Aquatic ecologists face challenges in identifying the general rules of the functioning of
ecosystems. A common framework, including freshwater, marine, benthic, and pelagic …

Marine environmental monitoring is undertaken to provide evidence that environmental
management targets are being met. Moreover, monitoring also provides context to marine …

Biological traits analysis (BTA) provides insight into causes and consequences of
biodiversity change that cannot be achieved using traditional taxonomic approaches …

There is an implicit requirement under contemporary policy drivers to understand the
characteristics of benthic communities under anthropogenically-unimpacted scenarios. We …

This review provides a broad conceptual overview of different approaches to measuring
marine ecosystem condition and guidance for framework development (particularly relevant …

Our study presents a revision of the structural characteristics of the soft-bottom benthic
communities in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS) and provides, for the first time, an …

Escalating societal demands placed on the seabed mean there has never been such a
pressing need to align our understanding of the relationship between the physical impact of …

Expansion of bivalve aquaculture offshore reports lower environmental impacts compared to
inshore farms. Taking a Before-After Control-Impact approach, this study presents the first …

The application of a biological traits analysis, in the present study, has allowed benthic
habitat sensitivities and their risk of impact to be mapped at a spatial scale appropriate for …

Dredged sediments in estuarine and coastal waters can cause sediment transport and water
pollutant in marine environment since the sediments are diffused to waterbodies under the …