Ecological threshold responses in European lakes and their applicability for the Water Framework Directive (WFD) implementation: Synthesis of lakes results from the REBECCA project

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-334

  Lyche Solheim, Anne ^a,b   Rekolainen, Seppo ^c   Moe, S Jannicke ^a   Carvalho, Laurence ^d   Phillips, Geoff ^e   Ptacnik, Robert ^a   Penning, W Ellis ^f,g   Toth, Laszlo G ^h   O'Toole, Constance ⁱ   Schartau, Ann Kristin L ^j   Hesthagen, Trygve ^k  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^g NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^h BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

ⁱ TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

Acidification; Dose response curves; Ecological status; Eutrophication; Intercalibration; Non linearity; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 71349086866     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-008-9188-5     Document Type: Article

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