From ecological functions to ecosystem services: linking coastal lagoons biodiversity with human well-being

JL Rodrigues-Filho, RL Macêdo, H Sarmento… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
In this review we highlight the relevance of biodiversity that inhabit coastal lagoons,
emphasizing how species functions foster processes and services associated with this …

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 …

Ecological quality assessement of marinas: An integrative approach combining biological and environmental data

JM Guerra-García, C Navarro-Barranco, M Ros… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The importance of marinas as infrastructures for recreational boating is increasing
substantially. However, information on their soft-bottom benthic communities, a key tool for …

Modelling the effects of climate change on the distribution of benthic indicator species in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

ML Moraitis, VD Valavanis, I Karakassis - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The potential effects of climate change on the distribution of benthic species commonly used
in marine ecological quality assessment were investigated using a spatial modelling …

[HTML][HTML] Using molluscs to assess ecological quality status of soft-bottom habitats along the Atlantic coastline of the United States

MJ Pruden, GP Dietl, JC Handley, JA Smith - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract AMBI and M-AMBI are widely used biotic indices for assessing the ecological
quality status of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in estuarine and coastal soft-bottom …

Human pressures on two estuaries of the Iberian Peninsula are reflected in food web structure

I Donázar-Aramendía, JE Sánchez-Moyano… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
As a result of the increased urban and agricultural development in coastal environments,
estuaries are among the most modified and threatened aquatic ecosystems. This study used …

Can the ecological status of three differentially impacted monsoonal tropical estuaries in NW India, be adequately assessed by a common estuarine benthic index?

J Mulik, S Sukumaran, HQ Dias - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective management measures for improving rapidly deteriorating estuaries around the
world are hugely dependent on accurate evaluation of the ecological status, which is a …

From fish physiology to ecosystems management: Keys for moving through biological levels of organization in detecting environmental changes and anticipate their …

A Pérez-Ruzafa, M Pérez-Marcos, C Marcos - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Tackling environmental problems not only requires the detection of harmful agents or the
drivers that induce changes in ecosystems and their effects, but also knowledge of their …

Maintenance dredging impacts on a highly stressed estuary (Guadalquivir estuary): A BACI approach through oligohaline and polyhaline habitats

I Donázar-Aramendía, JE Sánchez-Moyano… - Marine environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the effects of dredging in estuaries is a hard task due to the difficulty of
implementing an adequate environmental diagnosis, as a consequence of the salinity …

Impact of dredged-material disposal on soft-bottom communities in a recurrent marine dum** area near to Guadalquivir estuary, Spain

I Donázar-Aramendía, JE Sánchez-Moyano… - Marine environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study assesses the effects of dredged material disposal in a recurrent marine dump
near the Guadalquivir Estuary (south-western Spain). We compared the changes observed …