Palaeolimnological assessment of the reference conditions and ecological status of lakes in Estonia - implications for the European Union Water Framework Directive
The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires an assessment of reference conditions for lakes, i.e. the conditions expected with only minimal human impact on water bodies. Limnological monitoring records seldom go back more than a few decades and so rarely document the onset of human i...
Main Authors: | Heinsalu, Atko, Alliksaar, Tiiu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Estonian Academy Publishers
2009-12-01
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Series: | Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://eap.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2009/issue_4/earth-2009-4-334-341.pdf |
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