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Guidelines for the use of AMBI (AZTI's Marine Biotic Index) in the assessment of the benthic ecological qualityAngel Borja
Mar Pollut Bull 50:787-9. 2005- Heavy metals in molluscs from the Basque Coast (Northern Spain): results from an 11-year monitoring programmeJavier Franco
AZTI Foundation, Department of Oceanography and Marine Environment, Pasaia Gipuzkoa, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 44:973-6. 2002 - The application of a Marine Biotic Index to different impact sources affecting soft-bottom benthic communities along European coastsA Borja
AZTI Technological Institute for Fisheries and Food, Department of Oceanography and Marine Environment, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, 20110, Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 46:835-45. 2003..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... - Testing the applicability of a Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) to assessing the ecological quality of soft-bottom benthic communities, in the South America Atlantic regionPablo Muniz
Sección Oceanología, Facultad de Ciencias, Igua 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
Mar Pollut Bull 50:624-37. 2005..Thus, parallel to the application of this index to a wider extend, the complementary use of different indices and/or methods is recommended to assess confidently the environmental quality of a coastal area... - The new European Marine Strategy Directive: difficulties, opportunities, and challengesAngel Borja
Mar Pollut Bull 52:239-42. 2006 
Investigative monitoring within the European Water Framework Directive: a coastal blast furnace slag disposal, as an exampleAngel Borja
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, Pasaia 20110, Spain
J Environ Monit 10:453-62. 2008..The approaches used here show that contaminants are not bioavailable and that no management actions are required with the slags...- Assessing ecological integrity in marine waters, using multiple indices and ecosystem components: challenges for the futureA Borja
AZTI Tecnalia Technological Institute for Fisheries and Food, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 59:1-4. 2009.... - Using multiple ecosystem components, in assessing ecological status in Spanish (Basque Country) Atlantic marine watersAngel Borja
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 59:54-64. 2009..These tools permit policy makers and managers to take decisions, based upon scientific knowledge, in water management, regarding the mitigation of human pressures and associated recovery processes... - An approach to the intercalibration of benthic ecological status assessment in the North Atlantic ecoregion, according to the European Water Framework DirectiveAngel Borja
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia Portualdea, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 55:42-52. 2007..Results show a high consistency between the approaches, both with regard to determining the EQR and boundary settings for the ES... - Overview of integrative tools and methods in assessing ecological integrity in estuarine and coastal systems worldwideAngel Borja
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 56:1519-37. 2008..This contribution reviews the current situation of integrative ecological assessment worldwide, by presenting several examples from each of the continents: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America... - Marine management--towards an integrated implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework and the Water Framework DirectivesAngel Borja
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 60:2175-86. 2010.... - The water framework directive: water alone, or in association with sediment and biota, in determining quality standards?A Borja
AZTI, AZTImar Unit AZTI Marine Research, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 49:8-11. 2004 - Implementation of the European water framework directive from the Basque country (northern Spain): a methodological approachAngel Borja
Department of Oceanography and Marine Environment, AZTI Technological Institute for Fisheries and Food, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, Pasaia 20110, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 48:209-18. 2004..As such, the present paper could serve as the basis for a discussion document for other regions and countries, throughout Europe... - Implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive: a methodological approach for the assessment of environmental status, from the Basque Country (Bay of Biscay)Angel Borja
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 62:889-904. 2011..The strengths and weaknesses of the method, combined with proposals from the MSFD, are discussed... - Baseline of butyltin pollution in coastal sediments within the Basque Country (northern Spain), in 2007-2008J Germán Rodríguez
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia Portualde z g, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 60:139-45. 2010.... - Using historical data, expert judgement and multivariate analysis in assessing reference conditions and benthic ecological status, according to the European Water Framework DirectiveIñigo Muxika
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea, z g, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 55:16-29. 2007..The study has been undertaken by examining changes in benthic communities in the Basque Country, over the last decade, as a case-study, to demonstrate the accuracy and potential of these methodologies... - Integrating long-term water and sediment pollution data, in assessing chemical status within the European Water Framework DirectiveItziar Tueros
AZTI Tecnalia Foundation, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea, S N, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 58:1389-400. 2009..Finally, the management implications, using each approach are discussed... - Phytoplankton composition indicators for the assessment of eutrophication in marine waters: present state and challenges within the European directivesMaialen Garmendia
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 66:7-16. 2013..This investigation describes the difficulties in the development of a phytoplankton community composition indicator, the state of the art and the main challenges for the future... - Source characterization and spatio-temporal evolution of the metal pollution in the sediments of the Basque estuaries (Bay of Biscay)Irati Legorburu
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z g, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 66:25-38. 2013..Spatial evolution is determined by either naturally occurring or human driven processes. Such spatial processes are more obviously being reflected in estuaries with lower historical sediment pollution levels... - Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystemsAngel Borja
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s n, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 62:499-513. 2011..Moreover, these results have management implications, regarding the dangers of misclassification, uncertainty in the assessment, use of conflicting indices, and testing and validation of indices... - Imposex and butyltin body burden in Nassarius nitidus (Jeffreys, 1867), in coastal waters within the Basque Country (northern Spain)J Germán Rodríguez
AZTI Tecnalia, Herrera Kaia Portualdea z g, Pasaia, Spain
Sci Total Environ 407:4333-9. 2009..Since N. nitidus has a restricted habitat distribution due to its low presence in wave-exposed habitats, its complementary use with other species is recommended for its use in TBT monitoring programmes... - Using EUNIS habitat classification for benthic mapping in European seas: present concerns and future needsIbon Galparsoro
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z g, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 64:2630-8. 2012.... - Maximum likelihood mixture estimation to determine metal background values in estuarine and coastal sediments within the European Water Framework DirectiveJ G Rodriguez
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Portualdea, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Sci Total Environ 370:278-93. 2006.... - Assessing reference conditions and physico-chemical status according to the European Water Framework Directive: a case-study from the Basque Country (Northern Spain)J Bald
AZTI Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, 20110 Pasajes, Spain
Mar Pollut Bull 50:1508-22. 2005.... - Dissolved metal background levels in marine waters, for the assessment of the physico-chemical status, within the European Water Framework DirectiveI Tueros
AZTI Tecnalia Foundation Marine Research Division Herrera Kaia, Portualdea, s n 20110 Pasaia, Spain
Sci Total Environ 407:40-52. 2008.... - What does 'good ecological potential' mean, within the European Water Framework Directive?Angel Borja
Mar Pollut Bull 54:1559-64. 2007..Finally, this contribution gives some guidance on how establish GEP, using as example a harbour within the North East Atlantic... - Using M-AMBI in assessing benthic quality within the Water Framework Directive: some remarks and recommendationsAngel Borja
Mar Pollut Bull 56:1377-9. 2008