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HYDROLOGY AND THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE IN IRELAND [PDF]

Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 2009
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) has been the catalyst for a considerable amount of data collection, analysis and research, covering a wide range of physical and biological characteristics and involving a wide range of scientific, social and management-related disciplines. This paper starts with a short description of the discipline of hydrology and
Bruen, Michael
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Water and spatial development: the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands [PDF]

, 2010
This paper discusses how water managers and spatial planners could co-operate on local level in combination with the implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the Birds and Habitats Directives in the Netherlands. Recent evaluations of the European Commission show that implementation of environmental directives prove to be a challenging task ...
van der Knaap, W.G.M., Pijnappels, M.
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THE MONITORING OF SURFACE WATER BODIES (RIVERS) FROM TISA CATCHMENT AREA - MARAMUREŞ COUNTY IN 2014 [PDF]

Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, 2016
This study is focused on the monitoring and evaluation of river’s water bodies from Maramureş County, using the methodology associated with the EU Water Framework Directive 60/2000.
GABRIELA ANDREEA DESPESCU, S. NACU, R. BĂTINAŞ   +2 more
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The Water Framework Directive [PDF]

, 2008
Deals with new EC legislation – the Water Framework Directive; the main driver within Europe for groundwater monitoring which addresses integrated water resource management across 27 different countries Provides comprehensive approach and guidance on the theoretical and practical aspects for implementing the directive Edited by EC representatives ...
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Mollusk assemblages as records of past and present ecological status

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
AMBI and Bentix are widely used benthic indices for guiding remediation decisions under two major pieces of environmental legislation in Europe — the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).
Gregory Dietl, Gregory Dietl, Stephen Durham, Jansen Smith, Annalee Tweitmann   +4 more
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Multiple indices on different habitats and descriptors provide consistent assessments of environmental quality in a marine protected area

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
In the last decades, climate change and human pressures have increasingly and dramatically impacted the ocean worldwide, calling for urgent actions to safeguard coastal marine ecosystems.
Alice Oprandi, Fabrizio Atzori, Annalisa Azzola, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Nicoletta Cadoni, Lara Carosso, Elena Desiderà, Francesca Frau, Maria Leonor Garcia Gutiérrez, Paolo Guidetti, Paolo Guidetti, Carla Morri, Carla Morri, Luigi Piazzi, Federica Poli, Monica Montefalcone, Monica Montefalcone   +17 more
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Estimated contribution of selected non-point pollution sources to the phosphorus and nitrogen loads in water bodies of the Vltava river basin

Soil and Water Research, 2016
Eutrophication of inland waters by phosphorus as well as loads of coastal and marine waters by nitrogen is a major problem that impedes water bodies to meet the status defined by the Water Framework Directive.
Pavel ROSENDORF, Petr VYSKOČ, Hana PRCHALOVÁ, Daniel FIALA   +3 more
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Recovering the Costs of Water Services in the People’s Republic of China: Lessons from Article 9 of the European Union Water Framework Directive

Utrecht Law Review, 2012
The cost recovery of water services is becoming known as an important element for water management internationally. The Water Framework Directive is a leading document in implementing these economic instruments in the European Union and it is also a good
Liping Dai
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Assessing the effectiveness of management measures in the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon, Portugal

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The Ria Formosa is an important transitional and coastal lagoon on the south coast of Portugal that provides valuable ecosystem services. The lagoon is a protected area under national and international conventions.
Alice Newton, Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles, David March, David March, Priscila Goela, Sónia Cristina, Marta Zacarias, Marta Zacarias, John Icely, John Icely   +10 more
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Water Framework Directive and Nature Conservation: Review of River Basin Management Planning in Germany [PDF]

Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute, 2012
By the end of 2009, programmes of measures and river basin management plans under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) had for the first time been set up for all 10 river basin districts inGermany. They provide the water management planning tools
SCHMIDT Catrin, WENDLER Wiebke, STRATMANN Lars, ALBRECHT Juliane, HOFMANN Martin   +4 more
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