The development of a system to assess the ecological quality of streams based on macroinvertebrates - design of the sampling programme within the AQEM project

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The development of a system to assess the ecological quality of streams based on macroinvertebrates - design of the sampling programme within the AQEM project

Original language description

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires river assessment systems based on benthic invertebrates. The AQEM project is developing, at a European scale, such a methodology, based on a comparison of communities of reference streams and degraded streams. The project is focussing on three main impact types: morphological degradation, organic pollution and acidification. This paper presents the outline of the AQEM project with special emphasis on: - an overview of assessment systems with benthic invertebrates presently applied in Europe; - an overview of stream typology approaches in Europe; - the selection process of the stream types investigated in AQEM; - the criteria used to select reference sites; - the design of the sampling programme; - the microhabitat-based sampling method applied in AQEM; - the links and possibilities of integration between AQEM and existing assessment systems.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DA - Hydrology and limnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK

Publication year

2003

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Internat. Rev. Hydrobiol.

ISSN

1434-2944

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Volume of the periodical

88

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3-4

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

17

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