidatively …

Biological Diversity provides an up to date, authoritative review of the methods of measuring
and assessing biological diversity, together with their application. The book's emphasis is on …

In the early 1980s, a strategy for graphical representation of multivariate (multi‐species)
abundance data was introduced into marine ecology by, among others, Field, et al.(1982). A …

The method of choice for multivariate representation of community structure is often non-
metric multi-dimensional scaling (MDS). This has great flexibility in accommodating …

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 …

A further biodiversity index is proposed, based on taxonomic (or phylogenetic) relatedness
of species, namely the'variation in taxonomic distinctness¹ (VarTD, Λ+) between every pair of …

Bray–Curtis similarity is widely employed in multivariate analysis of assemblage data, for
sound biological reasons. This paper discusses two problems, however, with its practical …

A general scheme for approaching the objective of Ecological Quality Status (EcoQ)
classification of zoobenthic marine ecosystems is presented. A system based on soft bottom …

The measurement of changes in the structure of natural marine communities is widely used
for the detection and monitoring of man's impact on the sea. Such studies are almost always …