Review article - Peer-reviewed, 2010
The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: A critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future
Hering, Daniel; Borja, A; Cartensen, J; Carvalho, L; Elliott, M; Feld, C; Heiskanen, A-S; Johnson, Richard; Moe, J; Pont, D; Lyche Solheim, A; van de Bund, WouterAbstract
The WFD river basin management plans base management decisions on the response of aquatic organisms to environmental stress. In contrast to the effects of degradation, the biotic response to restoration is less well-known and poorly predictable. The timescale of the WFD (obtaining good ecological status in all surface waters by 2027) is over-ambitious. Future challenges include long-term monitoring of restoration measures to understand the requirements for ecosystems to recover and prioritisation of measures according to recolonisation potential. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Keywords
Assessment; Typology; Uncertainty; Monitoring; Heavily modified water bodies; River basin management plans; Restoration; RecoveryPublished in
Science of the Total Environment2010, volume: 408, number: 19, pages: 4007-4019
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Authors' information
Hering, Daniel
Borja, A
Cartensen, J
Carvalho, L
Elliott, M
Feld, C
Heiskanen, A-S
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
Moe, J
Pont, D
Lyche Solheim, A
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
van de Bund, Wouter
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (JRC-IES)
Associated SLU-program
Lakes and watercourses
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG6 Clean water
UKÄ Subject classification
Fish and Aquacultural Science
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.031
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/48033