The use of free-living marine nematodes as ecological indicators (EcoInds) of human
impacts has increased greatly in Italy since 1990. This paper is a summary of the Italian …

Taxonomy is more than a mere exercise of nomenclature and classification of biological
diversity: it profiles the identity of species by investigating their biological and ecological …

We evaluated the adequacy of an indicator of benthic community health to assess trawling
disturbance by sampling epifauna at 6 sites subjected to variable fishing intensity in the …

Urban estuaries are amongst the most severely altered systems worldwide and undergo a
wide range of ecological crises such as habitat destruction, nutrient enrichment and …

Studies focusing on the effects of spatial processes versus environmental filtering on aquatic
metacommunities have so far been focused almost entirely on relatively isolated systems …

Taxonomic diversity indices have a number of desirable properties as indicators in the
assessment of environmental quality, and have become an important measure in …

We compiled an updated global catalogue of parasites in cephalopods. Data were used to
assess changes in taxonomic distinctness of parasites over two centuries and across the …

To evaluate the influence of tidal events (tidal disruption) on the taxonomic breadth of
periphytons in intertidal zone ecosystems, a 1-month baseline survey on protozoan …

The nearshore fish assemblage structures and their seasonal changes were compared
between two habitats (estuarine and surf zones) in three climatic regions (Tropical, 7° S; …

Taxonomic distinctness (TD) indices are increasingly recognized as promising measures of
diversity for assessing the quality of aquatic ecosystems. TD indices have a number of …