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Environmental quality of Italian marine water by means of marine strategy framework directive (MSFD) descriptor 9. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
ISPRA, on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Environment, carried out the initial assessment of environmental quality status of the 3 Italian subregions (Mediterranean Sea Region) on Descriptor 9.
Chiara Maggi, Serena Lomiri, Bianca Di Lorenzo, Marco d'Antona, Maria Teresa Berducci   +4 more
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Indicator Properties of Baltic Zooplankton for Classification of Environmental Status within Marine Strategy Framework Directive. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires the EU Member States to estimate the level of anthropogenic impacts on their marine systems using 11 Descriptors.
Elena Gorokhova, Maiju Lehtiniemi, Lutz Postel, Gunta Rubene, Callis Amid, Jurate Lesutiene, Laura Uusitalo, Solvita Strake, Natalja Demereckiene   +8 more
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A systematic study of zooplankton-based indices of marine ecological change and water quality: Application to the European marine strategy framework Directive (MSFD)

Ecological Indicators, 2022
Marine zooplankton are central components of holistic ecosystem assessments due to their intermediary role in the food chain, linking the base of the food chain with higher trophic levels.
Anthony B. Ndah, Cédric L. Meunier, Inga V. Kirstein, Jeanette Göbel, Lena Rönn, Maarten Boersma   +5 more
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Benthic habitat mapping of Plazh Gradina – Zlatna ribka (Black Sea) and Karpathos and Saria Islands (Mediterranean Sea) [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021
Habitat mapping is nеcessary for the efficient conservation and protection of marine ecosystems. In addition, it is a requirement for EU Member States as stated in the European Union (EU) Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), as well as necessary for the ...
Stamatina Nikolopoulou, Dimitar Berov, Stefania Klayn, Lyubomir Dimitrov, Kiril Velkovsky, Eva Chatzinikolaou, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Ventzislav Karamfilov, Christina Pavloudi   +8 more
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Predicting Coastal Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Levels by Applying Data-Driven Modelling: The Case Study of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
A surfeit of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen (DIN), which is defined as the total amount of nitrite, nitrate, and ammonium levels in water, may cause negative effects to the marine environment.
Hadjisolomou Ekaterini, Antoniadis Konstantinos, Rousou Maria, Vasiliades Lavrentios, Abu-Alhaija Rana, Herodotou Herodotos, Michaelides Michalis, Kyriakides Ioannis   +7 more
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Biomarkers based tools to assess environmental and chemical stressors in aquatic systems

Ecological Indicators, 2021
The quality of aquatic systems is threated by the huge amount of chemicals dispersed in the environment. Anthropogenic activities are one of the main causes of pollution by metals, water sewage, pesticides, pharmaceutical drugs and other contaminants ...
Silvia Lomartire, João C. Marques, Ana M.M. Gonçalves   +2 more
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Multiple indices on different habitats and descriptors provide consistent assessments of environmental quality in a marine protected area

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
In the last decades, climate change and human pressures have increasingly and dramatically impacted the ocean worldwide, calling for urgent actions to safeguard coastal marine ecosystems.
Alice Oprandi, Fabrizio Atzori, Annalisa Azzola, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Nicoletta Cadoni, Lara Carosso, Elena Desiderà, Francesca Frau, Maria Leonor Garcia Gutiérrez, Paolo Guidetti, Paolo Guidetti, Carla Morri, Carla Morri, Luigi Piazzi, Federica Poli, Monica Montefalcone, Monica Montefalcone   +17 more
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A Synthesis of Marine Monitoring Methods With the Potential to Enhance the Status Assessment of the Baltic Sea

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
A multitude of anthropogenic pressures deteriorate the Baltic Sea, resulting in the need to protect and restore its marine ecosystem. For an efficient conservation, comprehensive monitoring and assessment of all ecosystem elements is of fundamental ...
Leoni Mack, Jenni Attila, Eva Aylagas, Arne Beermann, Angel Borja, Daniel Hering, Maria Kahlert, Florian Leese, Robin Lenz, Maiju Lehtiniemi, Antonia Liess, Urmas Lips, Olli-Pekka Mattila, Kristian Meissner, Timo Pyhälahti, Outi Setälä, Jennifer S. Strehse, Laura Uusitalo, Anna Willstrand Wranne, Sebastian Birk   +19 more
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A Public Database for Microplastics in the Environment

Microplastics, 2023
During recent years plastics became one of the focuses of EU policy. A harmonisation and comparability of microplastics monitoring results across Europe is needed.
Natalja Čerkasova, Kristina Enders, Robin Lenz, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Josef Brandt, Dieter Fischer, Franziska Fischer, Matthias Labrenz, Gerald Schernewski   +8 more
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A Novel Approach for Deriving Nutrient Criteria to Support Good Ecological Status: Application to Coastal and Transitional Waters and Indications for Use

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
A huge variability exists in nutrient concentrations boundaries set for the water (WFD) and the marine strategy framework directives (MSFD), as revealed by a survey to EU member states (MS).
Fuensanta Salas Herrero, Heliana Teixeira, Sandra Poikane   +2 more
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