The European reference condition concept: A scientific and technical approach to identify minimally-impacted river ecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 420, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-42

  Pardo, Isabel ^a   Gómez Rodríguez, Carola ^a   Wasson, Jean Gabriel ^b   Owen, Roger ^c   van de Bund, Wouter ^d   Kelly, Martyn ^e   Bennett, Cathy ^c   Birk, Sebastian ^f   Buffagni, Andrea ^g   Erba, Stefania ^g   Mengin, Nicolas ^b   Murray Bligh, John ^h   Ofenböeck, Gisela ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Scottish Environment Protection Agency ^*

^c SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e Bowburn Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^g CNR IRSA   (Italy)

^h ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Institute for Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity   (Austria)

Author keywords

Europe; Invertebrates; Pressure criteria; Reference condition; Rivers; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DATA; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERT JUDGMENT; FIELD INSPECTION; INTERCALIBRATION; INVERTEBRATES; META ANALYSIS; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; POSTERIORI; REFERENCE CONDITION; REFERENCE SITES; REJECTION THRESHOLD; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; THRESHOLDS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATERBODIES;

LAND USE; RIVERS; SITE SELECTION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION;

DIAPHRAGMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; RIVER WATER; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE WATER; THRESHOLD; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; REFERENCE VALUES; RIVERS;

EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857651546     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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