Coral reefs worldwide are degrading at alarming rates due to local and global stressors.
There are ongoing needs for bioindicator systems that can be used to assess reef health …

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

Most environmental bio-monitoring methods using the species composition of marine faunas
define the Ecological Quality Status of soft bottom ecosystems based on the relative …

This work contributes to the ongoing work aiming at confirming benthic foraminifera as a
biological quality element. In this study, benthic foraminifera from intertidal and transitional …

The rapid urbanization and industrialization of Kuwait and the consequent effluent
discharges into marine environments have resulted in a degradation of water and sediment …

Morphology-based benthic foraminifera indices are increasingly used worldwide for
biomonitoring the ecological quality of marine sediments. The recent development of …

Using benthic foraminifera, we evaluate the ecological quality status (EcoQS) of transitional
waters of the Guanabara Bay (SE Brazil) by applying the diversity-based index exp (H′ bc) …

Biotic indices are tools to assess the ecological status of marine systems, and can be based
on different metrics (such as ecological groups, specific diversity). The present study applies …

Transitional waters straddle the interface between marine and terrestrial biomes and, among
others, include fjords, bays, lagoons, and estuaries. These coastal systems are essential for …

Shipping is the greatest pathway of non-indigenous species (NIS) introductions, and port
areas are considered as alien hotspots. In this study, we analyzed data covering a 112-year …