Search Results - "MASCARO, Oriol"
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Effect of temporal and spatial variability on the classification of the Ecological Quality Status using the CARLIT Index
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (15-01-2016)“…Methodologies developed by European Member States to assess the environmental quality of their coastal waters under the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD,…”
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The Central Role of Dispersal in the Maintenance and Persistence of Seagrass Populations
Published in Bioscience (01-01-2012)“…Global seagrass losses parallel significant declines observed in corals and mangroves over the past 50 years. These combined declines have resulted in…”
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Hotspots of predation persist outside marine reserves in the historically fished Mediterranean Sea
Published in Biological conservation (01-11-2015)“…The Mediterranean Sea has sustained historically high levels of fishing since pre-Roman times. This once-abundant sea has witnessed major declines in apex…”
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Selection of metrics based on the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa and development of a biotic index (CYMOX) for assessing ecological status of coastal and transitional waters
Published in Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (01-12-2012)“…Bioindicators, based on a large variety of organisms, have been increasingly used in the assessment of the status of aquatic systems. In marine coastal waters,…”
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Effects of nutrient enrichment on seagrass population dynamics: evidence and synthesis from the biomass-density relationships
Published in The Journal of ecology (01-11-2013)“…1. The available data from experimental and descriptive studies on seagrass biomass and density responses to nutrient enrichment were analysed to assess the…”
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Exploring the utility of Posidonia oceanica chlorophyll fluorescence as an indicator of water quality within the European Water Framework Directive
Published in Environmental monitoring and assessment (01-06-2012)“…The European Water Framework Directive commits partner countries to evolve uniform protocols for monitoring the environmental condition of natural water…”
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Uncertainty analysis along the ecological quality status of water bodies: The response of the Posidonia oceanica multivariate index (POMI) in three Mediterranean regions
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-05-2012)“…► Uncertainty estimation is a central element in WFD-compliant classification methods. ► Uncertainty associated to POMI index changes depending on the region…”
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Exploring the robustness of macrophyte-based classification methods to assess the ecological status of coastal and transitional ecosystems under the Water Framework Directive
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-03-2013)“…Identifying and quantifying the factors that contribute to the potential misclassification of the ecological status of water bodies is a major challenge of the…”
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Reproductive strategies and isolation-by-demography in a marine clonal plant along an eutrophication gradient
Published in Molecular ecology (01-12-2014)“…Genetic diversity in clonal organisms includes two distinct components, (i) the diversity of genotypes or clones (i.e. genotypic richness) in a population and…”
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Exploring the robustness of macrophyte-based classification methods to assess the ecological status of coastal and transitional ecosystems under the Water Framework Directive: Water bodies in Europe: integrative systems to assess ecological status and recovery: Results of the WISER project
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The Central Role of Dispersal in the Maintenance and Persistence of Seagrass Populations
Published in Bioscience (01-01-2012)“…Global seagrass losses parallel significant declines observed in corals and mangroves over the past 50 years. These combined declines have resulted in…”
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