| Title: |
Stream assessment methods, stream typology approaches and outlines of a European stream typology
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> report
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| Country: |
EU Projects
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| Year: |
2002 |
| Availability: |
AQEM Report R1
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| Author 1/Producer: |
AQEM
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| Author / Producer Type: |
EC Project
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| Report / download web link (=direct link): |
http://www.aqem.de/ftp/1st_deliverable.zip
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
Zipped File
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| Size: (e.g. 20mb) |
350
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater protection overview
Water resources and their management -->Water resources and their management Overview
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| Short description: |
Description of selected stream assessment mothods applied in European countries.
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| Long description: |
The aim of AQEM is to develop a tool for stream assessment based on benthic macroinvertebrates,
which is applicable in large parts of Europe. In coherence with the EU Water Framework Directive, the
assessment method must be ‘stream type specific’. For different stream types (e.g. for alpine streams
and lowland streams) and for different degradation factors (e.g. for acidification and pollution) different
assessment methods are required.
With this deliverable we aim
- to give an overview of stream assessment methods based on the benthic macroinvertebrates
fauna commonly applied in the EU member states, their advantages and restrictions and how they
correspond to the EU Water Framework Directive;
- to describe stream typology approaches in the EU member states, which have partly been used to
select those stream types investigated in AQEM;
- to describe the stream types the AQEM consortium is investigating. For AQEM, we have selected
a representative sub-sample of 30 stream types, which is covering high-altitude and lowland
streams, boreal and Mediterranean rivers and stream types degraded by different anthropogenic
impact factors.
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Submitted By:
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Martin Bittens WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 27/03/2007
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