Nutrient load compensation as a means of maintaining the good ecological status of surface waters
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107108
Abstract: Abstract We examine how nutrient load compensation could help a firm expand its production when production is a source of nutrient loads, threatening the ecological status of a water body. We ask whether compensation is… read more here.
Keywords: status; ecological status; good ecological; load compensation ... See more keywords
Setting reference levels and limits for good ecological condition in terrestrial ecosystems – Insights from a case study based on the IBECA approach
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106492
Abstract: Abstract Effective evidence-based nature conservation and habitat management relies on developing and refining our methodological toolbox for detecting critical ecological changes at an early stage. This requires not only optimizing the use and integration of… read more here.
Keywords: good ecological; ecological condition; condition; reference levels ... See more keywords
A Novel Approach for Deriving Nutrient Criteria to Support Good Ecological Status: Application to Coastal and Transitional Waters and Indications for Use
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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00255
Abstract: 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… read more here.
Keywords: water; ecological status; coastal transitional; transitional waters ... See more keywords