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Título : Addressing a gap in the Water Framework Directive implementation: Rocky shores assessment based on benthic macroinvertebrates
Autor : Vinagre, Pedro Almeida; Pais-Costa, Antonia Juliana; Hawkins, Stephen John; Borja, Angel; Marques, Joao Carlos; Neto, Joao Magalhaes
Citación : ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 2017, 78, 489-501
Resumen : A gap in the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is addressed, aiming for the development of an ecological quality status assessment tool based solely on the Biological Quality Element benthic macroinvertebrates from intertidal rocky shores. The proposed Rocky shore Macroinvertebrates Assessment Tool (RMAT) was tested and validated along disturbance gradients (organic enrichment). During the whole process, the response of widely used metrics (e.g. Hurlbert index, Shannon-Wiener index, AZTI's Marine Biotic Index; Bentix biotic index) and models (i.e., metrics combined) was compared to results provided by the Marine Macroalgae Assessment Tool to the same sampling sites. The RMAT is a multimetric index compliant with the WFD based on the benthic macroinvertebrates community, combining `abundance' (Hurlbert index) and `taxonomic composition' (Bentix index using density and biomass data) metrics. It performed well along anthropogenic disturbance gradients, showing ecological quality increasing from close to far away from the disturbance. The RMAT is a promising tool for rocky shore ecological assessment in the scope of the WFD or other monitoring activities worldwide. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Palabras clave : Benthic communities; Hard bottom; Organic enrichment; Ecological quality assessment; Water Framework Directive; MARINE BIOTIC INDEX; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; COMMUNITIES; DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE; SEWAGE; AMBI; ASSEMBLAGES; MACROALGAE; DIVERSITY
Fecha de publicación : 2017
Editorial : ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Tipo de documento: Article
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.044
URI : http://dspace.azti.es/handle/24689/443
ISSN : 1470-160X
E-ISSN: 1872-7034
Patrocinador: Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [UID/MAR/04292/2013]
FCT, from the program POPH (Portuguese Operational Human Potential Program) [SFRH/BD/74524/2010, SFRH/BD/108224/2015]
FCT, from the program QREN (Portuguese National Strategic Reference Framework) (FSE) [SFRH/BD/74524/2010, SFRH/BD/108224/2015]
FCT, from the program QREN (Portuguese National Strategic Reference Framework) (national funds of MEC) [SFRH/BD/74524/2010, SFRH/BD/108224/2015]
Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher Education (MCTES)
DEVOTES (DEVelopment Of innovative Tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status) [308392]
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