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View article: The global role of bioassessment in policy delivery and decision-making for inland waters
The global role of bioassessment in policy delivery and decision-making for inland waters Open
Bioassessment is necessary to guide the management of freshwater ecosystems and promote sustainable water use. However, many countries either do not have nationally-approved bioassessment systems, or their bioassessment results are not use…
View article: Comparison of eutrophication assessment for the Nitrates and Water Framework Directives: Impacts and opportunities for streamlined approaches
Comparison of eutrophication assessment for the Nitrates and Water Framework Directives: Impacts and opportunities for streamlined approaches Open
View article: Charting a course for freshwater biomonitoring: The grand challenges identified by the global scientific community
Charting a course for freshwater biomonitoring: The grand challenges identified by the global scientific community Open
View article: The overlooked conservation value and ecosystem services of saline lakes
The overlooked conservation value and ecosystem services of saline lakes Open
Saline lakes are hypersensitive to changes in their water balance and therefore show amplified responses to climatic and land-use changes in their catchment. However, despite the resulting, often dramatic ecological consequences, saline la…
View article: The Global Role of Bioassessment in Policy Delivery and Decision-Making for Inland Waters
The Global Role of Bioassessment in Policy Delivery and Decision-Making for Inland Waters Open
View article: Multimodel and Multiconstituent Scenario Construction for Future Water Quality
Multimodel and Multiconstituent Scenario Construction for Future Water Quality Open
Freshwater pollution is, together with climate change, one of today's most severe and pervasive threats to the global environment. Comprehensive and spatially explicit scenarios covering a wide range of constituents for freshwater quality …
View article: Climate change and ecological assessment in Europe under the WFD – Hitting moving targets with shifting baselines?
Climate change and ecological assessment in Europe under the WFD – Hitting moving targets with shifting baselines? Open
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) sets the fundamental structure for assessing the status of water bodies in the European Union. Its implementation is currently entering its fourth six-year cycle assisted by a total of 38 guidance docume…
View article: Towards harmonized standards for freshwater biodiversity monitoring and biological assessment using benthic macroinvertebrates
Towards harmonized standards for freshwater biodiversity monitoring and biological assessment using benthic macroinvertebrates Open
Monitoring programs at sub-national and national scales lack coordination, harmonization, and systematic review and analysis at continental and global scales, and thus fail to adequately assess and evaluate drivers of biodiversity and ecos…
View article: A global assessment of lake restoration in practice: New insights and future perspectives
A global assessment of lake restoration in practice: New insights and future perspectives Open
View article: Setting nutrient boundaries to protect aquatic communities: The importance of comparing observed and predicted classifications using measures derived from a confusion matrix
Setting nutrient boundaries to protect aquatic communities: The importance of comparing observed and predicted classifications using measures derived from a confusion matrix Open
Defining nutrient thresholds that protect and support the ecological integrity of aquatic ecosystems is a fundamental step in maintaining their natural biodiversity and preserving their resilience. With increasing catchment pressures and c…
View article: Embedding Lakes into the Global Sustainability Agenda
Embedding Lakes into the Global Sustainability Agenda Open
Recommended Citation: WWQA Ecosystems, 2023. White Paper – Embedding Lakes into the Global Sustainability Agenda. Published by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme coordinated World Water …
View article: Embedding Lakes into the Global Sustainability Agenda
Embedding Lakes into the Global Sustainability Agenda Open
This White Paper has been prepared by the World Water Quality Alliance (WWQA) Ecosystems Workstream as a contribution to the work of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in their implementation of United Nations Environment Asse…
View article: The World Water Quality Alliance
The World Water Quality Alliance Open
Lürling M Spears B, Katsanou K, Irvine K, Kelly M, Poikane S, Carvalho L, Elelman R, Njuguna WG, Salyani A, Stuart Warner S, Raas…
View article: A strategy for successful integration of DNA-based methods in aquatic monitoring
A strategy for successful integration of DNA-based methods in aquatic monitoring Open
Recent advances in molecular biomonitoring open new horizons for aquatic ecosystem assessment. Rapid and cost-effective methods based on organismal DNA or environmental DNA (eDNA) now offer the opportunity to produce inventories of indicat…
View article: Estimating nutrient thresholds for eutrophication management: Novel insights from understudied lake types
Estimating nutrient thresholds for eutrophication management: Novel insights from understudied lake types Open
Nutrient targets based on pressure-response models are essential for defining ambitions and managing eutrophication. However, the scale of biogeographical variation in these pressure-response relationships is poorly understood, which may h…
View article: Lake Hydromorphological Assessment and Monitoring Methodologies -European survey
Lake Hydromorphological Assessment and Monitoring Methodologies -European survey Open
EUR 31029 EN This publication is a Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The…
View article: River and lake nutrient targets that support ecological status: European scale gap analysis and strategies for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive
River and lake nutrient targets that support ecological status: European scale gap analysis and strategies for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive Open
View article: Assessing the Ecological Status of European Rivers and Lakes Using Benthic Invertebrate Communities: A Practical Catalogue of Metrics and Methods
Assessing the Ecological Status of European Rivers and Lakes Using Benthic Invertebrate Communities: A Practical Catalogue of Metrics and Methods Open
The Water Framework Directive requires that the ecological status of surface waters be monitored and managed if necessary. A central function in ecological status assessment has the Biological Quality Elements—organisms inhabiting surface …
View article: How to Assess the Ecological Status of Highly Humic Lakes? Development of a New Method Based on Benthic Invertebrates
How to Assess the Ecological Status of Highly Humic Lakes? Development of a New Method Based on Benthic Invertebrates Open
Highly humic lakes are typical for the boreal zone. These unique ecosystems are characterised as relatively undisturbed habitats with brown water, high acidity, low nutrient content and lack of macrophytes. Current lake assessment methods …
View article: Latvijas ūdeņu vides pētījumi un aizsardzība : Latvijas Universitātes 79. starptautiskā zinātniskā konference, Bioloģijas sekcija : referātu tēžu krājums
Latvijas ūdeņu vides pētījumi un aizsardzība : Latvijas Universitātes 79. starptautiskā zinātniskā konference, Bioloģijas sekcija : referātu tēžu krājums Open
Evita Strode un Ieva Bārda LHEI "Rīgas līča ekoloģiskā stāvokļa novērtējums izmantojot
View article: Estimating river nutrient concentrations consistent with good ecological condition: More stringent nutrient thresholds needed
Estimating river nutrient concentrations consistent with good ecological condition: More stringent nutrient thresholds needed Open
View article: Benthic algae assessments in the EU and the US: Striving for consistency in the face of great ecological diversity
Benthic algae assessments in the EU and the US: Striving for consistency in the face of great ecological diversity Open
View article: European aquatic ecological assessment methods: A critical review of their sensitivity to key pressures
European aquatic ecological assessment methods: A critical review of their sensitivity to key pressures Open
The European Union has embarked on a policy which aims to achieve good ecological status in all surface waters (i.e. rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters). In theory, ecological status assessment methods should address the effect…
View article: Characteristics, Main Impacts, and Stewardship of Natural and Artificial Freshwater Environments: Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation
Characteristics, Main Impacts, and Stewardship of Natural and Artificial Freshwater Environments: Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation Open
In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify the main biodiversity patterns and ecological …
View article: Assessing the ecological effects of hydromorphological pressures on European lakes
Assessing the ecological effects of hydromorphological pressures on European lakes Open
In European countries, hydromorphological (HyMo) pressures are the second most commonly occurring types of pressures on aquatic ecosystems (after eutrophication). HyMo pressures (i.e., man-made alterations to the hydrology and morphometry …
View article: Satellite-assisted monitoring of water quality to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive
Satellite-assisted monitoring of water quality to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive Open
[White paper] Water quality metrics derived from satellite observation can complement conventional water sampling, particularly to achieve much improved spatial and temporal coverage of medium (several square kilometres) and larger waterbo…
View article: A new broad typology for rivers and lakes in Europe: Development and application for large-scale environmental assessments
A new broad typology for rivers and lakes in Europe: Development and application for large-scale environmental assessments Open
View article: Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook
Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook Open
The aim of European water policy is to achieve good ecological status in all rivers, lakes, coastal and transitional waters by 2027. Currently, more than half of water bodies are in a degraded condition and nutrient enrichment is one of th…
View article: Establishing nutrient thresholds in the face of uncertainty and multiple stressors: A comparison of approaches using simulated datasets
Establishing nutrient thresholds in the face of uncertainty and multiple stressors: A comparison of approaches using simulated datasets Open
View article: A Novel Approach for Deriving Nutrient Criteria to Support Good Ecological Status: Application to Coastal and Transitional Waters and Indications for Use
A Novel Approach for Deriving Nutrient Criteria to Support Good Ecological Status: Application to Coastal and Transitional Waters and Indications for Use Open
A huge variability exists in nutrient concentrations boundaries set for the Water (WFD) and the Marine Strategy (MSFD) Framework Directives, as revealed by a survey to EU Member States. Such wide variation poses challenges when checking po…