High-throughput amplicon sequencing of environmental DNA and/or RNA proved to be a
powerful tool to describe protist diversity. This new approach called also the metabarcoding …

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 …

The European Community Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) was established to
provide guidelines for monitoring the quality of marine ecosystems. Monitoring the status of …

This study defines criteria for the use of benthic foraminifera (protists) as a quick and efficient
bio-monitoring tool to implement marine legislation. Various sampling and preparation …

The present study follows up the FOraminiferal BIo-MOnitoring (FOBIMO) working group's
aim to explore methods which will improve the usefulness of benthic foraminifera in …

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 …

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) …

Estuaries, lagoons and lakes, identified as transitional waters (TWs), are fragile ecotones at
the interface between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The assessment of their Ecological …

Characterizing marine water bodies and defining ecological status, both present and past
(pre-impacted), has become an important task for EU's Member States and their associates …