The Development of a System to Assess the Ecological Quality of Streams Based on Macroinvertebrates – Design of the Sampling Programme within the AQEM Project | Zendy

Hering Daniel | Zendy; Buffagni Andrea | Zendy; Moog Otto | Zendy; Sandin Leonard | Zendy; Sommerhäuser Mario | Zendy; Stubauer Ilse | Zendy; Feld Christian | Zendy; Johnson Richard | Zendy; Pinto Paulo | Zendy; Skoulikidis Nikos | Zendy; Verdonschot Piet | Zendy; Zahrádková Svetlana | Zendy

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The Development of a System to Assess the Ecological Quality of Streams Based on Macroinvertebrates – Design of the Sampling Programme within the AQEM Project

Author(s) -

Hering Daniel,

Buffagni Andrea,

Moog Otto,

Sandin Leonard,

Sommerhäuser Mario,

Stubauer Ilse,

Feld Christian,

Johnson Richard,

Pinto Paulo,

Skoulikidis Nikos,

Verdonschot Piet,

Zahrádková Svetlana

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

international review of hydrobiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 1522-2632

pISSN - 1434-2944

DOI - 10.1002/iroh.200390030

Subject(s) - water framework directive , streams , benthic zone , sampling (signal processing) , environmental science , environmental resource management , invertebrate , pollution , water quality , computer science , ecology , environmental planning , computer network , filter (signal processing) , computer vision , biology

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires river assessment systems based on benthic invertebrates. The AQEM project is developing, at a European scale, such a methodology, based on a comparison of communities of reference streams and degraded streams. The project is focussing on three main impact types: morphological degradation, organic pollution and acidification. This paper presents the outline of the AQEM project with special emphasis on: – an overview of assessment systems with benthic invertebrates presently applied in Europe – an overview of stream typology approaches in Europe – the selection process of the stream types investigated in AQEM – the criteria used to select reference sites – the design of the sampling programme – the microhabitat‐based sampling method applied in AQEM – the links and possibilities of integration between AQEM and existing assessment systems.

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