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An approach to the intercalibration of benthic ecological status assessment in the North Atlantic ecoregion, according to the European Water Framework Directive Borja, A.; Josefson, A.B.; Miles, A.; Muxika, I.; Olsgard, F.; Phillips, G.; Rodríguez, J.G.; Rygg, B. (2007). An approach to the intercalibration of benthic ecological status assessment in the North Atlantic ecoregion, according to the European Water Framework Directive. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 55(1-6): 42-52. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.08.018 In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Macmillan: London. ISSN 0025-326X; e-ISSN 1879-3363, meer Ook verschenen in: Devlin, M.; Best, M.; Haynes, D. (Ed.) (2007). Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in European marine waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 55(Spec. Issue 1-6). Elsevier: Amsterdam. 297 pp., meer

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Trefwoorden

Aquatic communities > Benthos > Zoobenthos Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Aquatic animals > Marine invertebrates Boundaries Monitoring > Environmental monitoring Species diversity Standardization > Calibration > Intercalibration Water quality AN, North Atlantic [Marine Regions]; ANE, Denmark [Marine Regions]; ANE, Europa [Marine Regions]; ANE, Norway [Marine Regions]; ANE, Spain [Marine Regions] Marien/Kust

Author keywords

intercalibration; Water Framework Directive; benthic invertebrates;north-east Atlantic; soft-bottom communities

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Borja, A., meer Josefson, A.B., meer Miles, A. Muxika, I.	Olsgard, F., meer Phillips, G. Rodríguez, J.G. Rygg, B.

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Abstract

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) establishes a framework for the protection and improvement of transitional and coastal waters; its final objective is to achieve at least 'good water status' for all waters, by 2015. The WFD requires Member States (MSs) to assess the Ecological Status (ES) of water bodies. This assessment will be based upon the status of the biological, hydromorphological and physico-chemical quality elements, by comparing data obtained from monitoring networks to reference (undisturbed) conditions, and then deriving an Ecological Quality Ratio (EQR). One of the biological quality elements to be considered is the benthic invertebrate component and some structural parameters (composition, diversity and disturbance-sensitive taxa) must be included in the ES assessment. Following these criteria, several approaches to benthic invertebrate assessment have been proposed by MSs. The WFD requires that these approaches are intercalibrated. This contribution describes the comparison of the different methodologies proposed by United Kingdom, Spain, Denmark and Norway. Results show a high consistency between the approaches, both with regard to determining the EQR and boundary settings for the ES.

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