A practical example of the challenges of biota monitoring under the Water Framework Directive

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-111

  Lava, Roberto ^a   Majoros, Laszlo I ^b   Dosis, Ioannis ^a   Ricci, Marina ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biota; Certified reference material (CRM); Environmental quality standard (EQS); Fish (Silurus glanis); Harmonization; Hexachlorobenzene (HCB); Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD); Monitoring; Priority substance (PS); Water framework directive (WFD)

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FISH; FUNGICIDES; MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL;

BIOTA; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; HARMONIZATION; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; PRIORITY SUBSTANCES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

WATER CONSERVATION;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE;

BIOTA; CATFISH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAT CONTENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SILURUS GLANIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

EID: 84904468007     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.02.018     Document Type: Review

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