Assessment and recovery of European water bodies: Key messages from the WISER project

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Hering, Daniel ^a   Borja, Angel ^b   Carvalho, Laurence ^c   Feld, Christian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Lakes; Rivers; Transitional waters; Uncertainty; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYDROBIOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84872019517     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1438-9     Document Type: Review

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