This article is an update and extension of an earlier publication (SCHERNEWSKI & WIELGAT 2004). Intensive public discussions suggested slight modifications in the typology as well as an updating and completion of comparisons between our typology and the national typologies. We further show examples how the water body concept can be applied to subdivide coastal water types as a response to exter...

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) recognizes fish as a biological quality element to determine the ecological health and of waterbodies. Therefore monitoring is carried out using conventional methods like electrofishing seine fishing following standardized protocols. This data then used in metrics that calculate ratios (EQR) for eDNA-metabarcoding could prove an alternative this WFD-monitorin...

The development of a sustainable water quality monitoring system at national scale remains big challenge until today, acting as hindrance for the efficient implementation Water Framework Directive (WFD). This work provides valuable insights into current state-of-the-art Earth Observation (EO) tools and services, proposing synergistic use innovative remote sensing technologies, in situ sensors, ...

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is the European legislation on water policy that assesses quality according to time-consuming metrics and specific taxonomic needs. In this sense, objective of study was evaluate sensitivity Daphnia magna feeding rate assays assess/discriminate heavily modified artificial bodies. Monthly, for one year, Crestuma-Lever reservoir (in two sampling sites: Crestuma...

The main objective of the study presented in this paper was to develop an evaluation scheme which is suitable for spatially explicit groundwater vulnerability assessment according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Study area was the Hase river catchment, an area of about 3 000 km2 in north-west Germany which is dominated by livestock farming, in particular pig and poultry production. For ...

Wool fiber diameter (WFD) is the most important economic trait of wool. However, the genes specifically controlling WFD remain elusive. In this study, the expression profiles of skin from two groups of Gansu Alpine merino sheep with different WFD (a super-fine wool group [FD = 18.0 ± 0.5 μm, n=3] and a fine wool group [FD=23.0 ± 0.5 μm, n=3]) were analyzed using next-generation sequencing-based...

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) aims to attain ‘good quality’ status for all European water bodies through the achievement of good ecological status. To this purpose, WFD advocates creation cost-effective monitoring tools deliver appropriate data that help create links between chemical and indicators, as those from ecotoxicological research. Here, it was evaluated whether integration tools,...

Monitoring of harmful substances in an aquatic environment is based on spot sampling which is the only sampling technique accepted by environmental authorities in the European Union. Still the implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires novel sampling tools for monitoring priority pollutants since their concentrations in natural waters can often remain below th...

The aim of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) is to achieve a “good” chemical and ecological status for all waters by 2027. Currently, Netherlands other Member States are finalizing their plans third iteration WFD management cycle. In this paper, we conducted an ex ante evaluation these assessing perceptions regional water authorities on goal attainment factors that account it. order gain i...

The European Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) has been implemented over the past 20 years, using physicochemical, biological and hydromorphological elements to assess ecological status of surface waters. Benthic diatoms (i.e., phytobenthos) are one most common quality (BQEs) used in water monitoring particularly successful detecting eutrophication, organic pollution acidification. Her...