A review of knowledge on the impacts of multiple anthropogenic pressures on the soft-bottom benthic ecosystem in Mediterranean coastal lagoons

É Lacoste, A Jones, M Callier, J Klein, F Lagarde… - Estuaries and …, 2023 - Springer
Mediterranean coastal lagoons provide important ecological functions and nature's
contribution to people, but they are particularly vulnerable to multiple pressures due to their …

Chemical elements in Mediterranean macroalgae. A review

G Bonanno, M Orlando-Bonaca - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
This review analyzes the state of knowledge on the capacity of Mediterranean macroalgae
to accumulate, tolerate and biomonitor macro-and micro-elements present in seawater and …

Environmental degradation of the Mexican Caribbean reef lagoons

R Velázquez-Ochoa, S Enríquez - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Insufficient attention to the large volumes of wastewater produced by expansive tourism and
urban development in the north of the Mexican Caribbean has increased concerns on the …

Submerged benthic macrophytes in Mediterranean lagoons: distribution patterns in relation to water chemistry and depth

I Le Fur, R De Wit, M Plus, J Oheix, M Simier, V Ouisse - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
A large spectrum of coastal lagoon types with a wide range of environmental conditions is
observed along the French Mediterranean coast. These comprise wide trophic and salinity …

First Restoration Experiment for Gongolaria barbata in Slovenian Coastal Waters. What Can Go Wrong?

M Orlando-Bonaca, V Pitacco, P Slavinec, M Šiško… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The global decline of brown algal forests along rocky coasts is causing an exceptional
biodiversity loss. Regardless of conservation efforts, different techniques have been …

Any signs of replacement of canopy-forming algae by turf-forming algae in the northern Adriatic Sea?

M Orlando-Bonaca, A Rotter - Ecological indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Canopy-forming algal species, like those of the genus Cystoseira, are known to play an
important role as ecosystems-engineers. Under key anthropogenic stressors (eg nutrient …

Ecological quality status of the Turkish coastal waters by using marine macrophytes (macroalgae and angiosperms)

E Taşkın, İ Tan, E Minareci, O Minareci, M Çakır… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Marine macrophytes (macroalgae and angiosperms) were defined as one of the biological
quality elements to assess the ecological quality status of transitional and coastal waters by …

Disentangling heterogeneity and commonalities in nanotidal Mediterranean lagoons through environmental features and macrozoobenthic assemblages

MF Gravina, S Cabiddu, S Como, A Floris… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A comprehensive set of physiographic and environmental features, anthropogenic
pressures, as well as the soft-bottom macrozoobenthic assemblages were analyzed in …

Intertidal zonation and latitudinal gradients on macroalgal assemblages: Species, functional groups and thallus morphology approaches

R Gaspar, L Pereira, JM Neto - Ecological indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
Macroalgae are unavoidable biological elements when monitoring and assessing costal
environments. However, these tasks can be difficult to address because macroalgae a) …

Salinity as a key factor in structuring macrophyte assemblages in transitional water bodies: The case of the Apulian coastal lagoons (Southern Italy)

A Tursi, A Lisco, G Chimienti, F Mastrototaro, N Ungaro… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coastal lagoons are dynamic transitional water ecosystems hosting valuable biological
communities, including rich and diverse macrophyte assemblages. Aquatic macrophytes …