The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry - 42: Experiences from Surface Water Quality Monitoring - The EU Water Framework Directive Implementation in the Catalan River Basin District (Part I)

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. Experts in rivers,reservoirs, lakes, wetlands and estuaries present 13 chapters defining toolsfor water-status assessment specially adapted to Mediterranean conditions. Thecontent of this and the companion volume Experiencesfrom Ground, Coastal and Transitional Water Quality Monitoring: The EU WaterFramework Directive Implementation in the Catalan River Basin District (PartII) are the result of an excellent collaboration between the ACA andseveral Catalan universities and research centers to cope with new challengesprovided by the WFD monitoring requirements. The volume serves as a usefulguide for environmental managers and scientists engaged in other European aswell as Non-European river basins.

 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Zusammenfassung

This book details the
experiences gained by the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) in a Mediterranean
watershed – the Catalan River Basin District – following the launch of the EU
Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the year 2000. Experts in rivers,
reservoirs, lakes, wetlands and estuaries present 13 chapters defining tools
for water-status assessment specially adapted to Mediterranean conditions. The
content of this and the companion volume Experiences
from Ground, Coastal and Transitional Water Quality Monitoring: The EU Water
Framework Directive Implementation in the Catalan River Basin District (Part
II) are the result of an excellent collaboration between the ACA and
several Catalan universities and research centers to cope with new challenges
provided by the WFD monitoring requirements. The volume serves as a useful
guide for environmental managers and scientists engaged in other European as
well as Non-European river basins.

 

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Anton Ginebreda (Herausgeber), Antoni Ginebreda (Herausgeber), Antoni Munné (Herausgeber), Narcís Prat (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319238944
• ISBN: 978-3-31-923894-4
• Seiten: 325
• Abmessung: 162 mm x 242 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 631 g
• Illustration: XX, 325 p. 40 illus., 32 illus. in color.
• Reihen: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
• Serien: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Chemie > Sonstiges; Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Natur und Gesellschaft: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; C, Water, Earth and Environmental Science, Pollution, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Hydrology, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Hydrology/Water Resources, Energy industries & utilities, Water pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Water supply & treatment, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Water quality, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Aquatic ecology, Hydrobiology, Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Analytical Chemistry