| Authors | Daniel Hering, Anne Lyche Solheim, Laurence Carvalho, Ángel Borja, Mike Elliott, Jacob Carstensen, Didier Pont, Richard Johnson, Wouter van de Bund, Agnieszka Kolada, Thomas Mehner, Ute Mischke, Martin Pusch, Seppo Hellsten, Núria Marbà, Piet Verdonschot, Stefan Schmutz, Tiina Nõges, Helen Bennion, Giuseppe Morabito, Harm Duel, João Carlos Marques, Snejana Moncheva, Kenneth Irvine, Alberto Basset, Ralph Clarke, Angelo Solimini |
| Text | 481716 2009 ecological status water framework directive lakes rivers WISER Water bodies in Europe Integrative Systems to assess Ecological Status and Recovery Daniel Hering, Anne Lyche Solheim, Laurence Carvalho, Ángel Borja, Mike Elliott, Jacob Carstensen, Didier Pont, Richard Johnson, Wouter van de Bund, Agnieszka Kolada, Thomas Mehner, Ute Mischke, Martin Pusch, Seppo Hellsten, Nuria Marba, Piet Verdonschot, Stefan Schmutz, Tiina Nõges, Helen Bennion, Giuseppe Morabito, Harm Duel, João Carlos Marques, Snejana Moncheva, Kenneth Irvine, Alberto Basset, Ralph Clarke, Angelo Solimini University of Duisburg Essen, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Ecology Hydrology, AZTI Tecnalia Foundation, University of Hull, Institute of Estuarine Coastal Studies, Aarhus University National Environmental Research Institute, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l environnement et l agriculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute of Environmental Protection, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Forschungsverbund Berlin, Finnish Environment Institute, Spanish National Research Council, ALTERRA Green World Research, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Estonian University of Life Sciences, University College London, Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Deltares, University of Coimbra, Institute of Marine Research, Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, University of Salento, University of Bournemouth, La Sapienza University of Rome. The WISER project has officially finished with the end of February 2012. For three years, 25 European research institutions representing 16 countries have addressed the assessment and management of rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters in Europe. The majority of European lakes, rivers and coastal ecosystems are degraded. Eutrophication, organic pollution, intense catchment land use and habitat degradation affect almost all European surface waters. Ecosystem functions have been lost, and many aquatic species have disappeared from entire ecoregions. Recent European policies target a good ecological status of lakes, rivers and coastal ecosystems. To achieve this, water bodies need to be assessed by comparison with a quality target and, if the quality is below the target, to be restored. For many aquatic ecosystem types ecological assessment systems have been developed; river basin management plans outline the required restoration measures. A lot of questions arise out of these goals. The answers are not trivial and have been subject to the large scale integrated project WISER. We present on this website clearly summerized key messages, evidences, implications and further information in a step by step overview for different water categories. Progetto pietro.volta VOLTA PIETRO giuseppe.morabito MORABITO GIUSEPPE WISER Water bodies in Europe Integrative Systems to assess Ecological status and Recovery |
