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	journal = {Marine Pollution BulletinMarine Pollution Bulletin},
	volume = {46},
	number = {7},
	year = {2003},
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	month = {2003///},
	pages = {835-845},
	abstract = {Following the European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), the authors proposed, in a previous contribution, a Marine Biotic Coefficient (BC) to establish the ecological quality of soft-bottom benthos within European estuarine and coastal environments. The present study examines the application of the BC to the Atlantic (North Sea; Bay of Biscay; South of Spain) and Mediterranean (Spain and Greece) European coasts. The investigation assesses also the usefulness of the BC, in relation to different impact sources (e.g. drilling cuts with ester-based mud, submarine outfalls, heavy metals, industrial and mining wastes, jetties and sewerage works). The results obtained are consistent with those obtained using several methods and parameters, such as richness, diversity, evenness, Abundance-Biomass comparison plots and univariate and multivariate statistical analyses. The BC values provide a simple and clearly defined way to establish the ecological quality of soft-bottom benthos, complementary to the above mentioned methods. {\textcopyright} 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {benthos, Biotic Index, Ecological quality, European coastal environment, impact, marine, Soft-bottom},
	author = {Borja, A. and Muxika, I. and Franco, J.}
}
@article {3812,
	title = {Assessing the suitability of a range of benthic indices in the evaluation of environmental impact of fin and shellfish aquaculture located in sites across Europe},
	journal = {AquacultureAquacultureAquaculture},
	volume = {293},
	number = {3-4},
	year = {2009},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 472RPTimes Cited: 15Cited Reference Count: 59},
	month = {Aug},
	pages = {231-240},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The European Union-funded ECASA project (Ecosystem Approach for Sustainable Aquaculture) studied the impacts from aquaculture on ecosystems from northern Norway to Greece. The objectives of this investigation were to identify quantitative indicators of the effects of aquaculture on marine communities. and to assess their applicability over a range of ecosystems and aquaculture production systems. The study included 6 Mediterranean and 4 Atlantic sites, 7 of which produced finfish (seabream, seabass, tuna, salmon and cod), and 2 bivalve molluscs (oysters, mussels, and clams); one site produced both fish and bivalves. Cultivation methods included finfish cages, long-lines and trestles. Similar sampling methodologies were employed at the 10 study sites, obtaining sediment, hydrodynamic, and benthic faunal data. The horizontal impact from organic enrichment extended 50 m from the farms, with contradictory responses in several indicators (individual abundance, biomass) and a more consistent response of the Infaunal Trophic Index (ITI) and AZTI{\textquoteright}s Marine Biotic Index (AMBI). By means of Partial Redundancy Analysis, it was demonstrated that the environmental variables explained 53.2\% of the variability in the macrofaunal variables (individual abundance, species richness. diversity, AMBI and ITI), whilst the explained variance was partialled out within three groups of variables: (i) {\textquoteright}hydrography{\textquoteright} (depth, distance to farm, average current speed), which explained 11.5\% of the variance; (ii){\textquoteright}sediment{\textquoteright}(Eh and percentages of silt and total organic matter), which explained 5.4\%: and (iii) {\textquoteright}cages{\textquoteright} (years of production and annual production), which explained 15.2\%. The shared variance explained by interactions among these groups was 21.1\%. These results, together with multiple regression analysis, provide an accurate assessment of the degree of impact from aquaculture. In conclusion, the use of several benthic indicators, in assessing farm impacts, together with the investigation of dynamics of the studied location, water depth, years of farm activity, and total annual production, must be included when interpreting the response of benthic communities to organic enrichment from aquaculture. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Atlantic, Benthic indicators, cages, CARRYING-CAPACITY, COASTAL SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY COMPOSITION, culture, Ecological quality, Environmental impact, Europe, FISH FARM WASTE, fishes, Hydrodynamics, Marine aquaculture, marine biotic index, Mediterranean, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, Molluscs, mussel, ORGANIC ENRICHMENT, POSIDONIA-OCEANICA MEADOWS},
	isbn = {0044-8486},
	author = {Borja, A. and Rodriguez, J. G. and Black, K. and Bodoy, A. and Emblow, C. and Fernandes, T. F. and Forte, J. and Karakassis, I. and Muxika, I. and Nickell, T. D. and PApageorgiou, N. and Pranovi, F. and Sevastou, K. and Tomassetti, P. and Angel, D.}
}
