Sewage discharges represent a very common source of anthropogenic impact in coastal areas, contributing to generate a high intake of organic matter with consequent reduction of oxygen in the water column and sediments. Among the coastal benthic communities,

DNA-based monitoring has the potential to provide high resolution biodiversity data from the marine environment at a fraction of the time and costs associated with morphology based monitoring. This report provides evidence from 3 sub pilots on the applicability

Marine aggregates have been intensively extracted in the North-East Atlantic over the past decades. This study aimed to assess the effect of sand extraction on benthic ecosystem functioning using a combination of biological traits and functional indices