Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication: Building capacity to meet the challenges of the Water Framework Directive

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 519-523

  Kelly, Martyn ^a  

^a Bowburn Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Directive; Ecological status; Framework; Monitoring; Public participation; Water

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; DIRECTIVE; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MONITORING; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SPECIALIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885415803     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. J.D. Allen Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters 1995 Chapman & Hall London
2. P.D. Armitage, D. Moss, J.F. Wright, and M.T. Furse The performance of a new biological water quality score system based on macroinvertebrates over a wide range of unpolluted running-water sites Water Res. 17 1983 333 347
3. S. Birk, W. Bonne, A. Borja, S. Brucet, A. Courrat, S. Poikane, A. Solimini, W. van de Bund, N. Zampoukas, and D. Hering Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: an almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive Ecol. Indic. 18 2012 31 41
4. M.J. Bowes, J.T. Smith, J. Hilton, M.M. Sturt, and P.D. Armitage Periphyton biomass response to changing phosphorus concentrations in a nutrient-impacted river: a new methodology for phosphorus target setting Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 64 2007 227 238 (Pubitemid 46714647)
5. R.T. Clarke, M.T. Furse, R.J.M. Gunn, J.M. Winder, and J.F. Wright Sampling variation in macroinvertebrate data and implications for river quality indices Freshwater Biol. 47 2002 1735 1751 (Pubitemid 35021985)
6. DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) River Water Quality Indicator for Sustainable Development - 2009 Annual Results. Statistical release 2009 DEFRA London
7. D.M. DeNicola, and M.G. Kelly Role of periphyton in ecological assessment of lakes Freshwater Science 2014
8. L. De Stefano Facing the water framework directive challenges: a baseline of stakeholder participation in the European Union J. Environ. Manage. 91 2010 1332 1340
9. R.A. Dines, and J. Murray-Bligh Quality assurance and RIVPACS J.F. Wright, D.W. Sutcliffe, M.T. Furse, Assessing the Biological Quality of Freshwaters: RIVPACS and Other Techniques 2000 Freshwater Biological Association Ambleside 71 78
10. European Union Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 20000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy Off. J. Eur. Comm. Ser. L 327 2000 1 73
11. H.L. Goltermann, R.S. Clymo, and M.A.M. Ohnstad Methods for Physical and Chemical Analysis of Fresh Waters 2nd ed. International Biological Programme Handbook No. 8 1978 Blackwell Scientific Publications Oxford
12. P.J. Haase, J. Murray-Bligh, S. Lohse, A. Pauls, A. Sundermann, R. Gunn, and R. Clarke Assessing the impact of errors in sorting and identifying macroinvertebrate samples Hydrobiologia 566 2006 505 521 (Pubitemid 44078685)
13. D.M. Harper Eutrophication of Freshwaters 1992 Chapman and Hall London
14. H.A. Hawkes Origin and development of the Biological Monitoring Working Party score system Water Res. 32 1997 964 968 [Technical Note]
15. G.P. Harris, and A.L. Heathwaite Why is achieving good ecological outcomes in rivers so difficult? Freshwater Biology 57 Supplement 2012 91 107
16. S.A. Heppell, N.D. Denslow, L.C. Folmar, and C.V. Sullivan Universal assay of vitellogenin as a biomarker for environmental estrogens Environ. Health Perspect. 103 Supplement 7 1995 9 15
17. D. Hering, A. Borja, J. Carstensen, L. Carvalho, M. Elliott, C.K. Feld, A.-S. Heiskanen, R.K. Johnson, J. Moe, D. Pont, A.L. Solheim, and W. van de Bund The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: a critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future Sci. Total Environ. 408 2010 4007 4019
18. H.B.N. Hynes The Biology of Polluted Waters 1960 Liverpool University Press Liverpool
19. E. Jeppesen, M. Søndergaard, J.P. Jensen, K.E. Havens, O. Anneville, L. Carvalho, M.F. Coveney, R. Deneke, M.T. Dokulil, B. Foy, D. Gerdaux, S.E. Hampton, S. Hilt, K. Kangur, J. Köhler, E.H.H.R. Lammens, T.L. Lauridsen, M. Manca, M.R. Miracle, B. Moss, P. Nöges, G. Persson, G. Phillips, R. Portielje, S. Romo, C.L. Schelske, D. Straile, I. Tatrai, E. Willén, and M. Winder Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading - an analysis of contemporary long-term data from 35 case studies Freshwater Biol. 50 2005 1747 1771
20. S.J. Junier, and E. Mostert The implementation of the Water Framework Directive in The Netherlands: does it promote integrated management Phys. Chem. Earth 47/48 2012 2 10
21. M. Kahlert, R.-L. Albert, E.L. Antilla, R. Bengtsson, C. Bigler, T. Eskola, V. Gälman, S. Gottschalk, E. Herlitz, A. Jarlman, J. Kasperoviciene, M. Kokocinski, H. Luup, J. Miettinen, I. Paunksnyte, K. Piirsoo, I. Quintana, J. Raunio, B. Sandell, H. Simola, H. Sundberg, S. Vilbaste, and J. Weckström Harmonization is more important than experience - results of the first Nordic-Baltic diatom intercalibration exercise 2007 (stream monitoring) J. Appl. Phycol. 21 2009 471 482
22. M. Kahlert, M.G. Kelly, R.-L. Albert, S. Almeida, T. Bešta, S. Blanco, L. Denys, L. Ector, M. Fránková, D. Hlú biková, P. Ivanov, B. Kennedy, P. Marvan, A. Mertens, J. Miettinen, J. Picinska-Faltynowicz, J. Rosebery, E. Tornés, H. van Dam, S. Vilbaste, and A. Vogel Identification is a minor source of uncertainty in diatom-based ecological status assessments on a continent-wide scale: results of a European ring-test Hydrobiologia 695 2012 109 124
23. M.G. Kelly The semiotics of slime Freshwater Rev. 5 2012 105 119
24. M. Kelly, S. Juggins, R. Guthrie, S. Pritchard, J. Jamieson, B. Rippey, H. Hirst, and M. Yallop Assessment of ecological status in UK rivers using diatoms Freshwater Biol. 53 2008 403 422
25. T.S. Kuhn The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 1962 University of Chicago Press Chicago
26. S. Lusk, V. Luskova, K. Halacka, and M. Smutny Angler's catches as an indicator of fish population status Ecol. Hydrobiol. 3 2003 113 119 (Pubitemid 36775026)
27. L. Maltby Sensitivity of the crustaceans Gammarus pulex (L.) and Asellus aquaticus (L.) to short-term exposure to hypoxia and unionized ammonia: observations and possible mechanisms Water Res. 29 1995 781 787 (Pubitemid 26447437)
28. D.G. Mann, S. Sato, R. Trobajo, P. Vanormelingen, and C. Souffreau DNA barcoding for species identification and discovery in diatoms Cryptogamie Algol. 31 2010 557 577
29. M.W. Marsden, M.R. Smith, and R.J. Sargent Trophic status of rivers in the Forth catchment, Scotland Aquat. Conserv. Mar. Freshwater Ecosyst. 7 1997 211 221 (Pubitemid 27503061)
30. I. Pardo, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, J.-G. Wasson, R. Owen, W. van de Bund, M. Kelly, C. Bennett, S. Birk, A. Buffagni, S. Erba, N. Mengin, J. Murray-Bligh, and G. Ofenböeck The European reference condition concept: a scientific and technical approach to identify minimally-impacted river ecosystems Science of the Total Environment 420 2012 33 42
31. K. Pettersson Alkaline phosphatase activity and algal surplus phosphorus as phosphorus-deficiency indicators in Lake Erken Archiv Hydrobiol. 89 1980 54 107
32. M. Pfenninger, C. Nowak, C. Kley, D. Steinke, and B. Streit Utility of DNA taxonomy and barcoding for the inference of larval community structure in morphologically cryptic Chironomus (Diptera) species Mol. Ecol. 16 2007 1957 1968 (Pubitemid 46639982)
33. S.T.A. Pickett Space-for-time substitution as an alternative to long-term studies G.E. Likens, Long-term Studies in Ecology, Approaches and Alternatives 1988 Springer-Verlag New York 110 135
34. L.C.V. Pinder, and I.S. Farr Biological surveillance of water quality - 2. Temporal and spatial variation in the macroinvertebrate fauna of the River Frome, a Dorset chalk stream Arch. Hydrobiol. 109 1987 321 331
35. D. Pont, B. Hugueny, and C. Rogers Development of a fish-based index for the assessment of river health in Europe: the European Fish Index Fish. Manage. Ecol. 14 2007 427 439 (Pubitemid 350176990)
36. H. Sas Lake Restoration by Reduction of Nutrient Loading: Expectations, Experiences, Extrapoloations 1989 Academia Verlag Richarz GmbH St Augustin
37. S. Schneider, and A. Melzer The trophic index of macrophytes (TIM) - a new tool for indicating the trophic state of running waters Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 88 2003 49 67 (Pubitemid 36189401)
38. P. Shaw-Allen, M. Elliott, and C.H. Jagoe A microscaled mercury saturation assay for metallothionein in fish Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22 2003 2005 2012 (Pubitemid 37337265)
39. K. Sigel, B. Klauer, and C. Pahl-Wostl Conceptualising uncertainty in environmental decision-making: the example of the EU water framework directive Ecol. Econ. 69 2010 502 510
40. F.E. Smith The International Biological Program and the science of ecology J. Environ. Manage. 60 1968 5 11
41. G.W. Suter A critique of ecosystem health concepts and indexes Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12 1993 1533 1539
42. A.J. Underwood Beyond BACI: experimental designs for detecting human environmental impacts on temporal variations in natural populations Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 42 1991 569 587
43. S. Valinia, H.-P. Hansen, M.N. Futter, K. Bishop, N. Sriskandarajah, and J. Fölster Problems with the reconciliation of good ecological status and public participation in the Water Framework Directie Sci. Total Environ. 433 2012 482 490
44. R.C. Ward, J.C. Loftis, and G.B. McBride The data-rich but information-poor syndrome in water quality monitoring Environ. Manage. 10 1986 291 297
45. N. Willby From metrics to Monet: the need for an ecologically meaningful guiding image Aquat. Conserv. Mar. Freshwater Ecosyst. 21 2011 601 603
46. J.F. Wright, P.D. Armitage, M.T. Furse, and D. Moss Prediction of invertebrate communities using stream measurements Regul. River Res. Manage. 4 1989 147 155
47. S.A.L. Wright, and O. Fritsch Operationalising active involvement in the EU Water Framework Directive: why when and how? Ecol. Econ. 70 2011 2268 2274