Efficient sampling methodologies for lake littoral invertebrates in compliance with the European Water Framework Directive

Nanomaterials and the European Water Framework Directive

Besides the European Union (EU) Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of CHemicals (REACH), the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) is probably the single most important piece of environmental legislation in Europe when it comes to dealing with nanomaterials in the future given their widespread and dispersive use. Despite of the importance of the WFD, the WFD has ...

A new methodology based on littoral community cartography dominated by macroalgae for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive.

Macroalgae is a biological key element for the assessment of the ecological status in coastal waters in the frame of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC). Here we propose a methodology for monitoring water quality based on the cartography of littoral and upper-sublittoral rocky-shore communities (CARLIT, in short). With the use of spatial databases, GIS, and available inform...

Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in European marine waters.

In Europe, management and protection of the environment have historically been the responsibility of local or national agencies. This began to change with the long list of water-related European directives, which have set increasingly coordinated European targets for potable, waste and bathing waters. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is the most significant of these as it draws together the ...

The European Water Framework Directive and Economic Valuation of Wetlands

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG The European Water Framework Directive and Economic Valuation of Wetlands The Restoration of Floodplains along the River Elbe This paper concerns the economic valuation within the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) of riparian wetlands ecological services, such as the protection of biodiversity. The Directive is an integrated approach to river basin management in Europe an...

Public Participation and the European Water Framework Directive