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Articles | Volume 44, issue 2
Articles | Volume 44, issue 2
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29 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 29 Aug 2025

Towards a more integrative approach for environmental decision-making in Brazilian transitional waters: improving biomonitoring surveys with a benthic foraminiferal biotic index

Vincent M. P. Bouchet, Silvia Helena de Mello e Sousa, Carla Bonetti, Leticia Burone, Pierre Belart, Wania Duleba, Fabio Francescangeli, Fabrizio Frontalini, Lazaro Laut, Débora S. Raposo, André R. Rodrigues, Sibelle Trevisan Disaró, Daniel Vicente Pupo, Fabrício Leandro Damasceno, Jean-Charles Pavard, and Maria Virgínia Alves Martins

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This study evaluates benthic foraminifera as indicators of environmental health in Brazil’s coastal waters and tests Foram-AMBI using a regional species list and criteria for ecological quality status (EcoQS). A total of 95 species were classified into five groups based on their response to total organic carbon. Data from Sepetiba Bay and Guanabara Bay validated these groups, showing that Foram-AMBI accurately reflects ecological conditions. The study highlights the importance of regional species lists for biomonitoring.
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