Biomonitoring of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams in Europe: Current practice and priorities to enhance ecological status assessments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 618, Issue , 2018, Pages 1096-1113

  Stubbington, Rachel ^a   Chadd, Richard ^b   Cid, Núria ^c   Csabai, Zoltán ^d   Miliša, Marko ^e   Morais, Manuela ^f   Munné, Antoni ^g   Pařil, Petr ^h   Pešić, Vladimir ⁱ   Tziortzis, Iakovos ^j   Verdonschot, Ralf C M ^k   Datry, Thibault ^l  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^g Catalan Water Agency   (Spain)

^h MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^j Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^k WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l UR MALY   (France)

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Author keywords

Bioassessment; Bioindicators; River typology; Temporary rivers; Temporary streams; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; WATER CONSERVATION;

BIOASSESSMENT; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EPHEMERAL STREAMS; INTERMITTENT RIVERS; RIVER TYPOLOGY; RIVERS/STREAMS; TEMPORARY RIVER; TEMPORARY STREAM; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

RIVERS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; EUROPEAN UNION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TYPOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; EUROPE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); TAXONOMY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EUROPE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; RIVERS;

EID: 85032212120     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.137     Document Type: Review

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