The bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems is currently based on various biotic indices that
use the occurrence and/or abundance of selected taxonomic groups to define ecological …

Bioindication has become an indispensable part of water quality monitoring in most
countries of the world, with the presence and abundance of bioindicator taxa, mostly …

The retrieval of a polystyrene macro-plastic piece stranded on the shores in King George
Island (South Shetlands, Antarctica) gave the opportunity to explore the associated bacterial …

Marine environmental monitoring has tended to focus on site-specific methods of
investigation. These traditional methods have low spatial and temporal resolution and are …

The use of genomic approaches to assist with biodiversity estimations is an alternative to
traditional biomonitoring, which is very time-consuming and costly. In response to the high …

Biotic indices for monitoring marine ecosystems are mostly based on the analysis of benthic
macroinvertebrate communities. Due to their high sensitivity to pollution and fast response to …

Along with rapid urbanization and intensive human activities, polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbon (PAH) pollution in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) and its effects on the microbial …

Many ocean policies mandate integrated, ecosystem-based approaches to marine
monitoring, driving a global need for efficient, low-cost bioindicators of marine ecological …

One of the fundamental objectives in modern ecology is to decipher how bacterial
communities in natural environment respond to anthropogenic activities. In recent times …

Abstract Background Genomic Observatories (GOs) are sites of long-term scientific study
that undertake regular assessments of the genomic biodiversity. The European Marine …