A5059178632- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Environmental Science and Water Management
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Water resources management and optimization
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
- Climate Change and Environmental Impact
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Marine and fisheries research
- Environmental Changes in China
Joint Research Centre
2012-2025
Joint Research Centre
2015-2024
Citizen (Japan)
2022
University of Latvia
2021
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
2013-2017
European Commission
2010-2017
Environment Agency
2001
In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, identify the biodiversity patterns ecological features, human impacts on system environmental issues, discuss ways use information improve stewardship. Examples selected key biodiversity/ecological features (habitat type): narrow endemics, sensitive (groundwater GDEs); crenobionts, LIHRes (springs); unidirectional...
The aim of European water policy is to achieve good ecological status in all rivers, lakes, coastal and transitional waters by 2027. Currently, more than half bodies are a degraded condition nutrient enrichment one the main culprits. Therefore, there pressing need establish reliable comparable criteria that consistent with status. This paper highlights wide range currently use Member States Union support goes on suggest inappropriate may be hindering achievement Along comprehensive overview...
Summary A safe, clean water supply is critical for sustaining many important ecosystem services provided by freshwaters. The development of cyanobacterial blooms in lakes and reservoirs has a major impact on the provision these services, particularly limiting their use recreation drinking spray irrigation. Nutrient enrichment thought to be most pressure responsible widespread increase recent decades. Quantifying how nutrients limit abundance is, therefore, key need setting robust targets...
Data on phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish from more than 2000 lakes in 22 European countries were used to develop test metrics for assessing the ecological status of as required by Water Framework Directive. The strongest most sensitive 11 responding eutrophication pressure phytoplankton chlorophyll a, a taxonomic composition trophic index functional traits index, macrophyte intercalibration metric Nordic lake index. Intermediate response was found cyanobacterial...
The Water Framework Directive is the first international legislation to require European countries establish comparable ecological assessment schemes for their freshwaters. A key element in harmonising quality classification within and between Europe's river basins an "Intercalibration" exercise, stipulated by WFD, ensure that good status boundaries all of biological methods correspond similar levels anthropogenic pressure. In this article, we provide a comprehensive overview comparison,...
The Water Framework Directive requires that European Union (EU) Member States ensure their surface waters are in at least good ecological status by 2015 or the latest 2027. objective has been described and operationally defined Directive. develop own assessment methods but they must demonstrate resulting classifications comparable to other across EU. Comparability of results is determined through an intercalibration exercise, subject this article. In 2013 Commission issued updated Decision...
European countries have defined >1000 national river types and >400 lake to implement the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). In addition, common been within regions of Europe for intercalibrating classification systems ecological status water bodies. However, only a low proportion correspond these intercalibration types. This causes uncertainty concerning whether is consistent across countries. Therefore, through an extensive dialogue with data provision from all countries, we developed...
Freshwaters face multiple environmental problems including eutrophication, acidification, salinization, and climate-change, all of which can lead to impairment ecosystem structure function. Furthermore, these stressors often act in combination. Benthic algal-based assessments quantify are used both the EU US. In this review, we use case studies, experience, literature compare concepts, approaches, methods between US offer an updated picture benthic assessments. Both composed numerous...
Nutrient targets based on pressure-response models are essential for defining ambitions and managing eutrophication. However, the scale of biogeographical variation in these relationships is poorly understood, which may hinder eutrophication management regions where lake ecology less intensively studied. In this study, we derive ecology-based nutrient five major ecoregions Europe: Northern, Central-Baltic, Alpine, Mediterranean Eastern Continental. As a first step, developed regressions...
A global survey of 179 restoration practitioners spanning 65 countries identified the extent stakeholder engagement as a key factor determining success or failure projects. Lack support across sectors and for funding, policy, monitoring, governance knowledge assessment pressures their effects were most frequently cited factors contributing to failure. The responses indicate that, although nutrient enrichment is perceived be primary issue lakes globally, impacts climate change, hydrological...
The concept of "reference conditions" describes the benchmark against which current conditions are compared when assessing status water bodies. In this paper we focus on establishment reference for European lakes according to a phytoplankton biomass indicator—the concentration chlorophyll-a. A mostly spatial approach (selection existing with no or minor human impact) was used set chlorophyll-a values, supplemented by historical data, paleolimnological investigations and modelling. work...