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Ángel Borja
Researcher at King Abdulaziz University
Publications - 335
Citations - 24019
Ángel Borja is an academic researcher from King Abdulaziz University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Water Framework Directive & Benthic zone. The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 316 publications receiving 20302 citations. Previous affiliations of Ángel Borja include Ikerbasque.
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A Marine Biotic Index to Establish the Ecological Quality of Soft-Bottom Benthos Within European Estuarine and Coastal Environments
TL;DR: A validation of the proposed marine Biotic Index for soft-bottom benthos of European estuarine and coastal environments is made, showing that diAerent anthropogenic changes in the environment can be detected through the use of this BI.
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The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: A critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future
Daniel Hering,Ángel Borja,Jacob Carstensen,Laurence Carvalho,Michael Elliott,Christian K. Feld,Anna-Stiina Heiskanen,Richard K. Johnson,Jannicke Moe,Didier Pont,Anne Lyche Solheim,Wouter van de Bund +11 more
TL;DR: The successes and problems encountered with implementation of the WFD over the past 10 years are reviewed and recommendations to further improve the implementation process are provided.
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Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: An almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive
Sebastian Birk,Wendy Bonne,Ángel Borja,Sandra Brucet,Anne Courrat,Sandra Poikane,Angelo G. Solimini,Wouter van de Bund,Nikolaos Zampoukas,Daniel Hering +9 more
TL;DR: An overview of 297 assessment methods for the status of European surface waters is presented, based on a questionnaire survey addressing authorities in all countries implementing the WFD, and the strength of relationships differed significantly between organism groups and water categories.
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Using historical data, expert judgement and multivariate analysis in assessing reference conditions and benthic ecological status, according to the European Water Framework Directive.
TL;DR: In this contribution the use of the AMBI, richness and diversity, combined with the use, in a further development, of factor analysis together with discriminant analysis, is presented as an objective tool in assessing ecological quality status.
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Overview of integrative tools and methods in assessing ecological integrity in estuarine and coastal systems worldwide.
Ángel Borja,Suzanne B. Bricker,Daniel M. Dauer,Nicolette T. Demetriades,João G. Ferreira,Anthony T. Forbes,Pat Hutchings,Xiaoping Jia,Richard Kenchington,João Carlos Marques,Changbo Zhu +10 more
TL;DR: 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.