Agricultural water pollution: key knowledge gaps and research needs

AEV Evans, J Mateo-Sagasta, M Qadir, E Boelee… - Current opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•With intensification of agriculture, AWP will increase unless managed
effectively.•Better understanding is required to achieve this.•Accurate methods for …

An overview of the hydrology of non‐perennial rivers and streams

M Shanafield, SA Bourke, MA Zimmer… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐perennial rivers and streams are ubiquitous on our planet. Although several metrics
have been used to statistically group or compare streamflow characteristics, there is …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking ecosystem service indicators for their application to intermittent rivers

AV Pastor, O Tzoraki, D Bruno, T Kaletová… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In these times of strong pressure on aquatic ecosystems and water resources due to climate
change and water abstraction, intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES)(rivers that …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges to water quality assessment in Europe–Is there scope for improvement of the current Water Framework Directive bioassessment scheme in rivers?

JI Santos, T Vidal, FJM Gonçalves, BB Castro… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment scheme has been putting in
force the evaluation of freshwater ecosystems in Europe, including a new paradigm of …

Effects of anthropogenic pollution and hydrological variation on macroinvertebrates in Mediterranean rivers: A case-study in the upper Tagus river basin (Spain)

A Arenas-Sánchez, S Dolédec, M Vighi… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Seasonal hydrological variation and chemical pollution represent two main drivers of
freshwater biodiversity change in Mediterranean rivers. We investigated to what extent low …

Drought in intermittent river and ephemeral stream networks

R Sarremejane, ML Messager, T Datry - Ecohydrology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), those watercourses that periodically
cease to flow or dry, are the world's most widespread type of river ecosystem. Our …

[HTML][HTML] Personal care products reconnaissance in EVROTAS river (Greece): water-sediment partition and bioaccumulation in fish

MS Díaz-Cruz, D Molins-Delgado… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Twenty-six common ingredients of personal care products (PCPs) in water, sediment and
fish from the Evrotas River (Greece) were investigated. Water sample analysis revealed the …

Benthic diatoms in river biomonitoring—present and future perspectives within the water framework directive

A Masouras, I Karaouzas, E Dimitriou, G Tsirtsis… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The European Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) has been implemented over
the past 20 years, using physicochemical, biological and hydromorphological elements to …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple stressor effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in a Mediterranean temporary river

E Smeti, D von Schiller, I Karaouzas, S Laschou… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The hydrological and biological complexity of temporary rivers as well as their importance in
providing goods and services is increasingly recognized, as much as it is the vulnerability of …

A new framework proposal, towards a common EU agricultural policy, with the best sustainable practices for the re-use of olive mill wastewater

TM Koutsos, T Chatzistathis, EI Balampekou - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The disposal of olive mill wastewater (OMW) is a serious environmental issue for the
Mediterranean countries. However, there is still no common European legislation on the …