title: A review of strategies to monitor water and sediment quality for a sustainability assessment of marine environment.
abstract: The basic aim of this work is (1) to review and present practically operational requirements for a sustainability assessment of marine environment, such as describing the monitoring process, research approaches, objectives, guidelines, and indicators and (2) to illustrate how physico-chemical and biological indicators can be practically applied, to assess water and sediment quality in marine and coastal environment. These indicators should meet defined criteria for practical usefulness, e.g. they should be simple to understand and apply to managers and scientists with different educational backgrounds. This review aimed to encapsulate that variability, recognizing that meaningful guidance should be flexible enough to accommodate the widely differing characteristics of marine ecosystems.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, belintavakoli332@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Seyedeh Belin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tavakoly Sany
authors.forename: Rosli
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezayi
authors.forename: Aishah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salleh
authors.forename: Omid
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Safari
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical