Validation of the Macrophyte Quality Index (MaQI) set up to assess the ecological status of Italian marine transitional environments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 617, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-141

  Sfriso, Adriano ^a   Facca, Chiara ^a   Ghetti, Pier Francesco ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological indices; Environmental quality; Macrophytes; Mediterranean Sea eco region; Transitional environments; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ECOLOGY; FISH; HYDROCARBONS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NUTRIENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL INDICES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MACROPHYTES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA ECO-REGION; TRANSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MACROPHYTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

CHLOROPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 57649228429     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9540-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (51)

1. R Arévalo S Pinedo E Ballesteros 2007 Changes in the composition and structure of Mediterranean rocky-shore communities following a gradient of nutrient enrichment: descriptive study and test of proposed methods to assess water quality regarding macroalgae Marine Pollution Bulletin 55 104 113
2. E Argese E Ramieri C Bettiol A Sfriso B Pavoni E Chiozzotto 1997 Pollutant exchange at the water/sediment interface in the Venice canals. Water, Air & Soil Pollution 9 255 263
3. E Ballesteros X Torras S Pinedo M García L Mangialajo M de Torres 2007 A new methodology based on littoral community cartography dominated by macroalgae for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive Marine Pollution Bulletin 55 172 180
4. A Borja 2005 The European Water Framework Directive: a challenge for nearshore, coastal and continental shelf research Continental Shelf Research 25 1768 1783
5. A Borja J Franco V Pérez 2000 A marine biotic index to establish the ecological quality of soft-bottom benthos within European estuarine and coastal environments Marine Pollution Bulletin 12 1100 1114
6. A Borja I Muxika J Franco 2003 The application of a Marine Biotic Index to different impact sources affecting soft-bottom benthic communities along European coasts Marine Pollution Bulletin 46 835 845
7. A Borja J Franco V Valencia J Bald I Muxika MJ Belzunce O Solaun 2004 Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive from the Basque country (northern Spain): a methodological approach Marine Pollution Bulletin 48 209 218
8. A Borja I Galparsoro O Solaun I Musika EM Tello A Uriarte V Valencia 2006 The European Water Framework Directive and the DPSIR, a methodological approach to assess the risk of failing to achieve good ecological status Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 66 84 96
9. A Borja AB Josefson A Miles I Musika F Olsgard G Phillips JG Rodriguez B Rygg 2007 An Approach to the intercalibration of benthic ecological status assessment in the North Atlantic ecoregion, according to the European Water Framework Directive Marine Pollution Bulletin 55 42 52
10. Buia, M. C., M. C. Gambi & M. Dappiano, 2003. Capitolo 5: seagrass systems. In Gambi, M. C. & M. Dappiano (eds), Handbook of Sampling Procedures and Benthic Study of the Mediterranean Sea (in Italian). Biologia Marina Mediterranea, SIBM, Genova: 145-198.
11. CANOCO 4.5, 2002. CANOCO version 4.5 for WINDOWS. Software for Canonical Community Ordination. Distributed by SCIENTIA Publishing, Budapest.
12. G Casazza C Silvestri E Spada 2003 Classification of coastal waters according to the new Italian Water legislation and comparison with the European Water Directive Journal Coastal Conservation 9 65 72
13. Casazza, G., C. Silvestri & E. Spada, 2003b. Implementation of the Water Framework Directive for coastal waters in the Mediterranean ecoregion. In Ozhan, E. (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Mediterranean Coastal Environment (MEDCOAST 03), 2: 1157-1168.
14. G Casazza C Lopez y Royo C Sivestri 2004 Implementation of the 2000/60/EC directive, for coastal waters, in the Mediterranean ecoregion. The importance of biological elements and an ecoregional co-shared application (in Italian) Biologia Marina Mediterranea 11 1 12 24
15. Dorigo, L., 1965. La laguna di Grado e le sue foci. Ricerche e rilievi idrografici. Magistrato alle Acque, Ufficio Idrografico, Venezia.
16. G Furnari M Cormaci D Serio 1999 Catalogue of the benthic marine macroalgae of the Italian coast of the Adriatic Sea Bocconea 12 5 214
17. G Furnari G Giaccone M Cormaci G Alongi D Serio 2003 Marine biodiversity of the Italian coasts: macrophytobenthos catalogue (in Italian) Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10 1 484
18. Giovanardi, F. & E. Tromellini, 1992. Statistical assessment of trophic conditions. Application of the OECD Methodology to the Marine Environment. Proceedings of the International Conference on Marine Coastal Eutrophication. Science of the Total Environment Suppl. 1992: 211-233.
19. Guiry, M. D. & G. M. Guiry, 2007. AlgaeBase version 4.2. World-Wide Electronic Publication, National University of Ireland, Galway [ http://www.algaebase.org ; searched on 21 February 2007].
20. ICRAM, 2007. Protocols for the sampling and the assessment of the transitional water biological and physico-chemical quality in the framework of the monitoring plans ex 2000/60/CE (in Italian). EL-PR-TW-Protocolli Monitoraggio-03.01. 31 pp.
21. L Ignatides M Karydis P Vounatsou 1992 A possible method for evaluating oligotrophy and eutrophication based on nutrient concentration scales Marine Pollution Bulletin 24 238 243
22. Innamorati, M. & F. Giovanardi, 1992. Interrelationship between phytoplankton biomass and nutrients in the eutrophied areas of the North-western Adriatic Sea. Proceedings of the International Conference on Marine Coastal Eutrophication. Science of the Total Environment Suppl. 1992: 235.
23. R Marocco 1995 Sediment distribution and dispersal in northern Adriatic lagoons (Marano and Grado paralic system) Geologia 57 77 89
24. P Morand A Briand 1996 Excessive growth of macroalgae: a symptom of environmental disturbance Botanica Marina 39 491 516
25. S Orfanidis P Panayotidis N Stamatis 2001 Ecological evaluation of transitional and coastal waters: a marine benthic macrophytes-based model Mediterranean Marine Sciences 2 2 45 65
26. S Orfanidis P Panayotidis N Stamatis 2003 An insight to the ecological evaluation index (EEI) Ecological Indicators 3 27 33
27. Panayotidis, P., B. Montesanto & S. Orfanidis, 2004. Use of low-budget monitoring of macroalgae to implement the European Water Framework Directive. Journal of Applied Phycology, 16: 49-59.
28. S Pinedo M García MP Satta M de Torres E Ballesteros 2007 Rocky-shore communities as indicators of water quality: a case study in the Northwestern Mediterranean Marine Pollution Bulletin 55 126 135
29. Schramm, W. & P. N. Nienhuis, 1996. Marine Benthic Vegetation, Ecological Studies. Heidelberg, Springer Verlag: 470 pp.
30. T Secco F Pellizzato A Sfriso B Pavoni 2005 The changing state of contamination in the lagoon of Venice. Part 1. Organic pollutants Chemosphere 58 279 290
31. Sfriso, A., 2000. Eutrophication and pollution in waters and sediments in the central part of the Venice lagoon (in Italian). In: MAV, CVN (eds), New Intervention for the Environmental Venice Safety, Vol. 3. Venice.
32. Sfriso, A., 2005. New trophic state and ecological integrity descriptors of coastal marine and transitional environments (NITIDA). MIUR Project (in Italian) 2003 Final Report.
33. Sfriso, A., 2007. Composition, dynamic and characteristics of biological communities dominated by macrophytes or phytoplankton in the lagoon of Venice: growth and primary production of Nanozostera noltii (Hornemann) Tomlinson et Posluzny (in Italian). CoRiLa 2004-2007 Project, Linea 3.12. Final Report.
34. A Sfriso D Curiel 2007 Check-list of marine seaweeds recorded in the last 20 years in the Venice lagoon and comparison with the previous records Botanica Marina 50 22 58
35. A Sfriso C Facca 2007 Distribution and production of macrophytes in the lagoon of Venice. Comparison of actual and past abundance Hydrobiologia 577 71 85
36. A Sfriso B La Rocca 2005 Seaweed updating in the littoral and shallow bottoms of the Venice lagoon (in Italian) Lavori-Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 30 45 58
37. A Sfriso A Marcomini B Pavoni 1987 Relationship between macroalgal biomass and nutrient concentrations in a hypertrophic area of the Venice lagoon Marine Environmental Research 22 297 312
38. A Sfriso B La Rocca E Godini 2002 Seaweed list in three areas of the Venice lagoon characterized by different trophic levels (in Italian) Lavori-Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 27 85 99
39. A Sfriso C Facca A Marcomini 2005 Sedimentation fluxes and erosion processes in the lagoon of Venice Environment International 31 983 992
40. A Sfriso C Facca S Ceoldo A Marcomini 2005 Recording the occurrence of trophic level changes in the lagoon of Venice over the '90s Environment International 31 993 1001
41. A Sfriso C Facca PF Ghetti 2006 Seaweeds and environmental variables to assess the ecological quality of transitional marine environments (in Italian) Biologia Marina Mediterranea 13 434 445
42. Sfriso, A., C. Facca, B. La Rocca & P. F. Ghetti, 2006b. Set up of environmental quality indices based on seaweed taxonomic ratios for the assessment of transition marine areas: Venice, Lesina and Goro study cases. In APAT, Transition Waters Monitoring (ed.), Research and Institutional Monitoring. Comparison Between Different Experiences (in Italian), Venice: 190-201.
43. A Sfriso C Facca PF Ghetti 2007 Rapid Quality Index (R-MaQI), based mainly on macrophytes associations, to assess the ecological status of Mediterranean transitional environments Chemistry and Ecology 23 493 503
44. N Simboura 2004 Bentix index vs Biotix Index in monitoring: an answer to Borja et al., 2003 Marine Pollution Bulletin 48 3-4 403 404
45. N Simboura A Zenetos 2002 Benthic indicators to use in Ecologically Quality classification of Mediterranean soft bottom marine ecosystem, including a new biotic index Mediterranean Marine Science 3 2 77 112
46. N Simboura P Panayotidis E Papathanassiou 2005 A synthesis of the Biological Quality Elements for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive in the Mediterranean Ecoregion: the case of Saronikos Gulf Ecological Indicators 5 253 266
47. STATISTICA 7.1, 2006. STATISTICA version 7.1 for WINDOWS. Software for Data Analyses. Distributed by StatSoft Customer Service Department, Tulsa OK.
48. Ter Braak, C. J. F. & P. Smilauer, 1998. CANOCO version 4 for WINDOWS. Software for Canonical Community Ordination. Distributed by SCIENTIA Publishing, Budapest.
49. RA Wollenweider F Giovanardi G Montanari A Rinaldi 1998 Characterisation of the trophic conditions of marine coastal waters with special reference to the NW Adriatic Sea: proposal of a trophic scale, turbidity and generalised water quality index Environmetrics 9 329 357
50. Zonta, R., M. Botter, F. Collvini, F. Costa, L. Zaggia & M. Scattolin, 2006a. Microinquinanti inorganici nei sedimenti dei canali di Venezia. In Guerzoni S. & D. Tagliapietra (eds), Atlante della laguna di Venezia tra terra e mare. Forpress, Marsilio Editori S. p. A., Padova: 164-165.
51. Zonta, R., M. Botter, F. Collvini, F. Costa, L. Zaggia & M. Scattolin, 2006b. Microinquinanti organici nei sedimenti dei canali di Venezia. In Guerzoni S. & D. Tagliapietra (eds), Atlante della laguna di Venezia tra terra e mare. Forpress, Marsilio Editori S. p. A., Padova: 166-167.