Experiences from Surface Water Quality Monitoring
The EU Water Framework Directive Implementation in the Catalan River Basin District (Part I)
Editors: Munné, Antoni, Ginebreda, Antoni, Prat, Narcís (Eds.)
Free Preview- Explains how the different quality elements included in the WFD have been adapted to Mediterranean aquatic ecosystems
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This book details the experiences gained by the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) in a Mediterranean watershed – the Catalan River Basin District – following the launch of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the year 2000. Experts in rivers, reservoirs, lakes, wetlands and estuaries present 13 chapters defining tools for water-status assessment specially adapted to Mediterranean conditions. The content of this and the companion volume Experiences from Ground, Coastal and Transitional Water Quality Monitoring: The EU Water Framework Directive Implementation in the Catalan River Basin District (Part II) are the result of an excellent collaboration between the ACA and several Catalan universities and research centers to cope with new challenges provided by the WFD monitoring requirements. The volume serves as a useful guide for environmental managers and scientists engaged in other European as well as Non-European river basins.
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Water Status Assessment in the Catalan River Basin District: Experience Gathered After 15 Years with the Water Framework Directive (WFD)
Pages 1-35
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A First Biopollution Index Approach and Its Relationship on Biological Quality in Catalan Rivers
Pages 37-63
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The Use of Diatoms to Assess the Ecological Status in Catalan Rivers: Application of the WFD and Lessons Learned from the European Intercalibration Exercise
Pages 65-80
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Biological Indices Based on Macrophytes: An Overview of Methods Used in Catalonia and the USA to Determine the Status of Rivers and Wetlands
Pages 81-99
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Fish as Ecological Indicators in Mediterranean Streams: The Catalan Experience
Pages 101-123
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Experiences from Surface Water Quality Monitoring
- Book Subtitle
- The EU Water Framework Directive Implementation in the Catalan River Basin District (Part I)
- Editors
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- Antoni Munné
- Antoni Ginebreda
- Narcís Prat
- Series Title
- The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
- Series Volume
- 42
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-23895-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-23895-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-23894-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-79547-8
- Series ISSN
- 1867-979X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XX, 325
- Number of Illustrations
- 8 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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