Ecological status of rivers and streams in Saxony (Germany) according to the water framework directive and prospects of improvement

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 887-904

  Spänhoff, Bernd ^a   Dimmer, Roland ^a   Friese, Holm ^a   Harnapp, Steve ^a   Herbst, Frank ^a   Jenemann, Kerstin ^a   Mickel, Antje ^a   Rohde, Sylvia ^a   Schönherr, Michaela ^a   Ziegler, Katrin ^a   Kuhn, Karin ^a   Müller, Uwe ^a  

^a Saxon State Office for Environment Agriculture and Geology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pressures; Ecological status; Environmental objectives; Impact assessment; Non specific pollutants; Specific synthetic pollutants; Streams

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; NON-SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS; SPECIFIC SYNTHETIC POLLUTANTS; STREAMS;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; EUROPEAN UNION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOBENTHOS; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; STREAM; SURFACE WATER;

GERMANY; SAXONY;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878705947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w4040887     Document Type: Article

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