Risk management of European inland waters using macrophyte biomonitoring

Risk management of European inland waters using macrophyte biomonitoring

*Correspondence: David Delmail, CNRS UMR 6226 ISCR (Institute of Chemical Sciences of Rennes), University of Rennes 1, 2 Ave. Prof. Léon Bernard, F-35043 Rennes Cedex, France e-mail: david.delmail@ univ-rennes1.fr Inland waters are extremely sensitive to inputs of contaminants. Increasing human activities lead to a rise in organic and inorganic pollutants leading to acidification or eutrophicat...

Translating biomonitoring data into risk management and policy implementation options for a European Network on Human Biomonitoring

BACKGROUND The "European Environment & Health Action Plan 2004-2010" originates from the concern of the European Commission on the well-being of individuals and the general population. Through this plan, the Commission has set the objectives to improve the information chain for a better understanding of the link between sources of pollution and health effects, to better identify existing knowle...

Do long-term macrophyte management efforts in inland lakes effect system wide biotic richness and diversity?

Lake Moraine (42 50’ 47” N, 75 31’ 39” W), in Madison County in east-central New York State, is an artificially raised impoundment originally formed by the damming of a valley by the deposition of glacial moraine. This 106 ha (261acre) water body comprises two distinct basins separated by Madison County Rt. 87 traversing a causeway between them. A submerged culvert under the highway joins the n...

Trends in World Yields for Inland Waters

Fluctuating Fisheries in Africa's Inland Waters: Well

This paper evaluates evidence that fish stocks in Africa's inland waters are climate-driven and cannot be stabilized by conventional fisheries management measures. We draw on published material and our own recent and on-going research in Lake Chad and the East African Great Lakes area to propose that fisherfolk's livelihood strategies are well adapted to both seasonal and inter-annual climate-i...