Lagoons play an important role in providing a variety of ecological services. They provide
important habitats for several plant and animal species, also acting as natural filters that …

Coastal lagoons are considered among the marine habitats with the highest biological
productivity, and support a great variety of human activities and pressures that make them …

Abstract The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) establishes a well differentiated
typology of water bodies on the basis of scientific and biological criteria. For coastal waters …

Over the last 20 years, loss of seagrass beds, often related with increased eutrophication,
became a common problem worldwide. In the Mondego estuary (Portugal), eutrophication …

The fundamental idea behind the study of biodiversity patterns is the presumed connection
between the shape of species assemblages and the functional ways in which they are …

Coastal zones are widely recognised as being particularly vulnerable to future
environmental change. Although a significant number of previous papers warn of an …

This study deals with the application of macrozoobenthos-based biotic indices (BI) within the
frame of the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. More precisely …

Secondary production of a macrobenthic community at an intertidal mudflat was estimated
for 33 successive months. Sampling was carried out along a eutrophication gradient …

Lagoons are highly productive areas representing more than 50% of the coastline area in
Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France, Mediterranean sea). These lagoons are very …

Abstract In this study, 40 Atlanto-Mediterranean coastal lagoons were analyzed in order to
evaluate the extent to which their ecological characteristics depend on hydrographic, trophic …