Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine
Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine
Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM ON MARINE VEGETATION (ATHENS, 12-13 DECEMBER 2003)<br />
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CONCLUSION<br />
<strong>Marine</strong> benthic macrophytes have been successfully used as bioindicators <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
eutrophicati<strong>on</strong> in Eastern Maced<strong>on</strong>ian & Thrace lago<strong>on</strong>s. They provide readable signal<br />
with analyses based <strong>on</strong> functi<strong>on</strong>al group compositi<strong>on</strong> providing powerful support to<br />
traditi<strong>on</strong>al species-level analyses. Although this paper is dealing specifically with<br />
eutrophicati<strong>on</strong>, it is clear that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> benthic macrophytes as bioindicators has<br />
widespread applicability in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> m<strong>on</strong>itoring <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> water quality. A cost-effective m<strong>on</strong>itoring<br />
system to cover <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> demands <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> WFD could include summer destructive samplings,<br />
functi<strong>on</strong>al-form classificati<strong>on</strong>, and use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> EEI.<br />
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