Human activities and climate variability drive fast‐paced change across the world's estuarine–coastal ecosystems

JE Cloern, PC Abreu, J Carstensen… - Global change …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Time series of environmental measurements are essential for detecting, measuring and
understanding changes in the Earth system and its biological communities. Observational …

The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: a critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future

D Hering, A Borja, J Carstensen, L Carvalho… - Science of the total …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD), which was adopted in 2000, changed
water management in all member states of the European Union fundamentally, putting …

Drivers of change in estuarine‐coastal ecosystems: Discoveries from four decades of study in San Francisco Bay

JE Cloern, AD Jassby - Reviews of Geophysics, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Poised at the interface of rivers, ocean, atmosphere and dense human settlement, estuaries
are driven by a large array of natural and anthropogenic forces. San Francisco Bay …

Using historical data, expert judgement and multivariate analysis in assessing reference conditions and benthic ecological status, according to the European Water …

I Muxika, Á Borja, J Bald - Marine pollution bulletin, 2007‏ - Elsevier
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) establishes a framework for the protection
and improvement of estuarine and coastal waters, trying to achieve 'good surface water …

Medium-and long-term recovery of estuarine and coastal ecosystems: patterns, rates and restoration effectiveness

Á Borja, DM Dauer, M Elliott, CA Simenstad - Estuaries and Coasts, 2010‏ - Springer
Many estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems have increasingly experienced degradation
caused by multiple stressors. Anthropogenic pressures alter natural ecosystems and the …

Temporal responses of coastal hypoxia to nutrient loading and physical controls

WM Kemp, JM Testa, DJ Conley, D Gilbert… - …, 2009‏ - bg.copernicus.org
The incidence and intensity of hypoxic waters in coastal aquatic ecosystems has been
expanding in recent decades coincident with eutrophication of the coastal zone. Worldwide …

Paradox of estuarine quality: benthic indicators and indices, consensus or debate for the future

JC Dauvin - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2007‏ - Elsevier
The European Water Framework Directive will have instituted the concept of Ecological
Quality Status (EQS) as a way to assess the biological quality of water masses. The EQS will …

Assessing the environmental quality status in estuarine and coastal systems: comparing methodologies and indices

A Borja, DM Dauer - Ecological indicators, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Increasingly on a worldwide scale, legislation has been adopted to determine the ecological
integrity of surface waters including streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters. An …

Is metabarcoding suitable for estuarine plankton monitoring? A comparative study with microscopy

D Abad, A Albaina, M Aguirre, A Laza-Martínez… - Marine Biology, 2016‏ - Springer
Metabarcoding is becoming an increasingly valuable alternative approach to biodiversity
assessment, due to the combination of extreme sensitivity and potential for the highest …

A comparative review of recovery processes in rivers, lakes, estuarine and coastal waters

PFM Verdonschot, BM Spears, CK Feld, S Brucet… - Hydrobiologia, 2013‏ - Springer
Abstract The European Water Framework Directive aims to improve ecological status within
river basins. This requires knowledge of responses of aquatic assemblages to recovery …