With the growing global focus on marine environmental conservation and management, it is imperative to evaluate the ecological quality of marine ecosystems accurately. In this study, we employed seven biotic indices, namely the AZTI marine biotic ind...
Bays are extensively impacted by human activities, and an accurate assessment of ecological quality is crucial for the environmental management and protection of bays. Most studies indicate that evaluating the ecological quality of bays using a singl...
Three locally calibrated Indices of Biotic Integrity (IBIs) based on macroinvertebrates (B-IBI), zooplankton (Z-IBI), and phytoplankton (P-IBI) were developed to characterize relative aquatic ecological condition at impaired sites in Dongjiang Lake,...
Biological health assessment (BHA) has developed as an imperative gauge in efficient management of freshwater resources and fish assemblages. The principal objective of this research is directed at the development and application of a new index under...
The proximity of freshwater ecosystems to anthropogenic activities makes them one of the most threatened environments by plastic pollution in the form of microplastics (MPs). Therefore, it is crucial to identify the primary drivers of MP dynamics in...
This article presents the four biotic indices used to assess the hydrological stability of small, fishless, lowland ponds in northern Poland’s post-glacial landscape. The assessment was based on the analyses of the relative abundance of selecte...
Indices of biotic integrity (IBIs) are widely used to assess aquatic ecosystem health. However, there are few studies on their relationships. Based on fish, macroinvertebrate and plankton survey data collected in the Ganjiang River system from 2016 t...
To scientifically evaluate the health of river aquatic ecosystems in the Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwestern Guizhou, systematic surveys of benthic macroinvertebrate and periphytic algal communities were conducted in represent...
With the rapid development of the South Korean economy, human activities have extensively affected Korea’s coastal environment. A precise ecological quality assessment remains paramount despite the relatively lower impact of human activities on...
Corsican marine aquaculture is one of the highest contributors of fish production in France, which may result in environmental perturbations caused by organic matter (OM) accumulation under fish farms and impacting natural communities. This study aim...
River restoration is increasingly promoted as a nature-based solution, but evidence of its ecological effectiveness in mountain gravel-bed rivers remains limited. Macroinvertebrate responses to hydromorphological restoration are variable and are stil...
This study examines fish communities in the heavily impacted Bistrița River, located in the Eastern Carpathians of Romania, where diffuse pollution from mining, domestic wastewater, agricultural and forestry activities emerged as the most severe...
Nematodes play a key role in ecological environments. Biotic indices based on soil nematode community are effectively used for assessing soil health status. This work represents the opportunity to investigate three different management practices cont...
The increasing use of herbicides in recent years for improved crop yields requires a risk assessment. To assess their impact on soil, the use of an indicator named the synthetic biological indicator (ISB%) is proposed, which includes a range of bioti...
A long-term assessment of the benthic habitat quality of intertidal flats in Liaohe Estuary was conducted by three integrating ecological indices, AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index (AMBI), Multivariate-AMBI (M-AMBI), and Shannon–Wiener diversity...
Urban aquatic ecosystems are important sources of fresh water for multiple uses, but often receive a point or diffuse anthropic contamination. Benthic and zooplankton invertebrates are sensitive to water quality, being good indicators of ecosystem he...
This study assesses the ecological status of alpine lotic ecosystems in Khunjerab National Park, Pakistan, situated at approximately 4000 m in the Karakoram Range along the Pakistan–China border. An integrative approach was employed, evaluating...
Freshwater ecosystems have been severely damaged worldwide by a multitude of human pressures, such as pollution, nutrient enrichment, damming or overexploitation, and this has been more intense over the past five decades. It is therefore important th...
The product material footprint (PMF) represents a central instrument to assess the potential environmental impacts of products and services based on their life-cycle-wide material use. Within the life cycle impact assessment framework, the indicators...
As bioindicators, benthic macroinvertebrates are often used to assess stream quality. Based on standard hydrobiological study techniques, the physicochemical and biological health status of the Missolé stream was assessed. Waters of the Missol...
With the aim to prevent channel incision and migration and provide protection at the riverbank, a series of ecological bank stabilization projects have been carried out in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In this study, nine ecologi...
Harbours are one of the most disturbed coastal ecosystems due to intensive anthropogenic pressures. This study aimed for the first time to compare anthropogenic impacts in three harbours from the central coast of Tunisia (Mediterranean Sea) employing...
Anthropogenic development has historically concentrated in coastal areas to exploit resources from fishing and commercial navigation. In recent centuries, intensive tourism has added pressure on sandy shorelines, leading to their modification. This d...
Coastal environments are exposed to numerous pressures that potentially affect marine soft bottom faunas. Among these pressures, organic matter enrichment is very frequent. Several indices based on living (Rose Bengal-stained) foraminiferal communiti...
Freshwater monitoring networks are often biased toward major rivers and chemical indicators, creating blind spots in ecologically sensitive areas. This study tests whether a legacy monitoring network is positioned in the right parts of its catchment,...
The continuous cropping (CC) of major agricultural, horticultural, and industrial crops is an established practice worldwide, though it has significant soil health-related concerns. However, a combined review of the effects of CC on soil health indic...
The evaluation of the ecological consequences of anthropogenic stressors is a critical challenge in the management of the environment. Multimetric indices (MMIs) are one of the biomonitoring tools that have been widely explored to assess the ecologic...
Due to the destruction of natural aquatic ecosystems, developing comprehensive biological index evaluation methods is critical for river restoration and regeneration. However, research on spatial multiple-scale biological assessments remains lacking....
Many studies show the significant impact of direct and indirect human activity on the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, including forests. The increase in the number of invasive species, changes caused by climate change, or eutrophication of hab...
This study portrays macroalgal assemblage structure in the transitional water system Mar Piccolo of Taranto (eLTER site) from 2012 to 2023, assessing the impact of the establishment of non-indigenous species (NIS). Seasonal sampling at three sites ev...
A dietary glycan-based precision biotic (Glycan PB) was evaluated on the performance, welfare indicators, and litter characteristics of broiler chickens. In Trial 1, the main effects of Glycan PB dose (0, 250 and 500 g/metric ton (MT)) and xylanase s...
Freshwater zooplankton are a key component of lake food webs and a responsive indicator of changes occurring in an ecosystem’s structure and functioning. A new challenge under climate change is to disentangle the effects of lake warming from ch...
Phytopathogens pose a serious threat to agriculture, causing a decrease in yield and product quality. This necessitates the development of methods for early detection of phytopathogens, which will reduce losses and improve product quality by using lo...
We examined the taxonomical and functional traits of free-living nematodes, focusing on their density by genus, maturity index (MI), and trophic diversity index (ITD) to determine whether these indices are sensitive to changes in the organic content...
Abundant and diverse urban bird communities promote ecosystem and human health in cities. However, the estimation of bird community structure requires large amounts of resources. On the other hand, calculating remotely sensed spectral indices is chea...
Remote sensing can be a rapid, accurate, and simple method for assessing pest damage on plants. The objectives of this study were to identify spectral wavelengths sensitive to cotton aphid infestation. Then, the normalized difference spectral indices...
For the sustainable use of lake ecosystem services—water resources, aquatic habitats for biodiversity conservation, and aesthetic values as waterfront space—ecosystem health assessments using biota are implemented as important national en...
An ecological index of macrobenthic communities is an important tool for assessing the biological quality of habitats and ecosystems. We tested the performance of the inverse function of the Shannon–Wiener evenness proportion (ISEP) with data f...
The time required for diatom assemblages to integrate the abiotic variables of the aquatic environment has been subject of discussion for many years, with contrasting opinions as shown by field observations and experiments. Numerous diatom-based wate...
The macroinvertebrate community, physical–chemical water variables and hydromorphological indices were studied in the Turón River (Málaga, Southern Spain). Our study aims to improve the knowledge of the most influential environmen...
Marine coastal areas are highly dynamic and fragile environments characterised by a complex interplay of biological, physical, and chemical factors. These areas are also affected by anthropogenic activities with the discharge of organic and inorganic...
In the era of sustainable grapevine production, there is a growing demand to define differences between Vitis vinifera varieties in susceptibility to downy mildew. Croatia, as a country with a long tradition of grapevine cultivation, preserves a larg...
Different biological groups show biased responses to similar or different environmental stressors on different scales. The selection of bioindicators based on pressure characteristics is the basis for accurately assessing ecological quality. In this...
Developing adaptation strategies in Vitis vinifera, a crop sensitive to climate change, is crucial for resilience of traditional viticultural systems, especially in climate-vulnerable areas like the Mediterranean basin. A progressive warming is demon...
This study investigated spatial and temporal variations in morphometric characteristics, physicochemical parameters, and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Ziz stream (Morocco), aiming to assess water quality and identify key environmental...
Mangrove ecosystems are extremely sensitive to compounded stress, as evidenced by the widespread degradation and mortality of the pioneer mangrove species Avicennia marina along the Guangxi coast in recent years. However, research on how mangrove eco...
Precision agriculture has the objective of improving agricultural yields and minimizing costs by assisting management with the use of sensors, remote sensing, and information technologies. There are several approaches to improving crop yields where r...
Low-molecular-mass organic chemicals are widely discussed as potential indicators of life in extraterrestrial habitats. However, demarcation lines between biotic chemicals and abiotic chemicals have been difficult to define. Here, we have analyzed th...
Agriculture is the basis for food production on a global scale. Sustainable agriculture tries to improve or maintain the quality of food without compromising the environment. As sessile organisms, plants cannot avoid adverse environmental conditions...
Environmental pollution, global warming and climate change exacerbate the impact of biotic and abiotic stresses on plant growth and yield. Plants have evolved sophisticated defence network, also called innate immune system, in response to ever- chang...
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