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Beskrivning
This book details theexperiences gained by the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) in a Mediterraneanwatershed – the Catalan River Basin District – following the launch of the EUWater Framework Directive (WFD) in the year 2000.
Waterstatus assessment in the Catalan River Basin District. Experience gatheredafter fifteen years with the Water Framework Directive (WFD).- A firstbiopollution index approach and its relationship on biological quality inCatalan rivers.- Use of diatoms to assess the ecological status in Catalanrivers: application of the WFD and lessons learned from the EuropeanIntercalibration Exercise.- Biological Indices Based on Macrophytes: Anoverview of methods used in Catalonia and USA to determine the status of riversand wetlands.- Fish as ecological indicators in Mediterranean streams: theCatalan experience .- Fish-based indices in Catalan Rivers: intercalibrationand comparison of approaches.- Biological indicators to assess the ecologicalstatus of river-dominated estuaries: the case of benthic indicators in the EbroRiver estuary.- New tools to analyse the ecological status of Mediterraneanwetlands and shallow lakes.- Assessing ecological integrity in large reservoirsaccordingto the Water Framework Directive.- Hydromorphological methodologiesto assess ecological status in Mediterranean rivers. Applied approach to theCatalan River Basin District.- Reviewing biological indices and biomarkerssuitability to analyse human impacts. Emergent tools to analyse biologicalstatus in rivers.- Analysis of EU legislated compounds for assessing chemicalstatus. Main challenges and inconsistencies.- Pollutants of emerging concern inrivers of Catalonia: occurrence, fate and risk.
