Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: an almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive
According to the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the status of European surface waters is
assessed using aquatic organism groups. Here we present an overview of 297 assessment …
assessed using aquatic organism groups. Here we present an overview of 297 assessment …
[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 …
force the evaluation of freshwater ecosystems in Europe, including a new paradigm of …
Biomonitoring of human impacts in freshwater ecosystems: the good, the bad and the ugly
It is critical that the impacts of environmental stressors on natural systems are detected,
monitored and assessed accurately in order to legislate effectively and to protect and restore …
monitored and assessed accurately in order to legislate effectively and to protect and restore …
Overview and application of the AQEM assessment system
The main objective of the European Union (EU) funded project AQEM 1 was to develop a
framework of an assessment system for streams in Europe based on benthic …
framework of an assessment system for streams in Europe based on benthic …
The reference condition: predicting benchmarks for ecological and water-quality assessments
Benchmarks provide context and are a critical element of all ecological assessments. Over
the last 25 y, hundreds of papers have been published on various aspects of ecological …
the last 25 y, hundreds of papers have been published on various aspects of ecological …
The impact of hydromorphological restoration on river ecological status: a comparison of fish, benthic invertebrates, and macrophytes
Abstract The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) has led to an increase in
hydromorphological restoration attempts in European rivers, but data on the ecological …
hydromorphological restoration attempts in European rivers, but data on the ecological …
River restoration success: a question of perception
What defines success and failure of river restoration measures is a strongly debated topic in
restoration science, but standardized approaches to evaluate either are still not available …
restoration science, but standardized approaches to evaluate either are still not available …
Does isolation influence the relative role of environmental and dispersal‐related processes in stream networks? An empirical test of the network position hypothesis …
Quantifying the relative importance of how local (environmental or niche‐based) and
regional (dispersal‐related or spatial) processes regulate the assembly of communities has …
regional (dispersal‐related or spatial) processes regulate the assembly of communities has …
A new method for assessing the impact of hydromorphological degradation on the macroinvertebrate fauna of five German stream types
We developed a new Multimetric Index for stream assessment, which is mainly focussed on
the impact of hydromorphological degradation on the macroinvertebrate fauna. The index …
the impact of hydromorphological degradation on the macroinvertebrate fauna. The index …
A comparative analysis of restoration measures and their effects on hydromorphology and benthic invertebrates in 26 central and southern European rivers
Hydromorphological river restoration usually leads to habitat diversification, but the effects
on benthic invertebrates, which are frequently used to assess river ecological status, are …
on benthic invertebrates, which are frequently used to assess river ecological status, are …