The biological assessment of rivers ie, their assessment through use of aquatic
assemblages, integrates the effects of multiple-stressors on these systems over time and is …

Benthic indices have been widely used across different coastal ecosystems to assess
ecological quality and detect anthropic impacts, but very few studies investigated their …

Ecostatus of Ulhas estuary, one of the most polluted estuaries along the industrialized and
urbanized northwest coast of India, was evaluated by six widely accepted benthic indices …

Benthic indices are commonly used tools for assessing the environmental quality, because
they represent a simple source of scientific information. However, their performance could …

Effective management measures for improving rapidly deteriorating estuaries around the
world are hugely dependent on accurate evaluation of the ecological status, which is a …

Indices based on macrobenthic responses to disturbance remain to be adequately tested for
the detection of spatial variability by robust sampling designs. We present herein a …

Estuaries vary considerably in geomorphology, hydrology and in the properties of
sediments. Structure of benthic communities may respond to the interaction of these …

Despite the increased and widespread usage of benthic indices for environmental health
assessment, some methodological ambiguities remain to be solved. We tested the …

The coastal areas of Montevideo-Canelones, Uruguay, are strongly affected by
anthropogenic activities. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are of especial …

Efficient ecological indices can reflect the differences between impacted and nonimpacted
sites, leading to significant variations at the contamination spatial scale. Here, we evaluated …