Desarrollo de procedimientos aplicables a la evaluación del estado ecológico de las masas de agua costeras, sensu Directiva Marco del Agua
- Guinda Salsamendi, Xabier
- José Antonio Juanes de la Peña Director
- José Antonio Revilla Cortezón Director
Defence university: Universidad de Cantabria
Fecha de defensa: 26 May 2008
- César Álvarez Díaz Chair
- Araceli Puente Trueba Secretary
- Pilar García Manteca Committee member
- Ángel Borja Yerro Committee member
- Joáo Magalhaes Committee member
Type: Thesis
Abstract
In this PhD. Thesis, several procedures are developed to assess human influence on the status of the marine environment biotic (phytoplankton, macroalgae, benthic invertebrates) and abiotic (physicochemical quality of water) components. The purpose of these approaches is to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) regarding the ecological status assessment of coastal water bodies. In this sense, besides increasing the existing knowledge on the physicochemical and biological characteristics of the Cantabrian coastal water bodies, it provides an important contribution both from a scientific and a management point of view. One of the most outstanding contributions of this thesis is the development of the Quality of Rocky Bottoms Index (CFR) for the assessment of coastal macroalgae communities.