@article{3005959,
    title = "Mussel farming in Maliakos Gulf and quality indicators of the marine environment: Good benthic below poor pelagic ecological status",
    author = "Dimitriou, P.D. and Karakassis, I. and Pitta, P. and Tsagaraki, T.M. and Apostolaki, E.T. and Magiopoulos, I. and Nikolioudakis, N. and Diliberto, S. and Theodorou, J.A. and Tzovenis, I. and Kagalou, I. and Beza, P. and Tsapakis, M.",
    journal = "Marine Pollution Bulletin",
    year = "2015",
    volume = "101",
    number = "2",
    pages = "784-793",
    publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
    issn = "0025-326X",
    doi = "10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.035",
    keywords = "Environmental regulations;  Molluscs;  Water conservation, Benthic habitats;  Ecological indicators;  Mussel farming;  Transitional environments;  Water columns, Ecology, benthos;  bioindicator;  environmental quality;  mussel culture;  pelagic environment;  water column, Article;  benthos;  concentration (parameters);  controlled study;  dilution;  environmental monitoring;  grazing;  macrofauna;  marine environment;  Mediterranean Sea;  Mytilus galloprovincialis;  nonhuman;  pelagic zone;  sediment;  water analysis;  animal;  aquaculture;  bivalve;  ecosystem;  environment;  procedures;  water quality, Aegean Sea;  Maliakos Gulf;  Mediterranean Sea, Animals;  Aquaculture;  Bivalvia;  Ecosystem;  Environment;  Environmental Monitoring;  Mediterranean Sea;  Water Quality",
    abstract = "Biological and geochemical variables in the water column and sediments were monitored along a transect of a mussel farm located in a transitional environment in Maliakos Gulf, a semi-enclosed gulf in eastern Mediterranean. Analyses of water, sediment and macrofauna samples were used to calculate ecological status indicators in the context of the European Water Framework Directive. The water column ecological status was "Poor" or "Bad" showing little change with distance from the farm, but the ecological status of the benthic communities was found to be "Good," although there were quantitative changes in macrofaunal indices with distance from the farm. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd."
}