Indicators for the Sea-floor Integrity of the Hellenic Seas under the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive: establishing the thresholds and standards for Good Environmental Status

A data set of 625 samples of benthic macroinvertebrates collected from the Hellenic Seas (Ionian and Aegean) was used to establish thresholds and reference standards for two of the indicators addressing the descriptors of Sea-floor Integrity under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD): spec...

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Main Authors: N. SIMBOURA, A. ZENETOS, M.A. PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU, S. REIZOPOULOU, N. STREFTARIS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research 2012-06-01
Series:Mediterranean Marine Science
Online Access:https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12004