Implementation of the Water Framework Directive: Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives for an Ecologically Meaningful Classification Based on Phytoplankton of the Status of Greek Lakes, Mediterranean Region
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DOI: 10.1007/s00267-019-01226-y
Abstract: The enactment of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) initiated scientific efforts to develop reliable methods for comparing prevailing lake conditions against reference (or nonimpaired) states, using the state of a set biological elements. Drawing a… read more here.
Keywords: implementation; water; water framework; framework directive ... See more keywords
Incorporating Ecosystem Services in the Assessment of Water Framework Directive Programmes of Measures
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DOI: 10.1007/s00267-021-01478-7
Abstract: The EU Water Framework Directive requires the development of management responses aimed towards improving water quality as a result of improving ecosystem health (system state). Ecosystems have potential to supply a range of services that… read more here.
Keywords: water; framework directive; ecosystem services; water framework ... See more keywords
Defining ecological status of phytobenthos in very large rivers: a case study in practical implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Romania
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DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3824-4
Abstract: Establishing ecological assessment schemes is challenging when gradients are short and there are no sites with minimal anthropogenic alteration against which metrics can be calibrated. This is the situation for large rivers in Romania and… read more here.
Keywords: status; water framework; phytobenthos; large rivers ... See more keywords
Assessment level and time scales of biodiversity indicators in the scope of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive – A case study for the NE Atlantic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.05.067
Abstract: Abstract European Union Member States have made an unprecedent effort to implement the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). However, the coherent assessment of Europe’s marine waters and Good Environmental Status by 2020 has not yet… read more here.
Keywords: framework directive; strategy framework; level time; level ... See more keywords
The achievement of Water Framework Directive goals through the restoration of vegetation in agricultural canals.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113016
Abstract: Decreasing nitrate concentrations is one of the most relevant Water Framework Directive (WFD) goals, which today is still unreached in several European countries. Vegetated canals have been recognized as effective filters to mitigate nitrate pollution,… read more here.
Keywords: water; water framework; vegetation; agricultural canals ... See more keywords
Plankton as prevailing conditions: A surveillance role for plankton indicators within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.12.021
Abstract: Abstract The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) uses an indicator-based approach for ecosystem assessment; indicators of the state of ecosystem components ('state indicators') are used to determine whether, or not, these ecosystem components are at… read more here.
Keywords: state; marine strategy; plankton; strategy framework ... See more keywords
INSPIRE: Support for and requirement of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.02.020
Abstract: Abstract This paper documents how to apply INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC principles for efficient implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC (MSFD). It provides an overview of the different INSPIRE components, explains the relationship between… read more here.
Keywords: marine; marine strategy; strategy framework; framework directive ... See more keywords
Promoting zebrafish embryo tool to identify the effects of chemicals in the context of Water Framework Directive monitoring and assessment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2019.104035
Abstract: Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) addresses the European Union Member States to achieve a good status of all water bodies. The WFD measures have allowed to reduce and eliminate the discharges, releases, and emissions… read more here.
Keywords: framework directive; water; monitoring; water framework ... See more keywords
Three reasons why the Water Framework Directive (WFD) fails to identify pesticide risks.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117848
Abstract: The Water Framework Directive (WFD) demands that good status is to be achieved for all European water bodies. While governmental monitoring under the WFD mostly concludes a good status with regard to pesticide pollution, numerous… read more here.
Keywords: water; pesticide; water framework; framework directive ... See more keywords
The future of fish‐based ecological assessment of European rivers: from traditional EU Water Framework Directive compliant methods to eDNA metabarcoding‐based approaches
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DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14176
Abstract: Abstract Most of the present EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) compliant fish‐based assessment methods of European rivers are multi‐metric indices computed from traditional electrofishing (TEF) samples, but this method has known shortcomings, especially in large… read more here.
Keywords: water framework; compliant; ecological assessment; framework directive ... See more keywords
Ecological classification of artificial reservoirs in Polish lowlands according to water framework directive requirements
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DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/64306
Abstract: With the adoption of the Water Framework Directive, monitoring of surface waters has undergone a reform process. It introduced a new approach to the assessment of surface waters based on biological elements. In the case… read more here.
Keywords: ecological classification; water; framework directive; water framework ... See more keywords