The validation of common European class boundaries for river benthic macroinvertebrates to facilitate the intercalibration process of the Water Framework Directive

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 633, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-31

  Erba, Stefania ^a   Furse, Mike T ^b   Balestrini, Raffaella ^a   Christodoulides, Andreas ^c   Ofenböck, Thomas ^d   van de Bund, Wouter ^e   Wasson, Jean Gabriel ^f   Buffagni, Andrea ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Water Development Department   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Class boundaries; Common intercalibration metrics; Reference condition; River; WFD

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; BENCHMARK DATA; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLASS BOUNDARY; CLASSIFICATION TASKS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMMON UNDERSTANDING; DATA SETS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN LEVELS; IN-LINE; INTERCALIBRATION; MEMBER STATE; NATIONAL ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE CONDITION; REFERENCE SITES; RIVER TYPES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATERBODIES;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; WATER CONSERVATION;

RIVERS;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REGULATORY APPROACH; RIVER SYSTEM; ZOOBENTHOS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 71349085681     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9873-y     Document Type: Article

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