Towards the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Mediterranean transitional waters: the use of macroinvertebrates as biological quality elements

Towards the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Mediterranean transitional waters: the use of macroinvertebrates as biological quality elements

During the last decade the Water Framework Directive (WFD) has driven scientific community endeavours towards the development of assessment tools to determine the Ecological Quality Status (EQS) for all surface waters, including transitional waters (TWs). Macroinvertebrates being used as Biological...

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Main Authors: David Cabana, Kalliopi Sigala, Artemis Nicolaidou, Sofia Reizopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-11-01
Series:Advances in Oceanography and Limnology
Subjects:
Water Framework Directive, Mediterranean coastal lagoon, transitional waters, assessment, macroinvertebrate indices, body size, biological traits, reference conditions, intercalibration
Online Access:http://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiol/article/view/5345

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