Abstract The European Water Framework Directive stipulates that Member States have to
assess the ecological status of a water body by comparing the present to the expected …

Despite the large number of river restoration projects carried out worldwide, evidence for
strong and long-term positive ecological effects of hydromorphological restoration on …

Within the ecological assessment of running waters based on benthic macroinvertebrates
different levels of taxonomic resolution (species, genus, family and higher) are in use …

The main aim of the study was to develop a multimetric assessment system for
macroinvertebrate communities of small and mid-sized streams in Germany in accordance …

Abstract The EU Water Framework Directive requires assessment of the ecological quality of
running waters using macroinvertebrates. One of the problems of obtaining representative …

Invertebrates are often used in biological monitoring of soil and water ecosystems. Because
of the huge number of invertebrate species, sample processing (sorting and identification) is …

Drainage ditches are a common aquatic habitat in the lowland agricultural landscape of
north‐western Europe. The invertebrate fauna of these waters is poorly known compared …

We examined the accuracy of a multimetric approach based on 22 biological and ecological
traits of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to assess toxic sediment pollution in …

This paper offers a synoptic account of studies on the phytoplankton communities in the
deep southern subalpine lakes (DSL) Garda, Iseo, Como, Lugano and Maggiore. The main …

Abstract In the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) a typological framework is defined for
assessing the ecological quality of water bodies in the future. The conditions in the Directive …