Defining ecologically relevant water quality targets for lakes in Europe

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 592-602

  Poikane, Sandra ^a   Portielje, Rob ^b   van den Berg, Marcel ^b   Phillips, Geoff ^c   Brucet, Sandra ^a,d   Carvalho, Laurence ^e   Mischke, Ute ^f   Ott, Ingmar ^g   Soszka, Hanna ^h   Van Wichelen, Jeroen ⁱ  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Centre for Water Management   (Netherlands)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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

^g ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^h INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Cyanobacteria; Ecological threshold; Eutrophication; Macrophyte; Phytoplankton; Stable states; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DECLINE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THRESHOLD; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84900543786     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12228     Document Type: Article

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