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Seagrass Quality Index (SQI), a Water Framework Directive compliant tool for the assessment of transitional and coastal intertidal areas

João M. Neto, Auteur ; Dimitri V. Barroso, Auteur ; Pablo Barría, Auteur

Dans Ecological Indicators (30 February 8, 2013)

Framework Directive requirements in terms of compliance (e.g., metrics, sampling procedure, pressure relationship, uncertainty of misclassification and comparability to other methodologies in terms of con- cept). The index includes three common [...]

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Development of an Angiosperm Quality Assessment Index (AQuA-Index) for ecological quality evaluation of Portuguese water bodies - A multi-metric approach

Isabel Cacador, Auteur ; João M. Neto, Auteur ; Bernardo Duarte, Auteur ; Dimitri Barroso, Auteur ; Márcia Pinto, Auteur ; João Marques, Auteur

Dans Ecological Indicators (25 February 1, 2013)

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Defining phytoplankton class boundaries in Portuguese Transitional Waters: an evaluation of the ecological quality status according to the Water Framework Directive

Ana Brito, Auteur ; Vanda Brotas, Auteur ; Miguel Caetano, Auteur ; Maria Coutinho, Auteur ; Adriano Bordalo, Auteur ; John Icely, Auteur ; João M. Neto, Auteur ; João Serôdio, Auteur ; Mª.Teresa Moita, Auteur

Dans Ecological Indicators (19 August 1, 2012)

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires the assessment of ecological quality of water bodies based on physico-chemical and biological elements. This paper is focused on the use of phytoplankton as a biological indicator of ecological qualit[...]

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Marine Macroalgae Assessment Tool (MarMAT) for intertidal rocky shores. Quality assessment under the scope of the European Water Framework Directive

João M. Neto, Auteur ; Rui Gaspar, Auteur ; Leonel Pereira, Auteur ; João Carlos Marques, Auteur

Dans Ecological Indicators (19 August 1, 2012)

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires European Member States to assess the Ecological Quality Status (EQS) of their water bodies based on Biological Quality Elements (BQEs). A tool called MarMAT (Marine Macroalgae Assessment Tool) was dev[...]

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Opportunistic macroalgae metrics for transitional waters. Testing tools to assess ecological quality status in Portugal

Joana Patricio, Auteur ; João M. Neto, Auteur ; Heliana Teixeira, Auteur ; João Marques, Auteur

Dans Marine pollution bulletin (54 January 1, 2008)

Macroalgae communities constitute one of the ecological quality elements for the evaluation of the ecological quality status (EQS) of coastal and transitional waters, required to implement the WFD. While these algae are natural components of est[...]

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Seasonal variation in short-term survival of Zostera noltii transplants in a declining meadow in Portugal

Irene Martins, Auteur ; João M. Neto, Auteur ; G. Fontes, Auteur ; João Marques, Auteur ; Miguel Pardal, Auteur

Dans Aquatic Botany (82 June 1, 2005)

In one decade (from 1986 to 1997), the area occupied by Zostera noltii in the Mondego estuary (western coast of Portugal) decreased from 150,000 to 200m2. Our purpose was to identify the most suitable season for transplantation of Z. noltii, as [...]

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