Two biotic indices, ATZI Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) and Benthic Quality Index (BQI) have
been recently introduced within the EC Water Framework Directive to assess the quality of …

The need to assess the environmental status of marine and coastal waters according to the
EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) encouraged the design of specific biotic indices to …

Benthic indicators are important tools for the classification of coastal and transitional water
bodies. The aim of the work was to assess for the first time the Environmental Status (ES) of …

In recent years, several benthic biotic indices have been proposed to be used as ecological
indicators in estuarine and coastal waters. One such indicator, the AZTI Marine Biotic Index …

Abstract The Benthic Ecosystem Quality Index 2 (BEQI2) is the Dutch multi-metric index
(MMI) for assessing the status and trend of benthic invertebrates in transitional and coastal …

This work evaluates four indices that have been used for benthic macroinvertebrate
ecological quality classification in the Mediterranean Sea. Our study was based on the data …

In this paper, a marine Biotic Index (BI) for soft-bottom benthos of European estuarine and
coastal environments is proposed. This is derived from the proportions of individual …

Recently, interest on benthic indicators has increased dramatically, with a long list of new
indicators proposed (see Diaz et al., 2004, for a revision). One such indicator, the AMBI, was …

Between 1995 and 2001, the soft-bottom communities along the 1180km of the Algerian
coast were sampled in nine gulfs and 12 harbours, providing a total of 655 samples. Eight …

In recent years several benthic biotic indices have been proposed for use in marine waters.
One of them, named AMBI (AZTI Marine Biotic Index), was created by the authors of these …