Seagrasses grow in shallow marine and estuarine environments worldwide, providing
multiple ecosystem services. However, a global trend of seagrass loss has been …

The multiple anthropogenic activities taking place in the marine environment increase and
create a high demand for maritime space. The pressures generated thereof on coastal and …

Combined use of optical (satellite imagery) and acoustic (sidescan sonar) remote sensing
techniques, as well as in situ methodologies (visual census; SCUBA diving, Towed …

The effects of environmentally relevant bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations (0.3, 1 and 3 μg L−
1) were tested at 2, 4, 6 and 8 days, on intermediate leaves, of the seagrass Cymodocea …

Cymodocea nodosa, a typical marine angiosperm species in the Mediterranean Sea, hosts
a range of epiphytic algae. Epiphyte abundance varies at different spatial scales, yet …

Maintaining and improving the aquatic ecosystems in the community is the aim of the Water
Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC. The WFD requires the water quality to be classified …

The present study includes the results of the second benthic macrophytes? monitoring
period of a survey of ecological status from the Turkish coasts. The biotic index Ecological …

In the present paper, sedimentological, water physicochemical data and biological benthic
assemblages are compiled to provide an integrated environmental assessment of a …

This article provides a topical review of East Mediterranean phycology and seagrass
biology, with a special focus on the outcomes of the multi-year project “Brown algal …

Within this study, the ecosystem status of the Aegean Sea coasts of Türkiye (Eastern
Mediterranean) was assessed using the Posidonia Biotic Index (BiPo) and a newly …