S Khodami, M Surif, WM WO, R Daryanabard - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
This study aimed to evaluate the spatial and temporal distribution of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Co, Fe, Pb, Ni, V, and Zn) in the sediments of Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone of …
The lower mid-littoral and shallow subtidal communities were studied in the district of Vlora (Albania), three years after the establishment of a Marine Protected Area, with particular …
The application of the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires the assessment of the ecological status (ES) of coastal waters in order to detect environmental …
A Badreddine, M Abboud-Abi Saab, F Gianni… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Macroalgae is one of the Biological Quality Elements (BQE) used by several indexes conceived in the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) for the assessment of the …
G De La Fuente, M Chiantore, F Gaino, V Asnaghi - PloS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
According to the Water Framework Directive, within 2015 European Union countries must reach and maintain the “good” Ecological Status (ES), quantified through indices based on …
GJ Lasinio, MA Tullio, D Ventura, G Ardizzone… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The influence of geomorphological features on the distribution of Cystoseira populations along the coasts of four pristine islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy, central Mediterranean) …
P Susana, E Jordana, E Ballesteros - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Eutrophication is a major threat to aquatic ecosystems because excessive nutrient enrichment may result in biodiversity loss, profound functional changes and reduction of …
The representativeness of aquatic ecosystem monitoring and the precision of the assessment results are of high importance when implementing the EU's Water Framework …
The existence of three different ecological strategies (competitor, stress-tolerant, opportunist) has been widely recognized in the scientific literature and in the development of several …