Pelagic habitats in the Mediterranean Sea: A review of Good Environmental Status (GES) determination for plankton components and identification of gaps and priority …

I Varkitzi, J Francé, A Basset, F Cozzoli, E Stanca… - Ecological …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
At present there is no consistent approach for the definition of Good Environmental Status
(GES) and targets in the Mediterranean Sea, especially for Biodiversity Descriptors …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale testing of phytoplankton diversity indices for environmental assessment in Mediterranean sub-regions (Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas)

J Francé, I Varkitzi, E Stanca, F Cozzoli, S Skejić… - Ecological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
According to the methodological standards established by Marine Strategy Framework
Directive, the assessment for the pelagic habitat under the Biodiversity Descriptor should be …

Accounting for uncertainties in biodiversity estimations: a new methodology and its application to the mesopelagic sound scattering layer of the high Arctic

B Herrmann, K Cerbule, J Brčić, E Grimaldo… - Frontiers in ecology …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Measures of biological diversity (biodiversity) are important for monitoring the state of
ecosystems. Several indices and methods are used to describe biodiversity from field …

Phytoplankton communities in a coastal and offshore stations of the northern Adriatic Sea approached by network analysis and different statistical descriptors

F Neri, T Romagnoli, S Accoroni, M Ubaldi… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Northern Adriatic Sea is one of the most productive areas of the Mediterranean
Sea. Long-term series of phytoplankton are crucial to detect changes in the marine …

[HTML][HTML] Status of pelagic habitats within the EU-Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Proposals for improving consistency and representativeness of the assessment

C Magliozzi, M Palma, JN Druon, A Palialexis… - Marine Policy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities have transformed the pelagic habitat in the last decades with
profound implications for its essential functions. While the EU-Marine Strategy Framework …

Changes in marine phytoplankton diversity: Assessment under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

I Rombouts, N Simon, A Aubert, T Cariou… - Ecological …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires EU Member States to assess the
Good Environmental Status (GES) of their marine waters in a coherent and strategic manner …

Drivers of phytoplankton biomass and diversity in a macrotidal bay of the Amazon Mangrove Coast, a Ramsar site

LF Cavalcanti, FA do N Feitosa, MVJ Cutrim… - Ecohydrology & …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Biodiversity maintenance is a main goal in ecology. Hence, phytoplankton diversity and
biomass were analyzed in a coastal bay (Cumã Bay) of the Amazon Macrotidal Mangrove …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoplankton spring bloom in the NW Mediterranean Sea under climate change

F Grossi, M Lagasio, A Napoli, A Provenzale… - Science of The Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The spring phytoplankton bloom is the main event influencing ecosystem richness in the
pelagic realm of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea (NW Med Sea). The Marine Strategy …

Development of ecological classification criteria for the Biological Quality Element phytoplankton for Adriatic and Tyrrhenian coastal waters by means of chlorophyll a …

F Giovanardi, J Francé, P Mozetič, R Precali - Ecological Indicators, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This paper describes the data processing that led to the definition of ecological classification
criteria for the Biological Quality Element (BQE) phytoplankton in the coastal waters (CW) of …

Impacts of different hydrological conditions on phytoplankton communities in floodplain lakes of a regulated river (Lower Vistula, Poland)

EA Dembowska - Hydrobiologia, 2022‏ - Springer
Abstract In the years 2007–2015, phytoplankton of six floodplain lakes of the Lower Vistula
were studied. During this period, river levels were recorded ranging from normal to both …