Pressures at larger spatial scales strongly influence the ecological status of heavily modified river water bodies in Germany

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-50

  Kail, Jochem ^a   Wolter, Christian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU Water Framework Directive; Fish; Heavily Modified Water Bodies; Macroinvertebrates; Rehabilitation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; CATCHMENT SCALE; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EU-WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; HEAVILY MODIFIED WATER BODY; MACROINVERTEBRATES;

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FISH; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND USE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; POLLUTION; RESTORATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER;

BIOTA; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; FISH; GERMANY; HEAVILY MODIFIED WATER BODIES; HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL PRESSURE; LAND USE; MICROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GERMANY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GERMANY;

EID: 84875790680     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.096     Document Type: Article

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