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Document 32024D0721
Commission Decision (EU) 2024/721 of 27 February 2024 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise and repealing Commission Decision (EU) 2018/229 (notified under document C(2024) 1113)
Commission Decision (EU) 2024/721 of 27 February 2024 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise and repealing Commission Decision (EU) 2018/229 (notified under document C(2024) 1113)
Commission Decision (EU) 2024/721 of 27 February 2024 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise and repealing Commission Decision (EU) 2018/229 (notified under document C(2024) 1113)
C/2024/1113
OJ L, 2024/721, 8.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/721/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2024/721
of 27 February 2024
establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise and repealing Commission Decision (EU) 2018/229
(notified under document C(2024) 1113)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (1), and in particular Section 1.4.1(ix) of Annex V thereto,
Whereas:
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(1) |
Directive 2000/60/EC requires the Member States to protect, enhance and restore all bodies of surface waters with the aim of achieving good ecological and chemical status. It furthermore requires Member States to protect and enhance all artificial and heavily modified bodies of water, with the aim of achieving good ecological potential and good chemical status. |
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In order to define one of the main environmental objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC, namely good ecological status, the Directive provides for a process to ensure the comparability between the biological monitoring results of Member States and their monitoring system classifications. Member States’ biological monitoring results and their monitoring system classifications are to be compared through an intercalibration network comprised of monitoring sites in each Member State and in each ecoregion of the Union. Directive 2000/60/EC requires the Member States to collect, as appropriate, the necessary information for the sites included in the intercalibration network, in order to enable the assessment of the consistency of the national monitoring system classifications with the normative definitions of Section 1.2 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC. In order to carry out the intercalibration exercise Member States are organised in Geographical Intercalibration Groups, consisting of Member States and Norway sharing particular surface water body types, as set out in Annex 2 to this Decision. |
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In accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC the intercalibration exercise is to be carried out at the level of the biological quality elements, comparing the classification results of the national monitoring system for each biological quality element and for each common surface water body type among Member States. The exercise has also to ensure the consistency of the results with the normative definitions set out in Section 1.2 of Annex V to that Directive. |
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The Commission has facilitated four phases of the intercalibration exercise. Under the Water Framework Directive Common Implementation Strategy, four guidance documents (No 6 (2), 14 (two versions (3)) and 30 (4)) were prepared to facilitate the intercalibration process. They provide an overview of the key principles of the process and the options to perform the exercise including timescales, and reporting requirements. They also provide a procedure to ensure that new or revised national classification methods are consistent with the harmonised definition of good ecological status. |
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Commission Decision 2008/915/EC (5) included some intercalibration results for a number of biological quality elements. That Decision set out the values of the boundaries between classes that Member States had to use in their national monitoring system classifications. |
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The first phase of the intercalibration exercise was incomplete. Hence the Commission initiated a second phase for this process. The results of this exercise were included in Commission Decision 2013/480/EU (6) in order to close the gaps and improve the comparability of the intercalibration results in time for the second river basin management plans due in 2015. The results revealed that, in some cases, intercalibration was only partially achieved. There were also Geographical Intercalibration Groups and biological quality elements for which there were no intercalibration results for inclusion in that Decision. |
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A third phase of the intercalibration exercise was therefore necessary to close these gaps and improve the comparability of the intercalibration results in time for the third river basin management plans due in 2021. The results of this exercise were included in Commission Decision (EU) 2018/229 (7). Yet again, the results revealed that, in some cases, intercalibration was only partially achieved. |
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There was a need to close those remaining gaps, and to review some of the results previously adopted in view of adapting to scientific and technical progress in the Member States’ monitoring and classification systems. Hence the Commission initiated a fourth phase of the intercalibration exercise. Its results are included in Annex 1 to this Decision. |
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For the purpose of developing the results in Part 1 of Annex 1, all steps of the intercalibration process set out in the guidance documents have been fully completed. Part 2 of Annex 1 includes the national classification methods and their respective boundary values for which it has not been technically feasible to complete the comparability assessment due to a lack of common types, different pressures addressed or different assessment concepts. Part 3 of Annex 1 includes surface water body types (found in Member States and Norway) for which a biological or sub-biological quality element is not applicable on the basis of the justifications provided and accepted. Since the results set out in Part 1 and Part 2 of Annex 1 are consistent with the normative definitions set out in Section 1.2 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, the respective boundary values should be used in Member States’ monitoring and classification systems. |
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Where water bodies corresponding to the intercalibrated types are designated as artificial or heavily modified water bodies in accordance with Article 4(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States should be allowed to use the results presented in Annex 1 to this Decision to derive their good ecological potential. In doing so, they should take into account their physical modifications and their associated water use in accordance with the normative definitions in point 1.2.5 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC. |
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Member States should apply the results of the intercalibration exercise to their national classification systems when setting the boundaries between high and good status and between good and moderate status for all their national types. |
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The information that is made available through the establishment of the monitoring programmes provided for in Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC and the review and update of the characteristics of river basin districts provided for in Article 5 of that Directive will bring new evidence. In some cases, such information may entail the need for Member States to adapt their monitoring and classification systems to cater for scientific and technical progress. Member States may also develop new national classification methods covering biological quality elements or sub-biological quality elements and respective boundary values which would need to be consistent with the normative definitions set out in Section 1.2 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC. |
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Decision (EU) 2018/229 should be repealed and replaced accordingly. |
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The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 21(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. For the purpose of Section 1.4.1(iii) of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall use in their monitoring and classification systems the values of the boundaries between classes that are set out in Part 1 of Annex 1 to this Decision.
2. Where a comparability assessment for a biological quality element has not been completed within a Geographical Intercalibration Group as set out in Annex 2 to this Decision, Member States shall, for the purpose of Section 1.4.1(iii) of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, use in their monitoring and classification systems the methods and the values of the boundaries between classes that are set out in Part 2 of the Annex 1 to this Decision.
3. Member States may use the methods and the values of the boundaries between classes set out in the Annex 1 to this Decision to establish the good ecological potential of water bodies designated as artificial or heavily modified water bodies in accordance with Article 4(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC.
Article 2
Decision (EU) 2018/229 is repealed.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 February 2024.
For the Commission
Virginius SINKEVIČIUS
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1.
(2) Common implementation strategy for the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), Guidance Document No 6, Towards a Guidance on Establishment of the Intercalibration Network and the Process on the Intercalibration Exercise, European Communities, 2003. ISBN 92-894-5126-2.
(3) Common implementation strategy for the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), Guidance Document No 14. Guidance document on the Intercalibration Process 2004-2006, ISBN 92-894-9471-9; Common implementation strategy for the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), Guidance Document No 14. Guidance document on the Intercalibration Process 2008-2011, ISBN: 978-92-79-18997-5.
(4) Procedure to fit new or updated classification methods to the results of a completed intercalibration exercise, Guidance Document No 30. Technical Report 2015-085, ISBN: 978-92-79-38434-9.
(5) Commission Decision 2008/915/EC of 30 October 2008 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise (OJ L 332, 10.12.2008, p. 20).
(6) Commission Decision 2013/480/EU of 20 September 2013 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise and repealing Decision 2008/915/EC (OJ L 266, 8.10.2013, p. 1).
(7) Commission Decision (EU) 2018/229 of 12 February 2018 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise and repealing Commission Decision 2013/480/EU (OJ L 47, 20.2.2018, p. 1).
ANNEX 1
Part 1 of this annex includes the results of the intercalibration exercise for which all steps of the intercalibration process have been fully completed, including their respective boundary values.
Part 2 includes national methods and their respective boundary values which are consistent with the normative definition set out in Section 1.2 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC but where they have not been technically feasible to complete the comparability assessment within a Geographical Intercalibration Group due to lack of common types, different pressures addressed or different assessment concepts.
Part 3 includes surface water body types (across Member States and Norway) for which a Biological or Sub-Biological Quality element is not applicable on the basis of the justifications provided and accepted.
Part 1
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Water category |
Rivers |
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Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Alpine rivers |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
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Type |
River characterisation |
Catchment (km2) |
Altitude (m a.s.l.) and geomorphology |
Alkalinity |
Flow regime |
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R-A1 |
Pre-Alpine, small to medium, high altitude calcareous |
10 – 1 000 |
800 – 2 500 m (catchment), boulders/cobble |
High (but not extremely high) alkalinity |
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R-A2 |
Small to medium, high altitude, siliceous |
10 – 1 000 |
500 – 1 000 m (max. altitude of catchment 3 000 m, mean 1 500 m), boulders |
Non-calcareous (granite, metamorphic) medium to low alkalinity |
Nival-glacial flow regime |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
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Type R-A1 |
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Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia |
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Type R-A2 |
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Austria, France, Italy, Spain |
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ALPINE RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
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Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
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Type R-A1 |
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Austria |
Assessment of the biological quality elements – part benthic invertebrates [Erhebung der biologischen Qualitätselemente – Teil Makrozoobenthos (Detaillierte MZB-Methode)] |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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France |
Multimetric index based on macroinvertebrate fauna for the ecological assessment of French wadeable rivers (I2M2) |
0,605 |
0,354 |
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Germany |
PERLODES – Bewertungsverfahren von Fließgewässern auf Basis des Makrozoobenthos |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Italy |
MacrOper, based on STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index (STAR_ICMi) |
0,97 |
0,73 |
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Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi bentoških nevretenčarjev |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Type R-A2 |
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Austria |
Assessment of the biological quality elements – part benthic invertebrates [Erhebung der biologischen Qualitätselemente – Teil Makrozoobenthos (Detaillierte MZB-Methode)] |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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France |
Multimetric index based on macroinvertebrate fauna for the ecological assessment of French wadeable rivers (I2M2) |
0,665 |
0,460 |
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Italy |
MacrOper, based on STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index (STAR_ICMi) |
0,95 |
0,71 |
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Spain |
Iberian BMWP (IBMWP) |
0,83 |
0,53 |
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ALPINE RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
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Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Phytobenthos |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
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Type and country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
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Type R-A1 |
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Austria |
Assessment of the biological quality elements – part phytobenthos [Leitfaden zur Erhebung der biologischen Qualitätselemente, Teil A3 – Fließgewässer/Phytobenthos] |
0,89 |
0,71 |
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France |
IBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF-T-90-354, December 2007. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {...} des eaux de surface |
0,94 |
0,78 |
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Germany |
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Fließgewässern zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Diatomeen |
0,735 |
0,54 |
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Italy |
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009) |
0,87 |
0,70 |
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Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Type R-A2 |
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Austria |
Assessment of the biological quality elements – part phytobenthos [Leitfaden zur Erhebung der biologischen Qualitätselemente, Teil A3 – Fließgewässer/Phytobenthos] |
0,89 |
0,71 |
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France |
IBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF-T-90-354, December 2007. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {...} des eaux de surface |
0,94 |
0,78 |
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Spain |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,94 |
0,74 |
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Italy |
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009) |
0,85 |
0,64 |
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Water category |
Rivers |
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Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Central-Baltic rivers |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
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Type |
River characterisation |
Catchment (km2) |
Altitude and geomorphology |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
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R-C1 |
Small lowland siliceous sand |
10 – 100 |
Lowland, dominated by sandy substrate (small particle size), 3 – 8 m width (bankfull size) |
> 0,4 |
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R-C2 |
Small lowland siliceous – rock |
10 – 100 |
Lowland, rock material 3 – 8m width (bankfull size) |
< 0,4 |
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R-C3 |
Small mid-altitude siliceous |
10 – 100 |
Mid-altitude, rock (granite) – gravel substrate, 2 – 10 m width (bankfull size) |
< 0,4 |
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R-C4 |
Medium lowland mixed |
100 – 1 000 |
Lowland, sandy to gravel substrate, 8 – 25 m width (bankfull size) |
> 0,4 |
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R-C5 |
Large lowland mixed |
1 000 – 10 000 |
Lowland, barbel zone, variation in velocity, max. altitude in catchment: 800 m a.s.l., > 25 m width (bankfull size) |
> 0,4 |
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R-C6 |
Small, lowland, calcareous |
10 – 300 |
Lowland, gravel substrate (limestone), width 3 – 10 m (bankfull size) |
> 2 |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
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Type R-C1 |
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Belgium (Flanders), Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden |
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Type R-C2 |
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France, Ireland, Spain, Sweden |
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Type R-C3 |
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Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Czechia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Spain, Sweden |
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Type R-C4 |
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Belgium (Flanders), Belgium (Wallonia), Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden |
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Type R-C5 |
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Belgium (Wallonia), Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden |
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Type R-C6 |
: |
Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden |
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CENTRAL-BALTIC RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
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Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
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Austria |
Assessment of the biological quality elements – part benthic invertebrates |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Belgium (Flanders) |
Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders (MMIF) |
0,90 |
0,70 |
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Belgium (Wallonia) |
Indice Biologique Global Normalisé (IBGN) (Norme AFNOR NF T 90 350, 1992) and Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 13 septembre 2012 relatif à l’identification, à la caractérisation et à la fixation des seuils d’état écologique applicables aux masses d’eau de surface et modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement, contenant le Code de l’Eau. Moniteur belge 12.10.2012 |
0,94 (type R-C1) 0,97 (types R-C3, R-C5, R-C6) |
0,75 (type R-C1) 0,74 (types R-C3, R-C5, R-C6) |
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Czechia |
Czech system for ecological status assessment of rivers using benthic macroinvertebrates |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Denmark |
Danish Stream Fauna Index (DSFI) |
1,00 |
0,71 |
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Estonia |
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment – river macroinvertebrates |
0,90 |
0,70 |
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France |
Multimetric index based on macroinvertebrate fauna for the ecological assessment of French wadeable rivers (I2M2) |
0,665 |
0,443 |
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Germany |
PERLODES – Bewertungsverfahren von Fließgewässern auf Basis des Makrozoobenthos |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Ireland |
Quality Rating System (Q-value) |
0,85 |
0,75 |
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Italy |
MacrOper, based on STAR_ICM index calculation |
0,96 |
0,72 |
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Latvia |
Latvian Macroinvertebrate Index (LMI) |
0,92 |
0,72 |
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Lithuania |
Lithuanian River Macroinvertebrate Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Luxembourg |
Macroinvertebrate-based Multimetric Index (I2M2) |
0,64 |
0,45 |
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Netherlands |
KRW-maatlat |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Poland |
RIVECOmacro – MMI_PL |
0,91 (type R-C1) |
0,72 (type R-C1) |
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Spain |
METI |
0,93 |
0,70 |
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Spain (Basque country) |
MBf (Multimetric Basque index family level) |
0,91 |
0,68 |
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Sweden |
DJ-index (Dahl & Johnson 2004) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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CENTRAL-BALTIC RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
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Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
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Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
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Austria |
AIM for Rivers (Austrian Index Macrophytes for rivers) |
RC-3 |
0,875 |
0,625 |
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Belgium (Flanders) |
MAFWAT – Flemish macrophyte assessment system |
R-C1 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Belgium (Wallonia) |
IBMR-WL – Biological Macrophyte Index for Rivers (Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 13 septembre 2012 relatif à l’identification, à la caractérisation et à la fixation des seuils d’état écologique applicables aux masses d’eau de surface et modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement, contenant le Code de l’Eau. Moniteur belge 12.10.2012) |
R-C3 |
0,925 |
0,607 |
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Czechia |
Assessment method of surface running water bodies in Czechia using biological quality element macrophytes |
R-C3 (national type 1) |
0,83 |
0,67 |
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R-C3 (national type 4) |
0,82 |
0,64 |
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R-C4 |
0,86 |
0,62 |
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Denmark |
DSPI – Danish Stream Plant Index |
R-C1, R-C4 |
0,70 |
0,50 |
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Estonia |
Estonian Macrophyte Index for Rivers |
R-C4 |
0,85 |
0,65 |
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Germany |
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Fließgewässern zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Makrophyten |
R-C1 |
0,745 |
0,495 |
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R-C3 |
0,80 |
0,55 |
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R-C4 |
0,575 |
0,395 |
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Germany |
NRW-Verfahren zur Bewertung von Fließgewässern mit Makrophyten |
R-C1, R-C3, R-C4 |
0,995 |
0,695 |
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France |
IBMR – Indice Biologique Macrophytique en Rivière French standard NF T90-395 (2003-10-01) |
R-C3 |
0,93 |
0,79 |
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R-C4 |
0,905 |
0,79 |
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Ireland |
MTR – IE – Mean Trophic Ranking |
R-C4 |
0,74 |
0,62 |
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Italy |
IBMR – IT – Biological Macrophyte Index for Rivers |
R-C1 |
0,90 |
0,80 |
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R-C4 |
0,90 |
0,80 |
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Lithuania |
Lithuanian River Macrophyte Index |
R-C4 |
0,61 |
0,41 |
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Latvia |
Latvian assessment method using macrophytes |
R-C4 |
0,75 |
0,55 |
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Luxembourg |
IBMR – LU – Biological Macrophyte Index for Rivers |
R-C3, R-C4, R-C5 and R-C6 |
0,89 |
0,79 |
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Netherlands |
Revised assessment method for rivers in The Netherlands using macrophytes |
R-C1 and R-C4 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Poland |
MIR – Macrophyte Index for Rivers |
R-C1 |
0,90 |
0,65 |
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R-C3 |
0,910 |
0,684 |
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R-C4 |
0,90 |
0,65 |
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CENTRAL-BALTIC RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
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Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Phytobenthos |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
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Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
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Austria |
Assessment of the biological quality elements – part Phytobenthos [Leitfaden zur Erhebung der biologischen Qualitätselemente, Teil A3 -Fließgewässer/Phytobenthos] |
All types, altitude < 500 m |
0,64 |
0,49 |
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All types, altitude > 500 m |
0,81 |
0,53 |
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Belgium (Flanders) |
Proportions of Impact-Sensitive and Impact-Associated Diatoms (PISIAD) |
All types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Belgium (Wallonia) |
IPS (Coste, in CEMAGREF, 1982; Lenoir & Coste, 1996 and Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 13 septembre 2012 relatif à l’identification, à la caractérisation et à la fixation des seuils d’état écologique applicables aux masses d’eau de surface et modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement, contenant le Code de l’Eau. Moniteur belge 12.10.2012) |
All types |
0,98 |
0,73 |
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Czechia |
Czech assessment method for rivers using phytobenthos |
R-C3, R-C4, R-C5 |
0,80 |
0,63 |
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Denmark |
Danish index for benthic algae (SID_TID) |
R-C1, R-C4, R-C6 |
0,861 |
0,68 |
|
Estonia |
Indice de Polluosensibilité Spécifique (IPS) |
All types |
0,85 |
0,70 |
|
France |
IBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF-T-90-354, December 2007. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {...} des eaux de surface |
All types |
0,94 |
0,78 |
|
Germany |
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Fließgewässern zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Diatomeen |
R-C1 |
0,67 |
0,43 |
|
R-C3 |
0,67 |
0,43 |
||
|
R-C4 |
0,61 |
0,43 |
||
|
R-C5 |
0,73 |
0,55 |
||
|
Ireland |
Revised form of Trophic Diatom Index (TDI) |
All types |
0,93 |
0,78 |
|
Italy |
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009) |
All types |
0,89 |
0,70 |
|
Ireland |
Revised form of Trophic Diatom Index (TDI) |
All types |
0,93 |
0,78 |
|
Latvia |
Latvian assessment method using phytobenthos |
R-C4, R-C5, R-C6 |
0,70 |
0,50 |
|
Lithuania |
Lithuanian River Phytobenthos Index |
R-C1, R-C4, R-C5, R-C6 |
0,73 |
0,55 |
|
Luxembourg |
Indice de Polluosensibilité Spécifique (IPS) |
R-C3, R-C4 (low alkalinity) |
0,98 |
0,78 |
|
R-C4 (high alkalinity), R-C5 and R-C6 |
0,99 |
0,78 |
||
|
Netherlands |
KRW Maatlat |
All types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Poland |
Indeks Okrzemkowy IO dla rzek (Diatom Index for rivers) |
All types |
0,80 |
0,58 |
|
Spain |
Diatom multimetric (MDIAT) |
R-C2, R-C3, R-C4 |
0,93 |
0,70 |
|
Sweden |
Swedish assessment methods, Swedish EPA regulations (NFS 2008:1) based on Indice de Polluosensibilité Spécifique (IPS) |
All types |
0,89 |
0,74 |
|
Water category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Eastern Continental rivers |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
River characterisation |
Ecoregion |
Catchment (km2) |
Altitude (m a.s.l.) |
Geology |
Substrate |
|
R-E1a |
Carpathians: small to medium, mid-altitude |
10 |
10 – 1 000 |
500 – 800 |
Mixed |
|
|
R-E1b |
Carpathians: small to medium, mid-altitude |
10 |
10 – 1 000 |
200 – 500 |
Mixed |
|
|
R-E2 |
Plains: medium-sized, lowland |
11 and 12 |
100 – 1 000 |
< 200 |
Mixed |
Sand and silt |
|
R-E3 |
Plains: large, lowland |
11 and 12 |
> 1 000 |
< 200 |
Mixed |
Sand, silt and gravel |
|
R-E4 |
Plains: medium-sized, mid-altitude |
11 and 12 |
100 – 1 000 |
200 – 500 |
Mixed |
Sand and gravel |
|
R-EX4 |
Large, mid-altitude |
10 , 11 and 12 |
> 1 000 |
200 – 500 |
Mixed |
Gravel and boulder |
|
R-EX5 |
Plains: small lowland |
11 and 12 |
10 – 100 |
< 200 |
Mixed |
Sand and silt |
|
R-EX6 |
Plains: small, mid-altitude |
11 and 12 |
10 – 100 |
200 – 500 |
Mixed |
Gravel |
|
R-EX7 |
Balkan: small, calcareous, mid-altitude |
5 |
10 – 100 |
200 – 500 |
Calcareous |
Gravel |
|
R-EX8 |
Balkan: small to medium-sized, calcareous karst spring |
5 |
10 – 1 000 |
|
Calcareous |
Gravel, sand and silt |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
|
R-E1a |
: |
Bulgaria, Czechia, Romania, Slovakia |
|
R-E1b |
: |
Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia |
|
R-E2 |
: |
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia |
|
R-E3 |
: |
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia |
|
R-E4 |
: |
Austria, Czechia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia |
|
R-EX4 |
: |
Czechia, Romania, Slovakia |
|
R-EX5 |
: |
Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia |
|
R-EX6 |
: |
Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia |
|
R-EX7 |
: |
Croatia, Slovenia |
|
R-EX8 |
: |
Croatia, Slovenia |
|
EASTERN CONTINENTAL RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
|||
|
Austria |
Assessment of the biological quality elements – part benthic invertebrates |
R-E4 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Bulgaria |
IBI (BG) (Irish Biotic Index (BG)) |
R-E1a, R-E1b |
0,86 |
0,67 |
|
R-E2, R-E3 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
||
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for benthic macroinvertebrates |
R-E2, R-E3, R-EX5, R-EX6 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Czechia |
Czech system for ecological status assessment of rivers using benthic macroinvertebrates |
R-E1a, R-E1b, R-E2, R-E3 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Hungary |
Hungarian Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index |
R-E1b, R-E3, R-E4, R-EX5, R-EX6 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Romania |
Assessment method for ecological status of water bodies based on macroinvertebrates |
R-E1a, R-E1b, R-E3, R-EX4 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi bentoških nevretenčarjev |
R-E4, R-EX5, R-EX6 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovakia |
Slovak assessment of benthic invertebrates in rivers |
R-E1a, R-E1b, R-E2, R-E3, R-E4, R-EX4 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
EASTERN CONTINENTAL RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
|||
|
Austria |
AIM for Rivers (Austrian Index Macrophytes for rivers) |
R-E4 |
0,875 |
0,625 |
|
Bulgaria |
Reference Index |
R-E2, R-E3 |
0,570 |
0,370 |
|
R-E4 |
0,510 |
0,270 |
||
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for macrophytes in rivers |
R-E2, R-E3 |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Czechia |
Assessment method of surface running water bodies in Czechia using biological quality element macrophytes |
R-E2, R-E3 |
0,750 |
0,500 |
|
Czechia |
Assessment method of surface running water bodies in Czechia using biological quality element macrophytes |
R-E4 |
0,770 |
0,560 |
|
Hungary |
Reference Index |
R-E2, R-E3 |
0,700 |
0,370 |
|
Romania |
Romanian Macrophyte-based assessment system for rivers (Macrophyte River Index (MARI)) |
R-E2, R-E3, R-E4 |
R-E2 and R-E3: 0,875 , R-E4: 0,783 |
all types: 0,625 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, makrofiti |
R-E2, R-E3, R-E4 |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Slovakia |
Macrophyte Biological Index for Rivers (IBMR-SK) |
R-E2, R-E3, R-E4 |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
EASTERN CONTINENTAL RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Phytobenthos |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
|||
|
Austria |
Assessment of the biological quality elements – part Phytobenthos [Leitfaden zur Erhebung der biologischen Qualitätselemente, Teil A3 – Fließgewässer/Phytobenthos] |
R-E4 |
0,64 |
0,49 |
|
Bulgaria |
Ecological status assessment of rivers in Bulgaria based on IPS diatom index |
R-E1a, R-E1b, R-E3 |
0,87 (national type R2, R4) 0,85 (national type R7, R8) |
0,66 (national type R2, R4) 0,64 (national type R7, R8) |
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for phytobenthos in rivers |
R-E2, R-E3, R-EX5, R-EX6, R-EX7, R-EX8 |
0,862 |
0,60 |
|
Czechia |
Assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos |
R-E1a, R-E1b, R-E2, R-E3, R-EX4 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Hungary |
Ecological status assessment for rivers based on diatoms |
R-E1b, R-E2, R-E3, R-EX5 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Romania |
National (Romanian) Assessment Method for Rivers Ecological Status based on Phytobenthos (Diatoms) RO-AMRP |
R-E1a, R-E1b, R-E3 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos |
R-E4, R-EX5, R-EX6, R-EX7, R-EX8 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovakia |
Ecological status assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos |
R-E1a, R-E1b, R-E2, R-E3, R-E4, R-EX4 |
0,90 |
0,70 |
|
Water category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Mediterranean rivers |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
River characterisation |
Catchment (km2) |
Geology |
Flow regime |
|
R-M1 |
Small Mediterranean streams |
< 100 |
Mixed (except siliceous) |
Highly seasonal |
|
R-M2 |
Medium Mediterranean streams |
100 – 1 000 |
Mixed (except siliceous) |
Highly seasonal |
|
R-M4 |
Mediterranean mountain streams |
|
Non-siliceous |
Highly seasonal |
|
R-M5 |
Temporary streams |
|
|
Temporary |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
|
R-M1 |
: |
Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain |
|
R-M2 |
: |
Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain |
|
R-M4 |
: |
Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Spain |
|
R-M5 |
: |
Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain |
|
MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Type and Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
R-M1 |
|
|
|
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for benthic macroinvertebrates |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
France |
Multimetric index based on macroinvertebrate fauna for the ecological assessment of French wadeable rivers (I2M2) |
0,676 |
0,464 |
|
Greece |
Hellenic Evaluation System-2 (HESY-2) |
0,943 |
0,750 |
|
Italy |
MacrOper (based on STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index ICMi) |
0,970 |
0,720 |
|
Portugal |
Rivers Biological Quality Assessment Method-Benthic Invertebrates (IPtIN, IPtIS) |
0,870 (type 1) |
0,678 (type 1) |
|
0,850 (type 3) |
0,686 (type 3) |
||
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi bentoških nevretenčarjev |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Spain |
Iberian Biological Monitoring Working Party (IBMWP) |
0,845 |
0,698 |
|
Spain |
Iberian Mediterranean Multimetric Index—using quantitative data (IMMi-T) |
0,811 |
0,707 |
|
R-M2 |
|
|
|
|
Bulgaria |
IBI (BG) (Irish Biotic Index (BG)) |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for benthic macroinvertebrates |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
France |
Multimetric index based on macroinvertebrate fauna for the ecological assessment of French wadeable rivers (I2M2) |
0,676 |
0,464 |
|
Greece |
Hellenic Evaluation System-2 (HESY-2) |
0,944 |
0,708 |
|
Italy |
MacrOper (based on STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index ICMi) |
0,940 |
0,700 |
|
Portugal |
Rivers Biological Quality Assessment Method-Benthic Invertebrates (IPtIN, IPtIS) |
0,830 (type 2) |
0,693 (type 2) |
|
0,880 (type 4) |
0,676 (type 4) |
||
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi bentoških nevretenčarjev |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Spain |
Iberian Biological Monitoring Working Party (IBMWP) |
0,845 |
0,698 |
|
Spain |
Iberian Mediterranean Multimetric Index—using quantitative data (IMMi-T) |
0,811 |
0,707 |
|
R-M4 |
|
|
|
|
Cyprus |
STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index (STAR_ICMi) |
0,972 |
0,729 |
|
France |
Multimetric index based on macroinvertebrate fauna for the ecological assessment of French wadeable rivers (I2M2) |
0,676 |
0,464 |
|
Greece |
Hellenic Evaluation System-2 (HESY-2) |
0,850 |
0,637 |
|
Italy |
MacrOper (based on STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index ICMi) |
0,940 |
0,700 |
|
Spain |
Iberian Biological Monitoring Working Party (IBMWP) |
0,840 |
0,700 |
|
Spain |
Iberian Mediterranean Multimetric Index—using quantitative data (IMMi-T) |
0,850 |
0,694 |
|
R-M5 |
|
|
|
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for benthic macroinvertebrates |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Cyprus |
STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index (STAR_ICMi) |
0,982 |
0,737 |
|
Greece |
Hellenic Evaluation System-2 (HESY-2) |
0,963 |
0,673 |
|
Italy |
MacrOper (based on STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index ICMi) |
0,970 |
0,730 |
|
Portugal |
Rivers Biological Quality Assessment Method-Benthic Invertebrates (IPtIN, IPtIS) |
0,973 (type 5) |
0,705 (type 5) |
|
0,961 (type 6) |
0,708 (type 6) |
||
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi bentoških nevretenčarjev |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Spain |
Iberian Biological Monitoring Working Party (IBMWP) |
0,830 |
0,630 |
|
Spain |
Iberian Mediterranean Multimetric Index—using quantitative data (IMMi-T) |
0,830 |
0,620 |
|
Spain (Balearic Islands) |
INVMIB index (INVertebrate Multimetric Illes Balears) |
0,93 |
0,68 |
|
MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Type and Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
R-M1, M2, M4 |
|
|
|
|
Bulgaria (R-M1 and R-M2) |
RI (BG) (Reference Index (BG)) |
0,640 |
0,350 |
|
Croatia (R-M1 and R-M2) |
Croatian classification method for macrophytes in rivers |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Cyprus (R-M4) |
IBMR – Biological Macrophyte Index for Rivers |
0,795 |
0,596 |
|
France |
IBMR – Indice Biologique Macrophytique en Rivière French standard NF T90-395 (2003-10-01) |
0,930 |
0,745 |
|
Greece |
IBMR – Biological Macrophyte Index for Rivers |
0,750 |
0,560 |
|
Italy |
IBMR – Biological Macrophyte Index for Rivers |
0,900 |
0,800 |
|
Portugal (R-M1 and R-M2) |
IBMR – Biological Macrophyte Index for Rivers |
0,920 |
0,690 |
|
Slovenia (R-M1 and R-M2) |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, makrofiti |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Spain |
IBMR – Biological Macrophyte Index for Rivers |
0,950 |
0,740 |
|
MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Phytobenthos |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Type and Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
R-M1 |
|
|
|
|
Bulgaria |
IPS (Indice de polluo-sensibilité) |
0,820 |
0,630 |
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for phytobenthos in rivers |
0,829 |
0,555 |
|
France |
IBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF-T-90-354, December 2007. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {...} des eaux de surface |
0,940 |
0,780 |
|
Greece |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) Intercalibrated (EQR IPS) |
0,956 |
0,717 |
|
Italy |
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009) |
0,800 |
0,610 |
|
Portugal |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,970 (type 1 ) |
0,730 (type 1 ) |
|
0,910 (type 3 ) |
0,680 (type 3 ) |
||
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Spain |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,937 |
0,727 |
|
R-M2 |
|
|
|
|
Bulgaria |
IPDS (Indice de polluo-sensibilité) |
0,820 |
0,630 |
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for phytobenthos in rivers |
0,829 |
0,555 |
|
France |
IBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF-T-90-354, December 2007. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {...} des eaux de surface |
0,940 |
0,780 |
|
Greece |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) Intercalibrated (EQR IPS) |
0,953 |
0,732 |
|
Italy |
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009) |
0,800 |
0,610 |
|
Portugal |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)) |
0,910 (type 2 ) |
0,680 (type 2 ) |
|
0,970 (type 4 ) |
0,730 (type 4 ) |
||
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Spain |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,938 |
0,727 |
|
R-M4 |
|
|
|
|
Cyprus |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,910 |
0,683 |
|
France |
IBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF-T-90-354, December 2007. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {...} des eaux de surface |
0,940 |
0,780 |
|
Greece |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) Intercalibrated (EQR IPS) |
0,932 |
0,716 |
|
Italy |
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009) |
0,800 |
0,610 |
|
Spain |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,935 |
0,727 |
|
R-M5 |
|
|
|
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for phytobenthos in rivers |
0,850 |
0,585 |
|
Cyprus |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,958 |
0,718 |
|
Italy |
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009) |
0,880 |
0,650 |
|
Portugal |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,800 (Type 5 ) |
0,651 (Type 5 ) |
|
0,940 (Type 6 ) |
0,700 (Type 6 ) |
||
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Spain |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,935 |
0,700 |
|
Spain (Balearic Islands) |
Diatom multimetric index (DIATMIB) |
0,93 |
0,68 |
|
Water category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Northern rivers |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
River characterisation |
Catchment area of stretch (km2) |
Altitude and geomorphology |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Organic material (mg Pt/l) |
|
R-N1 |
Small lowland siliceous moderate alkalinity |
10 – 100 |
< 200 m a.s.l. or below the highest coastline |
0,2 – 1 |
< 30 (< 150 in Ireland) |
|
R-N3 |
Small/medium lowland organic low alkalinity |
10 – 1 000 |
< 0,2 |
> 30 |
|
|
R-N4 |
Medium lowland siliceous moderate alkalinity |
100 – 1 000 |
0,2 – 1 |
< 30 |
|
|
R-N5 |
Small mid-altitude siliceous low alkalinity |
10 – 100 |
Between lowland and highland |
< 0,2 |
< 30 |
|
R-N9 |
Small/medium mid-altitude siliceous low alkalinity organic (humic) |
10 – 1 000 |
Between lowland and highland |
< 0,2 |
> 30 |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
|
R-N1 |
: |
Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden |
|
R-N3 |
: |
Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden |
|
R-N4 |
: |
Finland, Norway, Sweden |
|
R-N5 |
: |
Finland, Norway, Sweden |
|
R-N9 |
: |
Finland, Norway, Sweden |
|
NORTHERN RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna (methods sensitive for organic enrichment and general degradation) |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Finland |
Revised Finnish river invertebrate fauna assessment method |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
Quality Rating System (Q-value) |
0,85 |
0,75 |
|
Norway |
ASPT |
0,99 |
0,87 |
|
Sweden |
DJ-index (Dahl & Johnson 2004) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna (methods sensitive for acidification) |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
The following results apply to clear, low alkalinity river types
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Ireland |
Acid Waters Indicator Community Species (IE AWICSp) |
0,99 |
0,90 |
|
Norway |
AcidIndex2 (Modified Raddum index2) (river acidification) |
0,675 |
0,515 |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
The following results apply to humic, low alkalinity river types
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Sweden |
MISA: Multimetric Invertebrate Stream Acidification index |
0,550 |
0,400 |
|
NORTHERN RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Type and Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
R-N3 and R-N9 |
|
|
|
|
Finland |
Trophic index TIc |
0,889 |
0,610 |
|
Sweden |
Trophic index TIc |
0,889 |
0,610 |
|
Norway |
Trophic index TIc |
0,889 |
0,610 |
|
NORTHERN RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Phytobenthos |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Finland |
Revised Finnish river phytobenthos method |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
Revised form of Trophic Diatom Index (TDI) |
0,93 |
0,78 |
|
Norway |
Periphyton Index of Trophic Status (PIT) |
0,99 (Ca ≤ 1 mg/l) |
0,83 |
|
0,95 (Ca > 1 mg/l) |
|||
|
Sweden |
Indice de Polluosensibilité Spécifique (IPS) |
0,89 |
0,74 |
|
Water category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Groups |
All |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Overview of regional groups that have been established for the river fish intercalibration:
|
|
Alpine-type Mountains group – Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia |
|
|
Danubian group – Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia |
|
|
Lowland-Midland group – Belgium (Flanders), Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland |
|
|
Mediterranean South Atlantic group – Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain |
|
|
Nordic group – Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
Alpine-type Mountains group
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Austria |
FIA |
0,875 |
0,625 |
|
France |
FBI (Fish-Based Index): Indice Poissons Rivière (IPR). AFNOR NF-T90-344 |
1,131 |
0,876 |
|
Germany |
FIBS – fischbasiertes Bewertungssystem für Fließgewässer zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Deutschland |
1,086 |
0,592 |
|
Italy |
NISECI index (New Index of Ecological Status of Fish Communities) |
0,800 |
0,520 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi rib |
0,800 |
0,600 |
Danubian group
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Bulgaria |
TsBRI (Type Specific Bulgarian Fish Index) |
0,860 |
0,650 |
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for fish in rivers |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Czechia |
Czech multimetric method CZI |
0,780 |
0,585 |
|
Romania |
EFI+ European Fish index (cyprinid wading type) |
0,939 |
0,700 |
|
Romania |
EFI+ European Fish index (salmonid type) |
0,911 |
0,755 |
|
Slovakia |
Fish Index of Slovakia FIS |
0,710 |
0,570 |
Lowland – Midland group
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Belgium Flanders |
Upstream and Lowland IBI |
0,850 |
0,650 |
|
Belgium Wallonia |
IBIP (Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 13 septembre 2012 relatif à l’identification, à la caractérisation et à la fixation des seuils d’état écologique applicables aux masses d’eau de surface et modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement, contenant le Code de l’Eau. Moniteur belge 12.10.2012) |
0,958 |
0,792 |
|
Denmark |
Danish index for fish in streams DFFVa |
0,700 |
0,500 |
|
France |
FBI (Fish-Based Index): Indice Poissons Rivière (IPR). AFNOR NF-T-90-344. |
1,131 |
0,835 |
|
Germany |
FIBS – fischbasiertes Bewertungssystem für Fließgewässer zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Deutschland |
1,086 |
0,592 |
|
Latvia |
Latvian Fish Index |
0,880 |
0,660 |
|
Lithuania |
Lithuanian River Fish Index |
0,940 |
0,720 |
|
Luxembourg |
Classification française DCE Indice Poissons Rivière (IPR). AFNOR NF-T-90-344 |
1,131 |
0,835 |
|
Netherlands |
NLFISR |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Poland |
EFI+PL index |
0,800 |
0,600 |
Mediterranean group
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Croatia |
Croatian classification method for fish in rivers |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Greece |
Hellenic Fish Index (HeFI) |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Portugal |
F-IBIP – Fish-based Index of Biotic Integrity for Portuguese Wadeable Streams |
0,850 |
0,675 |
|
Spain |
IBIMED – type T2 |
0,816 |
0,705 |
|
Spain |
IBIMED – type T3 |
0,929 |
0,733 |
|
Spain |
IBIMED – type T4 |
0,864 |
0,758 |
|
Spain |
IBIMED – type T5 |
0,866 |
0,650 |
|
Spain |
IBIMED – type T6 |
0,916 |
0,764 |
Nordic group
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Finland |
Finnish Fish Index (FiFi) – type L2 |
0,665 |
0,499 |
|
Finland |
Finnish Fish Index (FiFi) – type L3 |
0,658 |
0,493 |
|
Finland |
Finnish Fish Index (FiFi) – type M1 |
0,709 |
0,532 |
|
Finland |
Finnish Fish Index (FiFi) – type M2 |
0,734 |
0,550 |
|
Finland |
Finnish Fish Index (FiFi) – type M3 |
0,723 |
0,542 |
|
Ireland |
Fish Classification Scheme 2 Ireland (FCS2) |
0,845 |
0,540 |
|
Sweden |
Swedish method VIX |
0,739 |
0,467 |
|
Water Category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Groups |
All – Very Large Rivers |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
River characterisation |
Catchment area of stretch (km2) |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
|
R-L1 |
Very large low alkalinity rivers |
> 10 000 |
< 0,5 |
|
R-L2 |
Very large medium to high alkalinity rivers |
> 10 000 |
> 0,5 |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
|
R-L1 |
: |
Finland, Norway, Sweden |
|
R-L2 |
: |
Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden |
|
VERY LARGE RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Austria |
Assessment of the Biological Quality Elements – part benthic invertebrates (for large alpine rivers) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Austria |
Slovak assessment of benthic invertebrates in large rivers (for large lowland rivers) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Belgium (Flanders) |
Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders (MMIF) |
0,90 |
0,70 |
|
Bulgaria |
mRBA – Modified Rapid Biological Assessment |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Croatia |
Ecological status assessment system based on benthic invertebrates in very large rivers |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Czechia |
Czech system for ecological status assessment of large non-wadeable rivers using benthic macroinvertebrates |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Estonia |
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment _ large river macroinvertebrates |
0,90 |
0,70 |
|
Finland |
Revised Finnish river invertebrate fauna assessment method |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Germany |
Germany PTI – Potamon-Typie-Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Greece |
STAR_ICMi index |
1,01 |
0,73 |
|
Hungary |
Hungary HMMI_II – Hungarian Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index for large and very large rivers |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
ISA (Indice per la classificazione sulla base dei Substrati Artificiali) – mediterranean rivers |
0,94 |
0,70 |
|
Italy |
ISA (Indice per la classificazione sulla base dei Substrati Artificiali) – non-mediterranean rivers |
0,96 |
0,72 |
|
Latvia |
LRMI – Latvian large River Macroinvertebrate Index |
0,88 |
0,63 |
|
Lithuania |
Lithuanian River Macroinvertebrate Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Netherlands |
WFD metrics for natural water types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Norway |
Norway ASPT – Average Score Per Taxon |
0,99 |
0,87 |
|
Poland |
RIVECOmacro – MMI_PL |
0,91 |
0,71 |
|
Portugal |
Portuguese assessment method for Large Rivers using Benthic Macroinvertebrates (IPtIN) |
0,849 |
0,637 |
|
Romania |
Assessment method for ecological status of water bodies based on macroinvertebrates |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovakia |
Slovak assessment of benthic invertebrates in large rivers |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi bentoških nevretenčarjev |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Spain |
IBMWP – Iberian Biological Monitoring Working Party |
0,79 |
0,48 |
|
Sweden |
Average Score Per Taxon (ASPT) and DJ-index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
VERY LARGE RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Austria |
German PhytoFluss-Index 4.0 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Belgium (Flanders) |
German PhytoFluss-Index 2.0 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Bulgaria |
German PhytoFluss-Index 4.0 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Croatia |
HRPI – Hungarian River Phytoplankton Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Czechia |
CZ – Assessment method for ecological status of rivers based on phytoplankton |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Germany |
German PhytoFluss-Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Estonia |
EST_PHYPLA_R – Estonian Large River Phytoplankton Index |
0,85 |
0,65 |
|
Hungary |
HRPI – Hungarian River Phytoplankton Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Latvia |
Latvian Large River Phytoplankton Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Lithuania |
German River Phytoplankton Index (PhytoFluss-Index for lowland rivers of type 15.2) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Poland |
IFPL metric – Method for large rivers assessment using phytoplankton |
1,08 |
0,92 |
|
Portugal |
Portuguese assessment method for Phytoplankton in large rivers (NMASRP) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Romania |
ECO-FITO – Assessment Method for Ecological Status of the Water Bodies based on Phytoplankton |
0,92 |
0,76 |
|
Slovakia |
Phytoplankton-SK – Slovak assessment of phytoplankton in large rivers |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
VERY LARGE RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Phytobenthos |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
R-L1 |
|
|
|
|
Finland |
Revised Finnish river phytobenthos method |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Sweden |
Benthic algae in running water – diatom analysis |
0,89 |
0,74 |
|
R-L2 |
|
|
|
|
Austria |
Assessment of the Biological Quality Elements – part phytobenthos |
0,85 |
0,57 |
|
Bulgaria |
IPS (Indice de Polluo-Sensibilité) |
0,76 |
0,58 |
|
Croatia |
Ecological status assessment system for phytobenthos in rivers based on diatoms |
0,80 |
0,61 |
|
Czechia |
Assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Estonia |
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment – river phytobenthos |
0,83 |
0,64 |
|
France |
IBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF T90-354, April 2016. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {...} des eaux de surface |
0,92 |
0,76 |
|
Germany |
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Fließgewässern zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Diatomeen |
0,725 |
0,55 |
|
Hungary |
Ecological status assessment for rivers based on diatoms |
0,762 |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini &Sollazzo 2009) |
0,89 (national type C) |
0,70 (national type C) |
|
0,82 (national type M3 ) |
0,62 (national type M3 ) |
||
|
Latvia |
Latvian assessment method using phytobenthos in very large rivers (IPS index) |
0,78 |
0,58 |
|
Lithuania |
Lithuanian River Phytobenthos Index |
0,73 |
0,55 |
|
Netherlands |
WFD-metrics for natural water types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Portugal |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,90 |
0,67 |
|
Romania |
National (Romanian) Assessment Method for Rivers Ecological Status based on Phytobenthos (Diatoms) – RO-AMRP |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovakia |
Ecological status assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos |
0,90 |
0,70 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Spain |
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) |
0,68 |
0,48 |
|
VERY LARGE RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
|
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|||
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||||
|
Austria |
Fish Index Austria (FIA) |
|
n.i. |
0,625 |
||
|
Belgium (Flanders) |
Flemish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBIFL) |
|
n.i. |
0,805 |
||
|
Bulgaria |
Bulgarian River Index for the Danube River (BRID) |
|
n.i. |
0,600 |
||
|
Croatia |
Croatian fish index for large rivers (CFILR) |
|
0,87 |
0,550 |
||
|
Czechia |
Czech Multimetric Fish Index for Rivers (CZI) |
|
0,800 |
0,600 |
||
|
Greece |
Hellenic Fish Index (HeFI) |
|
n.i. |
0,650 |
||
|
Hungary |
Hungarian Multimetric Fish Index Group (HMMFI) |
Highland |
0,800 |
0,600 |
||
|
Lowland |
||||||
|
Latvia |
Latvian Large River Fish Index |
|
n.i. |
0,660 |
||
|
Lithuania |
Lithuanian River Fish Index |
|
n.i. |
0,720 |
||
|
Norway |
European Fish Index (EFI) |
|
0,996 |
0,755 |
||
|
Poland |
Index of Biotic Integrity with Diadromous Fish Index (IBIPL) |
|
n.i. |
0,688 |
||
|
Portugal |
Fish-based index of biotic integrity for Portuguese Large Rivers (FIBIP-GR) |
|
0,860 |
0,600 |
||
|
Romania |
New European Fish (EFI+I) |
Boat-sampling |
0,971 |
0,651 |
||
|
Wade-sampling |
0,939 |
0,655 |
||||
|
Slovakia |
Fish Index of Slovakia (FIS) |
|
n.i. |
0,661 |
||
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi rib |
|
0,800 |
0,600 |
||
|
Spain |
New European Fish (EFI+I) |
Boat-sampling |
n.i. |
0,614 |
||
|
Sweden |
Swedish Method VIX |
|
0,739 |
0,467 |
||
|
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|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Alpine lakes |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Altitude (m above sea level) |
Mean depth (m) |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Lake size (km2) |
|
L-AL3 |
Lowland or mid-altitude, deep, moderate to high alkalinity (alpine influence), large |
50 – 800 |
> 15 |
> 1 |
> 0,5 |
|
L-AL4 |
Mid-altitude, shallow, moderate to high alkalinity (alpine influence), large |
200 – 800 |
3 – 15 |
> 1 |
> 0,5 |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
|
Types L-AL3 |
: |
Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia |
|
Types L-AL4 |
: |
Austria, France, Germany, Italy |
|
ALPINE LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Austria |
Evaluation of the biological quality elements, Part B2 – phytoplankton |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
France |
Phytoplankton Index for Lakes (IPLAC): Indice Phytoplancton Lacustre |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Germany |
PSI (Phyto-Seen-Index) – Bewertungsverfahren für Seen mittels Phytoplankton zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Deutschland |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
Italian Phytoplankton Assessment Method (IPAM) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja jezer na podlagi fitoplanktona |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
ALPINE LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
IC type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|||
|
Austria |
AIM for Lakes (Austrian Index Macrophytes for lakes) |
L-AL3+ L-AL4 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
France |
French Macrophyte Index for Lakes (IBML): Indice Biologique Macrophytique en Lacs |
L-AL3+ L-AL4 |
0,92 |
0,72 |
|
Germany |
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Makrophyten |
L-AL3+ L-AL4 |
0,76 |
0,51 |
|
Germany |
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Makrophyten und Phytobenthos |
LAL4 |
0,74 |
0,47 |
|
Italy |
MacroIMMI (Macrophytic index for the evaluation of the ecological quality of the Italian lakes) |
L-AL3+ L-AL4 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja jezer na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, makrofiti |
L-AL3 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
ALPINE LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Austria |
Method for the assessment of Alpine lakes using benthic invertebrates |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Germany |
AESHNA – Bewertungsverfahren für das eulitorale Makrozoobenthos in Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Deutschland |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja jezer na podlagi bentoških nevretenčarjev |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
ALPINE LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Austria |
ALFI (Austrian lake fish index): A multimetric index to assess the ecological status of alpine lakes based on fish fauna |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Germany |
DeLFI_SITE – Deutsches probennahmestandort-spezifisches Bewertungsverfahren für Fische in Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie |
0,85 |
0,69 |
|
Italy |
Lake Fish Index (LFI) |
0,82 |
0,64 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja jezer na podlagi rib |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Central/Baltic lakes |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Altitude (m above sea level) |
Mean depth (m) |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Residence time (years) |
|
L-CB1 |
Lowland, shallow, calcareous |
< 200 |
3 – 15 |
> 1 |
1 – 10 |
|
L-CB2 |
Lowland, very shallow, calcareous |
< 200 |
< 3 |
> 1 |
0,1 – 1 |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated
|
Types L-CB1 |
: |
Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland |
|
Types L-CB2 |
: |
Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland |
|
CENTRAL-BALTIC LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Belgium (Flanders) |
Flemish phytoplankton assessment method for lakes |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Denmark |
Danish Lake Phytoplankton Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Estonia |
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment – lake phytoplankton |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Germany |
PSI (Phyto-Seen-Index) – Bewertungsverfahren für Seen mittels Phytoplankton zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Deutschland – German Phyto-Lake-Index (Phyto-See-Index) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
IE Lake Phytoplankton Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Latvia |
Latvian Lake Phytoplankton Index |
0,81 |
0,61 |
|
Lithuania |
German Lake Phytoplankton Index (Phyto-See-Index) |
0,81 |
0,61 |
|
Netherlands |
WFD – metrics for natural water types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Poland |
Phytoplankton method for Polish Lakes (PMPL) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
CENTRAL-BALTIC LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
IC type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|||
|
Belgium (Flanders) |
Flemish macrophyte assessment system |
All types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Denmark |
Danish Lake Macrophytes Index |
All types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Estonia |
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment – lake macrophytes |
LCB1 |
0,78 |
0,52 |
|
LCB2 |
0,76 |
0,50 |
||
|
Germany |
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Makrophyten |
All types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Latvia |
Latvian Lake Macrophyte Assessment Method |
All types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Lithuania |
Lithuanian Lake Macrophyte Index |
All types |
0,75 |
0,50 |
|
Netherlands |
WFD-metrics for natural water types |
All types |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Poland |
Macrophyte based indication method for lakes – Ecological Status Macrophyte Index ESMI (multimetric) |
All types |
0,68 |
0,41 |
|
CENTRAL-BALTIC LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate |
||
|
Belgium (Flanders) |
Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders (MMIF) |
0,90 |
0,70 |
|
Denmark |
Danish Lake Macroinvertebrate Index (DLMI) |
0,696 |
0,511 |
|
Estonia |
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment – lake macroinvertebrates |
0,86 |
0,70 |
|
Germany |
AESHNA – Bewertungsverfahren für das eulitorale Makrozoobenthos in Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Deutschland |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Latvia |
Latvian Lake Macroinvertebrate Multimetric Index (LLMMI) |
0,85 |
0,52 |
|
Lithuania |
Lithuanian Lake Macroinvertebrate Index |
0,74 |
0,50 |
|
Netherlands |
WFDi – Metric for Natural Watertypes |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Poland |
Lake Macroinvertebrate Index (LMI) |
0,92 |
0,588 |
|
CENTRAL-BALTIC LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Description of common intercalibration types
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Altitude (m above sea level) |
Mean depth (m) |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Residence time (years) |
|
L-CB1 |
Lowland, shallow, calcareous |
< 200 |
3 – 15 |
> 1 |
1 – 10 |
|
L-CB2 |
Lowland, very shallow, calcareous |
< 200 |
< 3 |
> 1 |
0,1 – 1 |
|
L-CB3 |
Lowland, shallow, small, siliceous (moderate alkalinity) |
< 200 |
3 – 15 |
0,2 – 1 |
1 – 10 |
|
L-CB4 |
Heavily modified water bodies |
200 – 700 |
3 – 30 |
> 0,2 |
0,1 – 5 |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated
|
Types L-CB1 |
: |
Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland |
|
Types L-CB2 |
: |
Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland |
|
Types L-CB3 |
: |
Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Latvia, Poland |
|
Types L-CB4 |
: |
Czechia |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate |
||
|
Czechia |
CZ-FBI |
0,870 |
0,619 |
|
Denmark |
Danish Lake Fish Index |
0,75 |
0,54 |
|
EE |
LAFIEE |
0,80 |
0,61 |
|
Germany |
DeLFI_SITE – Deutsches probennahmestandort-spezifisches Bewertungsverfahren für Fische in Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie |
0,95 |
0,80 |
|
France |
ELFI (European Lake Fish Index): Indice Ichtyofaune Lacustre (IIL) |
0,73 |
0,49 |
|
Latvia |
Latvian Lake Fish Index |
0,76 |
0,57 |
|
Lithuania |
Lithuanian Lake Fish Index |
0,865 |
0,605 |
|
Netherlands |
VISMAATLAT |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Poland |
LFI+ |
0,866 |
0,595 |
|
Poland |
LFI EN |
0,804 |
0,557 |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Eastern Continental lakes |
Description of common intercalibration types
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Altitude (m above sea level) |
Mean depth (m) |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Conductivity (μS/cm) |
|
L-EC1 |
Lowland very shallow hard-water |
< 200 |
< 6 |
1 – 4 |
300 – 1 000 |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated
|
Types L-EC1 |
: |
Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania |
|
EASTERN CONTINENTAL LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Bulgaria |
HLPI-Hungarian lake phytoplankton index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Hungary |
HLPI-Hungarian lake phytoplankton index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Romania |
HLPI-Hungarian lake phytoplankton index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
EASTERN CONTINENTAL LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Bulgaria |
RI-BG – Adapted Reference Index |
0,83 |
0,58 |
|
Hungary |
HU-RI – Adapted Reference Index |
0,89 |
0,67 |
|
Romania |
MIRO – Macrophyte Index for Romanian Lakes (Adapted Reference Index) |
0,86 |
0,66 |
|
EASTERN CONTINENTAL LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Bulgaria |
HMMI_lakes (Hungarian Macrozoobenton Multimetric Index for Lakes |
0,85 |
0,65 |
|
Hungary |
HMMI_lakes (Hungarian Macrozoobenton Multimetric Index for Lakes |
0,85 |
0,65 |
|
Romania |
ECO-NL-BENT Romanian ecological status assessment system for natural lakes using benthic invertebrates |
0,93 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Mediterranean lakes |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Altitude (m) |
Annual mean precipitation (mm) and T (°C) |
Mean depth (m) |
Area (km2) |
Catchment (km2) |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
|
L-M5/7 |
Reservoirs, deep, large, siliceous, ‘wet’ areas |
< 1 000 |
> 800 and/or < 15 |
> 15 |
0,5 – 50 |
< 20 000 |
< 1 |
|
L-M8 |
Reservoirs, deep, large, calcareous |
< 1 000 |
- |
> 15 |
0,5 – 50 |
< 20 000 |
> 1 |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated
|
Types L-M5/7 |
: |
France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain |
|
Types L-M8 |
: |
Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Spain |
|
MEDITERRANEAN LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
|
Country and Type |
National classification methods intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
LM 5/7 |
|||
|
France |
Phytoplankton Index for Lakes (IPLAC): Indice Phytoplancton Lacustre |
n.d. (*1) |
0,60 |
|
Greece |
New Mediterranean Assessment System for Reservoirs (NMASRP) |
n.d. (*1) |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
New Italian Method (NITMET) |
n.d. (*1) |
0,60 |
|
Portugal |
Reservoirs Biological Quality Assessment Method – Phytoplankton (New Mediterranean Assessment System for Reservoirs Phytoplankton: NMASRP). |
n.d. (*1) |
0,60 |
|
Spain |
Mediterranean Assessment System for Reservoirs Phytoplankton (MASRP). |
n.d. (*1) |
0,58 |
|
L-M8 |
|||
|
Cyprus |
New Mediterranean Assessment System for Reservoirs Phytoplankton (NMASRP). |
n.d. (*1) |
0,60 |
|
France |
Phytoplankton Index for Lakes (IPLAC): Indice Phytoplancton Lacustre |
n.d. (*1) |
0,60 |
|
Greece |
New Mediterranean Assessment System for Reservoirs (NMASRP) |
n.d. (*1) |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
New Italian Method (NITMET) |
n.d. (*1) |
0,60 |
|
Spain |
Mediterranean Assessment System for Reservoirs Phytoplankton (MASRP). |
n.d. (*1) |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Northern lakes |
|
NORTHERN LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Altitude (m above sea level) |
Mean depth (m) |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Colour (mg Pt/l) |
|
L-N1 |
Lowland, shallow, moderate alkalinity, clear |
< 200 |
3 – 15 |
0,2 – 1 |
< 30 |
|
L-N2a |
Lowland, shallow, low alkalinity, clear |
< 200 |
3 – 15 |
< 0,2 |
< 30 |
|
L-N2b |
Lowland, deep, low alkalinity, clear |
< 200 |
> 15 |
< 0,2 |
< 30 |
|
L-N3a |
Lowland, shallow, low alkalinity, meso-humic |
< 200 |
3 – 15 |
< 0,2 |
30 – 90 |
|
L-N5 |
Mid-altitude, shallow, low alkalinity, clear |
200 – 800 |
3 – 15 |
< 0,2 |
< 30 |
|
L-N6a |
Mid-altitude, shallow, low alkalinity, meso-humic |
200 – 800 |
3 – 15 |
< 0,2 |
30 – 90 |
|
L-N8a |
Lowland, shallow, moderate alkalinity, meso-humic |
< 200 |
3 – 15 |
0,2 – 1 |
30 – 90 |
|
Types L-N1, L-N2a, L-N3a, LN-8a |
: |
Ireland, Finland, Norway, Sweden |
|
Types L-N2b |
: |
Norway, Sweden |
|
Types L-N5, L-N6a |
: |
Norway, Sweden |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification methods intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Finland |
Finnish phytoplankton assessment method for lakes |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
IE Lake Phytoplankton Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Norway |
Lake phytoplankton ecological status classification method |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Sweden |
Ecological assessment methods for lakes. quality factor phytoplankton |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
NORTHERN LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Colour (mg Pt/l) |
|
L-N-M 101 |
Low alkalinity, clear |
0,05 – 0,2 |
< 30 |
|
L-N-M 102 |
Low alkalinity, humic |
0,05 – 0,2 |
> 30 |
|
L-N-M 201 |
Moderate alkalinity, clear |
0,2 – 1,0 |
< 30 |
|
L-N-M 202 |
Moderate alkalinity, humic |
0,2 – 1,0 |
> 30 |
|
L-N-M 301a |
High alkalinity, clear, atlantic subtype |
> 1,0 |
< 30 |
|
L-N-M 302a |
High alkalinity, humic, atlantic subtype |
> 1,0 |
> 30 |
|
Types 101, 102, 201 and 202 |
: |
Ireland, Finland, Norway, Sweden |
|
Type 301a |
: |
Ireland |
|
Type 302a |
: |
Ireland |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification methods intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate |
||
|
Finland |
Finnish macrophyte classification system (Finnmac) |
0,8 (all types) |
0,6 (all types) |
|
Ireland |
Free Macrophyte Index |
0,9 (all types) |
0,68 (all types) |
|
Norway |
National macrophyte index (Trophic Index – TIc) |
Type 101: 0,98 Type 102: 0,96 Type 201: 0,95 Type 202: 0,99 |
Type 101: 0,87 Type 102: 0,87 Type 201: 0,75 Type 202: 0,77 |
|
Sweden |
Trophic Macrophyte Index (TMI) |
Type 101: 0,93 Type 102: 0,93 Type 201: 0,89 Type 202: 0,91 |
Type 101: 0,80 Type 102: 0,83 Type 201: 0,78 Type 202: 0,78 |
|
NORTHERN LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrates Fauna |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Ecoregion |
Altitude (m absl) |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Colour (mg Pt/l) |
|
Lake littoral acidification |
|
|
|
|
|
|
L-N-BF1 |
Lowland/mid-altitude, low alkalinity, clear |
n.d. |
< 800 |
0,05 – 0,2 |
< 30 |
|
Lake profundal eutrophication |
|
|
|
|
|
|
L-N-BF2 |
Ecoregion 22, low alkalinity, clear and humic |
22 |
Area > 1 km2 , max. depth > 6 m |
< 0,2 |
n.d. |
|
Types L-N-BF1 |
: |
Ireland, Finland, Norway, Sweden |
|
Types L-N-BF2 |
: |
Finland, Sweden |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification methods intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good |
Good-moderate |
||
|
Lake littoral acidification |
|||
|
IE |
LAMM (Lake Acidification Macroinvertebrate Metric) |
0,86 |
0,70 |
|
Norway |
MultiClear: Multimetric Invertebrate Index for Clear Lakes |
0,95 |
0,74 |
|
Sweden |
MILA: Multimetric Invertebrate Lake Acidification index |
0,85 |
0,60 |
|
Lake profundal eutrophication |
|||
|
Finland |
Revised Finnish lake invertebrate fauna assessment method (PICM) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Sweden |
BQI (Benthic Quality Index) |
0,84 |
0,67 |
|
NORTHERN LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Lake area km2 |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Colour (mg Pt/l) |
|
L-N-F1 |
Dimictic clear water lakes |
< 40 |
< 0,2 |
< 30 |
|
L-N-F2 |
Dimictic humic lakes |
< 5 |
< 0,2 |
30 – 90 |
|
Types L-N-F1 |
: |
Ireland, Finland, Norway, Sweden |
|
Types L-N-F2 |
: |
Ireland, Finland, Norway, Sweden |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification methods intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Eutrophication |
|||
|
Finland |
EQR4 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
FIL2 |
0,76 |
0,53 |
|
Norway |
EindexW3 |
0,75 |
0,56 |
|
Sweden |
EindexW3 |
0,75 |
0,56 |
|
Acidification |
|||
|
Norway |
AindexW5 |
0,74 |
0,55 |
|
Sweden |
AindexW5 |
0,74 |
0,55 |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Cross-GIG Phytobenthos |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Lake characterisation |
Alkalinity (meq/l) |
Ecoregions |
|
HA |
High alkalinity lakes |
> 1 |
Alpine, Central-Baltic, Eastern Continental, Mediterranean |
|
MA |
Moderate alkalinity lakes |
0,2 – 1 |
Alpine, Central-Baltic, Eastern Continental, Mediterranean, Northern |
|
LA |
Low alkalinity lakes |
< 0,2 |
Northern |
|
Types HA |
: |
Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Slovenia |
|
Types MA |
: |
Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Sweden |
|
Types LA |
: |
Finland, Ireland, Sweden |
|
Country and Type |
National classification methods intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
HA type |
|||
|
Belgium (Flanders) |
Proportions of Impact-Sensitive and Impact-Associated Diatoms (PISIAD) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Croatia |
Croatian phytobenthos-based assessment method |
0,81 |
0,62 |
|
Denmark |
Danish Lake Phytobenthos classification method |
0,921 |
0,76 |
|
Germany |
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Phytobenthos |
0,80 |
0,55 |
|
Hungary |
MIL – Multimetric Index for Lakes |
0,80 |
0,69 |
|
Ireland |
Lake Trophic Diatom Index (IE) |
0,90 |
0,63 |
|
Italy |
Italian national method for the evaluation of the ecological quality of lake waterbodies using benthic diatoms (EPI-L) |
0,75 |
0,5 |
|
Lithuania |
Lithuanian Lake Phytobenthos Index |
0,63 |
0,47 |
|
Poland |
PL IOJ (Multimetryczny Indeks Okrzemkowy dla Jezior = Multimetric Diatom Index for Lakes) |
0,91 |
0,76 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja jezer na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Sweden |
IPS |
0,89 |
0,74 |
|
MA type |
|||
|
Belgium (Flanders) |
Proportions of Impact-Sensitive and Impact-Associated Diatoms (PISIAD) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Finland |
Revised Finnish lake phytobenthos method |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
Lake Trophic Diatom Index (IE) |
0,90 |
0,63 |
|
Italy |
Italian national method for the evaluation of the ecological quality of lake waterbodies using benthic diatoms (EPI-L) |
0,75 |
0,5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sweden |
IPS |
0,89 |
0,74 |
|
LA type |
|||
|
Ireland |
Lake Trophic Diatom Index (IE) |
0,90 |
0,66 |
|
Water category |
Coastal waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Baltic Sea |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Surface salinity (psu) |
Bottom salinity (psu) |
Exposure |
Ice days |
Other Characteristics |
|
BC1 |
0,5 – 6 Oligohaline |
1 – 6 |
Exposed |
90 – 150 |
Sites in the Quark and the Bothnian Sea, extending to the Archipelago Sea (for phytoplankton the latter is excluded and integrated in type BC9). Influence of humic substances |
|
BC2 |
6 – 22 Mesohaline |
2 – 6 |
Very Sheltered |
|
Lagoons |
|
BC3 |
3 – 6 Oligohaline |
3 – 6 |
Sheltered |
90 – 150 |
Finnish and Estonian coasts of Gulf of Finland |
|
BC4 |
5 – 8 Lower mesohaline |
5 – 8 |
Sheltered |
< 90 |
Sites of Estonia and Latvia in the Gulf of Riga |
|
BC5 |
6 – 8 Lower mesohaline |
6 – 12 |
Exposed |
< 90 |
Sites in the southeastern Baltic Sea along the coast of Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland |
|
BC6 |
8 – 12 Mid mesohaline |
8 – 12 |
Sheltered |
< 90 |
Sites along the Western Baltic Sea at the southern Swedish coast and the southeastern Danish coast |
|
BC7 |
6 – 8 Mid mesohaline |
8 – 11 |
Exposed |
< 90 |
Western Polish coast and eastern German coast |
|
BC8 |
13 – 18 Upper mesohaline |
18 – 23 |
Sheltered |
< 90 |
Danish and German coasts in the Western Baltic Sea |
|
BC9 |
3 – 6 Lower mesohaline |
3 – 6 |
Moderately exposed to exposed |
90 – 150 |
Sites in the western Gulf of Finland, Archipelago Sea and Asko archipelago (only for phytoplankton) |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
|
Type BC1 |
: |
Finland, Sweden |
|
Type BC2 |
: |
Germany |
|
Type BC3 |
: |
Estonia, Finland |
|
Type BC4 |
: |
Estonia, Latvia |
|
Type BC5 |
: |
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland |
|
Type BC6 |
: |
Sweden, Denmark |
|
Type BC7 |
: |
Germany, Poland |
|
Type BC8 |
: |
Germany, Denmark |
|
Type BC9 |
: |
Finland, Sweden, Estonia (type only relevant for phytoplankton) |
|
BALTIC SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
BC7 |
|||
|
Germany |
German coastal phytoplankton method |
0,8 |
0,6 |
|
Poland |
Polish coastal phytoplankton method |
0,8 |
0,6 |
|
BC8 |
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|
Denmark |
Danish coastal phytoplankton method |
0,8 |
0,6 |
|
Germany |
German coastal phytoplankton method |
0,8 |
0,6 |
Results for parameter indicative of biomass (Chlorophyll-a)
|
Country and Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
||
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
BC1 |
||||
|
Finland (Quark outer) |
0,76 |
0,59 |
1,7 |
2,2 |
|
Finland (Bothnian Sea outer) |
0,78 |
0,60 |
1,6 |
2,1 |
|
Sweden (Quark outer) |
0,75 |
0,58 |
1,6 |
2,1 |
|
Sweden (Bothnian Sea outer) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
1,5 |
2,0 |
|
BC4 |
||||
|
Estonia |
0,830 |
0,670 |
2,4 |
3,0 |
|
Latvia |
0,82 |
0,67 |
2,2 |
2,7 |
|
BC5 |
||||
|
Latvia |
0,650 |
0,390 |
1,85 |
3,1 |
|
Lithuania |
0,880 |
0,600 |
2,5 |
4,9 |
|
BC6 |
||||
|
Denmark |
0,78 |
0,62 |
1,36 |
1,72 |
|
Sweden |
0,79 |
0,64 |
1,44 |
1,78 |
|
BC9 |
||||
|
Estonia |
0,82 |
0,67 |
2,20 |
2,70 |
|
Finland |
0,79 |
0,65 |
1,90 |
2,30 |
|
Sweden |
0,80 |
0,67 |
1,50 |
1,80 |
|
BALTIC SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
BC3 |
|||
|
Estonia |
EPI – Estonian coastal water phytobenthos Index (macroalgae and angiosperms) |
0,98 |
0,86 |
|
Finland |
Fucus depth limit (macroalgae) |
0,92 |
0,79 |
|
BC4 |
|||
|
Estonia |
EPI – Estonian Phytobenthos Index (macroalgae and angiosperms) |
0,91 |
0,70 |
|
Latvia |
PEQI – Phytobenthos Ecological Quality Index |
0,90 |
0,75 |
|
BC5 |
|||
|
Latvia |
MDFLD – Maximum depth of the red alga Furcellaria lumbricalis distribution (macroalgae) |
0,90 |
0,75 |
|
Lithuania |
MDFLD – Lithuanian maximum depth of the red alga Furcellaria lumbricalis distribution (macroalgae) |
0,84 |
0,68 |
|
BALTIC SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
BC1 |
|||
|
Finland |
BBI – Finnish Brackish water Benthic Index |
0,96 |
0,56 |
|
Sweden |
BQI – Swedish multimetric biological quality index (soft sediment infauna) |
0,77 |
0,31 |
|
BC3 |
|||
|
Estonia |
ZKI – Estonian coastal water macrozoobenthos community index |
0,39 |
0,24 |
|
Finland |
BBI – Finnish Brackish water Benthic Index |
0,94 |
0,56 |
|
BC5 |
|||
|
Latvia |
BQI – Benthic quality index |
0,87 |
0,61 |
|
Lithuania |
BQI – Benthic quality index |
0,94 |
0,81 |
|
BC6 |
|||
|
Denmark |
Danish Quality Index version 2 (DKI ver2) |
0,84 |
0,68 |
|
Sweden |
BQI – Swedish multimetric biological quality index (soft sediment infauna) |
0,76 |
0,27 |
|
BC7 |
|||
|
Germany |
MarBIT- Marine Biotic Index Tool |
- |
0,60 |
|
Poland |
B – Macrozoobenthos BQE assessment by multimetric index |
- |
0,58 |
|
BC8 |
|||
|
Denmark |
Danish Quality Index version 2 (DKI ver2) |
0,86 |
0,72 |
|
Germany |
MarBIT – Marine Biotic Index Tool |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Coastal waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
North East Atlantic |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Characterisation |
Salinity (psu) Tidal range (m) Depth (m) |
Current Velocity (knots) Exposure |
Mixing Residence Time |
|
Type for opportunistic blooming macroalgae, seagrasses, saltmarshes, and benthic invertebrate fauna |
||||
|
NEA 1/26 |
Open oceanic or enclosed seas, exposed or sheltered, euhaline, shallow |
< 30 Mesotidal 1-5 < 30 |
Medium 1 – 3 Exposed or sheltered |
Fully mixed Days (to weeks in the Wadden Sea) |
|
Subtypes for intertidal macroalgae |
||||
|
NEA 1/26 A2 |
Open oceanic, exposed or sheltered, euhaline, shallow, Temperate waters (mainly, > 13 °C) and high irradiance (mainly, PAR > 29 Mol/m2 day) |
> 30 Mesotidal 1 – 5 < 30 |
Medium 1 – 3 Exposed or sheltered |
Fully mixed Days |
|
NEA 1/26 B21 |
Open oceanic or enclosed seas, exposed or sheltered, euhaline, shallow Cool waters (mainly, < 13 °C) and medium irradiance (mainly, PAR < 29 Mol/m2 day) |
> 30 Mainly mesotidal 1 – 5 < 30 |
Medium 1 – 3 Exposed or sheltered |
Fully mixed Days |
|
Subtypes for phytoplankton |
||||
|
NEA 1/26a |
Open oceanic, exposed or sheltered, euhaline, shallow |
> 30 Mesotidal 1 – 5 < 30 |
Medium 1 -3 Exposed or sheltered |
Fully mixed Days |
|
NEA 1/26b |
Enclosed seas, exposed or sheltered, euhaline, shallow |
> 30 Mesotidal 1 – 5 < 30 |
Medium 1 – 3 Exposed or sheltered |
Fully mixed Days |
|
NEA 1/26c |
Enclosed seas, enclosed or sheltered, partly stratified |
> 30 Microtidal/Mesotidal < 1 – 5 < 30 |
Medium 1 – 3 Exposed or sheltered |
Partly stratified Days to weeks |
|
NEA 1/26d |
Scandinavian coast, exposed or sheltered, shallow |
> 30 Microtidal < 1 < 30 |
Low < 1 Exposed or moderately exposed |
Partly stratified Days to weeks |
|
NEA 1/26e |
Areas of upwelling, exposed or sheltered, euhaline, shallow |
> 30 Mesotidal < 1 < 30 |
Medium 1 – 3 Exposed or sheltered |
Fully mixed Days |
|
Types for phytoplankton, macroalgae, seagrasses, saltmarshes, benthic invertebrate fauna |
||||
|
NEA 5 |
Helgoland (German Bight), rocky, exposed and partly stratified |
> 30 Mesotidal < 30 |
Medium 1 – 3 Exposed |
Partly stratified Days |
|
NEA 3/4 |
Polyhaline, Exposed or moderately exposed (Wadden Sea type) |
Polyhaline 18 – 30 Mesotidal 1 – 5 < 30 |
Medium 1 – 3 Exposed or moderately exposed |
Fully mixed Days |
|
NEA 7 |
Deep fjordic and sea loch systems |
> 30 Mesotidal 1 -5 > 30 |
Low < 1 Sheltered |
Fully mixed Days |
|
NEA 8a |
Skagerrak Inner Arc Type, polyhaline, microtidal, moderately exposed, shallow |
Polyhaline 25 – 30 Microtidal < 1 > 30 |
Low < 1 Moderately exposed |
Fully mixed Days to weeks |
|
NEA 8b |
Skagerrak Inner Arc Type, polyhaline, microtidal, moderately sheltered, shallow |
Polyhaline 10 – 30 Microtidal < 1 < 30 |
Low < 1 Sheltered to moderately exposed |
Partly stratified Days to weeks |
|
NEA 9 |
Fjord with a shallow sill at the mouth with a very deep maximum depth in the central basin with poor deepwater exchange |
Polyhaline 25 – 30 Microtidal < 1 > 30 |
Low < 1 Sheltered |
Partly stratified Weeks |
|
NEA 10 |
Skagerrak Outer Arc Type, polyhaline, microtidal, exposed, deep |
Polyhaline 25 – 30 Microtidal < 1 > 30 |
Low < 1 Exposed |
Partly stratified Days |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
|
|
Type NEA1/26 opportunistic blooming macroalgae, seagrasses, saltmarshes, benthic invertebrate fauna: Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain |
|
|
Type NEA1/26 A2 intertidal macroalgae: France, Spain, Portugal |
|
|
Type NEA1/26 B21 intertidal macroalgae: France, Ireland, Norway |
|
|
Type NEA1/26a phytoplankton: Spain, France, Ireland, Norway |
|
|
Type NEA1/26b phytoplankton: Belgium, France, Netherlands |
|
|
Type NEA1/26c phytoplankton: Germany, Denmark |
|
|
Type NEA1/26d phytoplankton: Denmark |
|
|
Type NEA1/26e phytoplankton: Portugal, Spain |
|
|
Type NEA 5: Germany |
|
|
Type NEA3/4: Germany, Netherlands |
|
|
Type NEA7: Norway |
|
|
Type NEA8a: Norway, Sweden |
|
|
Type NEA8b: Denmark, Sweden |
|
|
Type NEA9: Norway, Sweden |
|
|
Type NEA10: Norway, Sweden
|
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Results: Ecological quality ratios and parameter values
Parameter values are expressed in μg/l as the 90 %ile value calculated over the defined growing season in a six-year period.
|
Country and Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
||
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
NEA 1/26a |
||||
|
France |
0,76 |
0,33 |
4,40 |
10,00 |
|
Ireland |
0,82 |
0,60 |
9,90 |
15,00 |
|
Norway |
0,67 |
0,33 |
2,50 |
5,00 |
|
Spain (Eastern Cantabrian coast) |
0,67 |
0,33 |
1,50 |
3,00 |
|
Spain (Western-Central Cantabrian Coast) |
0,67 |
0,33 |
3,00 |
6,00 |
|
Spain (Gulf of Cadiz coast) |
0,67 |
0,33 |
5,00 |
10,00 |
|
NEA 1/26b |
||||
|
Belgium |
0,80 |
0,67 |
12,50 |
15,00 |
|
France |
0,67 |
0,44 |
10,00 |
15,00 |
|
Netherlands |
0,67 |
0,44 |
10,00 |
15,00 |
|
NEA 1/26c |
|
|
|
|
|
Germany |
0,67 |
0,44 |
5,0 |
7,5 |
|
Denmark |
0,67 |
0,44 |
5,0 |
7,5 |
|
NEA 1/26e |
||||
|
Portugal (Iberian strong upwelling-A5) |
0,670 |
0,440 |
8,000 |
12,000 |
|
Portugal (upwelling-A6, A7) |
0,880 |
0,490 |
4,500 |
8,200 |
|
Spain (Western Iberian upwelling coast) |
0,67 |
0,44 |
6,00 |
9,00 |
|
Spain (Western Iberian upwelling coast – rías) |
0,67 |
0,44 |
8,00 |
12,00 |
|
NEA 3/4 |
||||
|
Germany (Eems Dollard) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
7,00 |
11,00 |
|
Germany (Wadden Sea) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
7,00 |
11,00 |
|
Netherlands (Eems Dollard) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
6,75 |
10,13 |
|
Netherlands (Wadden Sea) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
9,60 |
14,40 |
|
Netherlands (North Sea) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
11,25 |
16,88 |
|
NEA 8a |
||||
|
Norway |
0,79 |
0,57 |
3,95 |
5,53 |
|
Sweden |
0,75 |
0,49 |
1,54 |
2,35 |
|
NEA 8b (The Sound) |
||||
|
Denmark |
0,79 |
0,59 |
1,22 |
1,63 |
|
Sweden |
0,80 |
0,60 |
1,18 |
1,56 |
|
NEA 8b (The Kattegat and Great Belt) |
||||
|
Denmark |
0,83 |
0,64 |
1,22 |
1,58 |
|
Sweden |
0,84 |
0,65 |
1,18 |
1,52 |
|
NEA 9 |
||||
|
Norway |
0,76 |
0,43 |
3,92 |
6,90 |
|
Sweden |
0,73 |
0,38 |
1,89 |
3,60 |
|
NEA 10 |
||||
|
Norway |
0,73 |
0,49 |
3,53 |
5,26 |
|
Sweden |
0,71 |
0,46 |
1,39 |
2,14 |
|
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae |
Intertidal or subtidal macroalgae rocky bottom
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Type NEA1/26 A2 intertidal macroalgae |
|||
|
France |
CCO – Cover, Characteristic species, Opportunistic species on intertidal rocky bottoms |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Portugal |
PMarMAT – Marine Macroalgae Assessment Tool |
0,80 |
0,61 |
|
Spain |
CFR – Quality of Rocky Bottoms |
0,81 |
0,60 |
|
Spain |
RICQI – Rocky Intertidal Community Quality Index |
0,82 |
0,60 |
|
Spain |
RSL – Reduced Species List |
0,75 |
0,48 |
|
Type NEA1/26 B21 intertidal macroalgae |
|||
|
Ireland |
RSL – Rocky Shore Reduced Species List |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Norway |
RSLA – Rocky Shore Reduced Species List with Abundance |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Type NEA 7 intertidal macroalgae |
|
||
|
Norway |
RSLA – Rocky Shore Reduced Species List with Abundance |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Type NEA8a/9/10 subtidal macroalgae |
|||
|
Norway |
MSMDI – Multi Species Maximum Depth Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Sweden |
MSMDI – Multi Species Maximum Depth Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae |
Intertidal blooming macroalgae soft bottom, indicative of abundance
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Type NEA 1/26 |
|||
|
Germany |
OMAI – Opportunistic Macroalgae-cover/acreage on soft sediment intertidal in coastal waters |
0,78 |
0,59 |
|
France |
CWOGA – Macroalgal Bloom Assessment |
0,825 |
0,617 |
|
Ireland |
OGA tool – Opportunistic Green Macroalgal Abundance |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Seagrasses
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Type NEA 1/26 |
|||
|
Germany |
SG – Assessment tool for intertidal seagrass in coastal and transitional waters |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
France |
SBQ – Seagrass beds quality in coastal and transitional water bodies |
0,80 |
0,645 |
|
Ireland |
Intertidal Seagrass tool |
0,80 |
0,61 |
|
Netherlands |
SG – Monitoring beds of SG per waterbody using aerial photographs, ground truth and specifying surface & density per species |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Portugal |
SQI – Seagrass quality index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Type NEA 3/4 |
|
|
|
|
Germany |
SG – Bewertungssystem für Makroalgen und Seegräser der Küsten- und Übergangsgewässer zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Deutschland |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Netherlands |
Monitoring beds of SG per waterbody using aerial photographs, ground truth and specifying surface and density per species |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Type NEA 1/26 |
|||
|
Belgium |
BEQI – Benthic Ecosystem Quality Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Denmark |
Danish Quality Index (DKI) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Germany |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,85 |
0,70 |
|
France |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,77 |
0,53 |
|
Ireland |
IQI – Infaunal Quality Index |
0,75 |
0,64 |
|
Netherlands |
BEQI2 -Benthic Ecosystem Quality Index 2 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Norway |
NQI – Norwegian Quality Index |
0,72 |
0,63 |
|
Portugal |
BAT – Benthic Assessment Tool |
0,79 |
0,58 |
|
Spain |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,77 |
0,63 |
|
Type NEA 3/4 |
|||
|
Germany |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,85 |
0,70 |
|
Netherlands |
BEQI2 – Benthic Ecosystem Quality Index 2 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Type NEA 7 |
|||
|
Norway |
NQI – Norwegian Quality Index |
0,72 |
0,63 |
|
Type NEA 8b |
|||
|
Denmark |
Danish Quality Index (DKI) |
0,84 |
0,68 |
|
Sweden |
BQI – Swedish multimetric biological quality index (soft sediment infauna) |
0,71 |
0,54 |
|
Type NEA 8a/9/10 |
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Norway |
NQI – Norwegian Quality Index |
0,82 |
0,63 |
|
Sweden |
BQI – Swedish multimetric biological quality index (soft sediment infauna) |
0,71 |
0,54 |
|
Water category |
Coastal waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Mediterranean Sea |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated (for phytoplankton only)
For benthic invertebrate fauna, macroalgae and seagrasses the intercalibration results apply to the entire Mediterranean Sea covered by the Country.
|
Type |
Description |
Density (kg/m3) |
Annual mean salinity (psu) |
|
Type I |
Highly influenced by freshwater input |
< 25 |
< 34,5 |
|
Type IIA, IIA Adriatic |
Moderately influenced by freshwater input (continent influence) |
25 – 27 |
34,5 – 37,5 |
|
Type IIIW |
Continental coast, not influenced by freshwater input (Western Basin), |
> 27 |
> 37,5 |
|
Type IIIE |
Not influenced by freshwater input (Eastern Basin) |
> 27 |
> 37,5 |
|
Type Island-W* |
Island coast (Western Basin) |
All range |
All range |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
|
Type I |
: |
France, Italy |
|
Type IIA |
: |
France, Spain, Italy |
|
Type IIA Adriatic |
: |
Italy, Croatia, Slovenia |
|
Type Island-W*(no boundaries for this type and no possible the intercalibration due to justified reasons) |
: |
France, Spain, Italy |
|
Type IIIW |
: |
France, Spain, Italy, Croatia |
|
Type IIIE |
: |
Greece, Cyprus |
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Phytoplankton: parameter indicative of biomass parameter (Chlorophyll a)
Results: Ecological quality ratios and parameter values
Parameter values are expressed in μg/l of Chlorophyll a, for the 90th percentile calculated over the year in at least a five-year period.
|
Country and Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
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|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
Type II A |
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France |
0,67 |
0,37 |
1,92 |
3,50 |
|
Spain |
0,67 |
0,37 |
1,92 |
3,50 |
|
Type II A Adriatic |
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Croatia |
0,82 |
0,61 |
1,70 |
4,00 |
|
Italy |
0,82 |
0,61 |
1,70 |
4,00 |
|
Slovenia |
0,82 |
0,61 |
1,70 |
4,00 |
|
Type IIIW |
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|
France |
0,67 |
0,42 |
1,18 |
1,89 |
|
Spain |
0,67 |
0,42 |
1,18 |
1,89 |
|
Type IIIE |
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|
Cyprus |
0,66 |
0,37 |
0,29 |
0,53 |
|
Greece |
0,66 |
0,37 |
0,29 |
0,53 |
|
Malta |
0,66 |
0,37 |
0,29 |
0,53 |
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
The following results apply to the upper infralittoral zone (3,5-0,2 m depth) in a rocky coasts:
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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|
Cyprus |
EEI-c – Ecological Evaluation Index |
0,76 |
0,48 |
|
France |
CARLIT – Cartography of Littoral and upper-sublittoral rocky-shore communities |
0,75 |
0,60 |
|
Greece |
EEI-c – Ecological Evaluation Index |
0,76 |
0,48 |
|
Croatia |
CARLIT – Cartography of Littoral and upper-sublittoral rocky-shore communities |
0,75 |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
CARLIT – Cartography of Littoral and upper-sublittoral rocky-shore communities |
0,75 |
0,60 |
|
Malta |
CARLIT – Cartography of Littoral and upper-sublittoral rocky-shore communities |
0,75 |
0,60 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja obalnega morja na podlagi makroalg |
0,76 |
0,48 |
|
Spain |
CARLIT – Cartography of Littoral and upper-sublittoral rocky-shore communities |
0,75 |
0,60 |
|
MEDITERRANEAN SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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|
Croatia |
POMI – Posidonia oceanica Multivariate Index |
0,775 |
0,55 |
|
Cyprus |
PREI – Posidonia oceanica Rapid Easy Index |
0,775 |
0,55 |
|
France |
PREI – Posidonia oceanica Rapid Easy Index |
0,775 |
0,55 |
|
Greece |
WePOSI- Weighted Posidonia oceanica Index |
0,775 |
0,55 |
|
Italy |
PREI – Posidonia oceanica Rapid Easy Index |
0,775 |
0,55 |
|
Malta |
PREI – Posidonia oceanica Rapid Easy Index |
0,775 |
0,55 |
|
Spain |
POMI – Posidonia oceanica Multivariate Index |
0,775 |
0,55 |
|
Spain |
Valencian-CS |
0,775 |
0,55 |
|
MEDITERRANEAN SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Biological Quality Element
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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|
Italy |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,81 |
0,61 |
|
Slovenia |
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja obalnega morja na podlagi bentoških nevretenčarjev |
0,83 |
0,62 |
|
Croatia |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,83 |
0,62 |
|
Cyprus |
Bentix |
0,75 |
0,58 |
|
France |
AMBI |
0,83 |
0,58 |
|
Greece |
Bentix |
0,75 |
0,58 |
|
Malta |
Bentix |
0,75 |
0,58 |
|
Spain |
BOPA |
0,95 |
0,54 |
|
Spain |
MEDOCC |
0,73 |
0,47 |
|
Water category |
Coastal waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Black Sea |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Description |
|
CW-BL1 |
Mesohaline, microtidal (< 1 m), shallow (< 30 m), moderately exposed to very exposed, mixed substratum (fine sand for zoobenthos) |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated: Bulgaria and Romania
|
BLACK SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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|
Bulgaria |
IBI |
0,80 |
0,63 |
|
Romania |
IBI |
0,80 |
0,63 |
|
BLACK SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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|
Bulgaria |
EI-Ecological index |
0,837 |
0,644 |
|
Romania |
EI-Ecological index |
0,837 |
0,644 |
|
BLACK SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic Invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Bulgaria |
M-AMBI(n) – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index Normalized |
0,90 |
0,68 |
|
Romania |
M-AMBI(n) – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index Normalized |
0,90 |
0,68 |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Baltic Sea GIG |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Surface salinity psu |
Bottom salinity (psu) |
Exposure |
Ice days |
Other Characteristics |
|
BT1 |
0 – 8 Oligohaline |
0 – 8 |
Very sheltered |
- |
Polish Vistula lagoon and Lithuanian Curonian lagoon |
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
Lithuania and Poland
|
BALTIC SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results for parameter indicative of biomass (Chrophyll a)
The following results refer to summer mean May/June – September
|
Country |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
||
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
Lithuania |
0,83 |
0,57 |
31,70 |
46,60 |
|
Poland |
0,77 |
0,61 |
33,46 |
42,20 |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
North East Atlantic |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Type |
Characterisation |
Salinity (psu), Tidal range (m), Depth (m) |
Current Velocity (knots), Exposure |
Mixing Residence Time |
|
NEA 11 |
Transitional Waters |
0 – 35 Micro to macrotidal < 30 |
Variable Sheltered or moderately exposed |
Partly permanently stratified Days to weeks |
Countries sharing type that have been intercalibrated:
|
|
Belgium, Germany, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain |
Description of sub common intercalibration types for Biological quality element Benthic Invertebrate Fauna:
|
Sub type |
Characterisation |
MS sharing sub-type |
|
A |
Lagoons |
Ireland, Spain |
|
B |
Freshwater-oligohaline, medium river flow |
Ireland, Spain |
|
C |
Mesotidal estuary with irregular river flow |
Portugal, Spain |
|
D |
Large estuaries |
Germany, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain |
|
E |
Small-medium estuary with > 50 % intertidal area |
France, Ireland, Germany, Spain |
|
F |
Small-medium estuary with < 50 % intertidal area |
France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain |
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NORTH EAST ATLANTIC GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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|
Biological Quality Element: |
Phytoplankton |
Phytoplankton: parameter indicative of biomass parameter (Chlorophyll a)
Results: Ecological quality ratios and parameter values
Parameter values are expressed in μg/l measured as the national chlorophyll-a metric calculated in a six-year period. National metrics for France, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain typically use a measure of P90 Chl-a with salinity adjusted thresholds, Ireland uses a combination of P90 Chl-a and median values.
|
Country |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
||
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
France |
0,67 |
0,397 |
5,33 |
8,88 |
|
Ireland |
0,80 |
0,60 |
12,96 |
25,96 |
|
Netherlands |
0,80 |
0,60 |
12,00 |
18,00 |
|
Portugal-North |
0,667 |
0,467 |
10,000 |
14,288 |
|
Spain – Central Cantabrian and Galician estuaries – Mixing zone (*2) |
0,67 |
0,44 |
8,00 |
12,00 |
|
Spain – Central Cantabrian and Galician estuaries – Euhaline (*2) |
0,67 |
0,33 |
4,00 |
8,00 |
|
Spain – East Cantabrian estuaries – Euhaline (*2) |
0,67 |
0,33 |
1,95 |
3,90 |
|
Spain – East Cantabrian estuaries – Polyhaline (*2) |
0,67 |
0,33 |
3,30 |
6,60 |
|
Spain – East Cantabrian estuaries – Mesohaline (*2) |
0,67 |
0,33 |
5,10 |
10,20 |
|
Spain – East Cantabrian estuaries – Oligohaline (*2) |
0,67 |
0,33 |
6,60 |
13,20 |
|
Spain – Gulf of Cádiz estuaries – Mixing zone |
0,67 |
0,33 |
3,75 |
7,50 |
|
Spain – Gulf of Cádiz estuaries – Euhaline (*2) |
0,67 |
0,33 |
3,00 |
6,00 |
|
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
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|
Biological Quality Element: |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae |
Intertidal blooming macroalgae soft bottom, indicative of abundance
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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|
France |
TWOGA – Macroalgal Bloom Assessment |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
OGA Tool – Opportunistic Green Macroalgal Abundance |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Portugal |
BMI-Blooming macroalgae Index |
0,770 |
0,590 |
|
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element: |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Seagrasses
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Germany |
SG-Assessment tool for intertidal seagrass in coastal and transitional waters |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
France |
SBQ-Seagrass beds quality in coastal and transitional water bodies |
0,80 |
0,645 |
|
Ireland |
Intertidal Seagrass tool |
0,80 |
0,61 |
|
Netherlands |
SG- Monitoring beds of SG per waterbody using aerial photographs, ground truth and specifying surface & density per species |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Portugal |
SQI-Seagrass quality index |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element: |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Saltmarshes
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
France |
|
|
|
|
Spain – Cantabria |
AQI – Angiosperm Quality Index |
0,88 |
0,73 |
|
Portugal |
AQuA – Angiosperm Quality Assessment Index |
0,800 |
0,600 |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Sub type D |
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|
France |
BEQI-FR |
0,870 |
0,670 |
|
Germany |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,850 |
0,700 |
|
Netherlands |
BEQI2 – Benthic Ecosystem Quality Index 2 |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Spain |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,770 |
0,530 |
|
Portugal |
BAT – Benthic Assessment Tool |
0,84 |
0,60 |
|
Sub type E |
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|
France |
BEQI-FR |
0,830 |
0,620 |
|
Spain |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,770 |
0,530 |
|
Spain |
QSB – Quality of Soft Bottoms |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Sub type F |
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|
France |
BEQI-FR |
0,840 |
0,630 |
|
Spain |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,770 |
0,530 |
|
Portugal |
BAT- Benthic Assessment Tool |
0,79 |
0,580 |
|
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element: |
Fish fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Belgium |
EBI – Zeeschelde Estuarine Biotic Index |
0,850 |
0,615 |
|
France |
ELFI – Estuarine and Lagoon Fish Index |
0,910 |
0,675 |
|
Germany |
FAT – TW – Fischbasiertes Bewertungswerkzeug für Übergangsgewässer der norddeutschen Ästuare |
0,840 |
0,620 |
|
Ireland |
TFCI – Transitional Fish Classification Index |
0,810 |
0,580 |
|
Ireland |
EMFI – Estuarine Multi-metric Fish Index |
0,920 |
0,650 |
|
Netherlands |
FAT – TW – WFD Fish index for transitional waters. type O2 |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Portugal |
EFAI – Estuarine Fish Assessment Index |
0,865 |
0,700 |
|
Spain |
AFI – AZTI’s Fish Index |
0,780 |
0,550 |
|
Spain |
TFCI – Transitional Fish Classification Index |
0,900 |
0,650 |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Mediterranean Sea |
Description of types that have been intercalibrated
|
Common IC type |
Type characteristics |
MS sharing IC common type |
|
CL-Oligohaline |
Coastal lagoons (Salinity < 5 psu) |
Spain, France, Italy |
|
CL-Mesohaline chocked and restricted |
Coastal lagoons (Salinity 5 – 18 psu) |
|
|
CL-Polyhaline chocked and restricted |
Coastal lagoons (Salinity 18 – 40 psu) |
|
|
Hyperhalines (Salinity > 40 psu), |
Hyperhalines (Salinity > 40 psu) |
Spain |
|
Estuaries |
Estuaries (salt wedge type) |
Spain, Croatia |
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element: |
Phytoplankton |
Phytoplankton: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Coastal lagoons Polyhaline chocked |
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|
France |
PhIL – Phytoplankton index for Mediterranean polyhaline lagoons |
0,710 |
0,390 |
|
Greece |
MPI – Multimetric Phytoplankton Index |
0,780 |
0,510 |
|
Italy |
MPI – Multimetric Phytoplankton Index |
0,780 |
0,510 |
|
Coastal lagoons Polyhaline restricted |
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|
France |
PhIL – Phytoplankton index for Mediterranean polyhaline lagoons |
0,710 |
0,390 |
|
Greece |
MPI – Multimetric Phytoplankton Index |
0,820 |
0,540 |
|
Italy |
MPI – Multimetric Phytoplankton Index |
0,820 |
0,540 |
|
MEDITERRANEAN SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element: |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Meso. poly and euhaline coastal lagoons (> 5 ‰) either chocked or restricted |
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|
France |
Exclame |
0,8 |
0,6 |
|
Greece |
EEI-c – Ecological Evaluation Index |
0,7 |
0,4 |
|
Italy |
MaQI – Macrophyte Quality Index |
0,8 |
0,6 |
|
MEDITERRANEAN SEA GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS |
|
|
Biological Quality Element: |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems intercalibrated
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Coastal lagoons Polyhaline restricted |
|||
|
France |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,84 |
0,63 |
|
Italy |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,96 |
0,71 |
|
Greece |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
0,83 |
0,62 |
|
Coastal lagoons-Mesohaline chocked and restricted |
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|
Italy |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
- |
0,71 |
|
Greece |
M-AMBI – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index |
- |
0,62 |
Part 2
|
Water category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Cross-GIG |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Danubian group |
|||
|
Hungary |
Hungarian Multimetric Fish Index HMMFI |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Mediterranean group |
|||
|
Bulgaria |
TsBRI (Type Specific Bulgarian Fish Index) |
0,860 |
0,650 |
|
Italy |
NISECI index (New Index of Ecological Status of Fish Communities) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Cross-GIG Very Large Rivers |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-biological Quality Element |
Phytobenthos |
Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods intercalibrated – Type R-L2
|
Country |
National classification systems intercalibrated |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-Good boundary |
Good-Moderate boundary |
||
|
Belgium (Flanders) |
PISIAD index (Proportions of Impact-Sensitive and Impact-Associated Diatoms) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Alpine lakes |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrates |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Italy |
BQIES (Benthic Quality Index Expected Species number) |
0,88 |
0,76 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
France |
ELFI (European Lake Fish Index): Indice Ichtyofaune Lacustre (IIL) |
0,73 |
0,49 |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Central-Baltic lakes |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification methods |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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France |
Phytoplankton Index for Lakes (IPLAC): Indice Phytoplancton Lacustre |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
|
Sub-biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
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Country |
National classification methods |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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France |
French Macrophyte Index for Lakes (IBML): Indice Biologique Macrophytique en Lacs |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification methods |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Belgium (Flanders) |
Fish-based index for lakes and reservoirs in Flanders (Belgium) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
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Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Mediterranean lakes |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification methods |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Croatia |
Hungarian lake phytoplankton index (HLPI) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
France |
Phytoplankton Index for Lakes (IPLAC): Indice Phytoplancton Lacustre |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Greece |
HeLPhy – Hellenic Lake Phytoplankton Assessment Method |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
Italian phytoplankton assessment method (IPAM) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos |
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Sub-biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
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Country |
National classification methods |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Croatia |
Biocenological index (BMHR) |
0,90 |
0,70 |
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France |
French Macrophyte Index for Lakes (IBML): Indice Biologique Macrophytique en Lacs |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Greece |
HeLM – Hellenic Lake Macrophytes Assessment Method |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
VLMMI – Volcanic Lakes Multimetric Macrophyte Index |
0,70 |
0,50 |
|
Spain |
Spanish Macrophyte method to assess the ecological status of Lakes OFALAM 1: Coverage of eutrophic macrophytes National lake types: L-T01, L-T02, L-T03, L-T04, L-T05, L-T06, L-T07, L-T08, L-T10, L-T11, L-T12, L-T14, L-T15, L-T16, L-T17, L-T18, L-T19, L-T20, L-T21, L-T22, L-T23, L-T24, L-T25, L-T26, L-T2, L-T28, L-T29 |
0,99 |
0,90 |
|
Spain |
Spanish Macrophyte method to assess the ecological status of Lakes OFALAM 2: Exotic macrophytes coverage National lake types: L-T01, L-T02, L-T03, L-T04, L-T05, L-T06, L-T07, L-T08, L-T10, L-T11, L-T12, L-T14, L-T15, L-T16, L-T17, L-T18, L-T19, L-T20, L-T21, L-T22, L-T23, L-T24, L-T25, L-T26, L-T2, L-T28, L-T29 |
1,00 |
0,95 |
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Spain |
Spanish Macrophyte method to assess the ecological status of Lakes OFALAM 3 National lake types (specifying the applied metric) |
|
|
|
Total cover of hydrophytes |
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|
|
|
L-T10, L-T14, L-T15, L-T16, L-T25 |
0,83 |
0,55 |
|
|
L-T11 |
0,86 |
0,57 |
|
|
L-T18 |
0,88 |
0,62 |
|
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L-T20, L-T21, L-T22, L-T23, L-T29 |
0,92 |
0,61 |
|
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L-T12, L-T24, L-T26, L-T27, L-T28 |
0,94 |
0,62 |
|
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Presence/absence of hydrophytes |
|
|
|
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L-T01, L-T02, L-T03, L-T04, L-T05, L-T06, L-T07, L-T08 |
Presence |
Absence |
|
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Spain |
Spanish Macrophyte method to assess the ecological status of Lakes OFALAM 4 National lake types (specifying the applied metric): |
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|
|
Helophytes coverage |
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|
|
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L-T20, L-T21, L-T22, L-T23 |
0,86 |
0,50 |
|
|
L-T12, L-T14, L-T15, L-T25, L-T29 |
0,88 |
0,75 |
|
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L-T10, L-T11, L-T16, L-T18, L-T24, L-T26, L-T27, L-T28 |
0,90 |
0,75 |
|
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Total coverage of macrophytes |
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|
|
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L-T17 |
0,90 |
0,75 |
|
|
L-T19 |
0,83 |
0,55 |
|
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Spain |
Spanish Macrophyte method to assess the ecological status of Lakes OFALAM 5: Macrophytes richness National lake types: |
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|
|
L-T18; L-T25 |
- |
0,48 |
|
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L-T16, L-T17, L-T19 |
- |
0,50 |
|
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L-T27, L-T28 |
- |
0,53 |
|
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L-T29 |
- |
0,56 |
|
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L-T24 |
- |
0,60 |
|
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L-T11; L-T26 |
- |
0,62 |
|
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L-T10 |
- |
0,64 |
|
|
L-T12 |
- |
0,70 |
|
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L-T14, L-T15 |
- |
0,78 |
|
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Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrates |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification methods |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
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High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Croatia |
Croatian lake benthic macroinvertebrates classification method |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Greece |
GLBiI – Greek Lake Benthic invertebrate Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Greece |
HeLLBI – Hellenic assessment method for Lake Littoral Benthic invertebrate fauna |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
BQIES (Benthic Quality Index Expected Species number) |
0,88 |
0,76 |
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Spain |
Spanish Invertebrates Index for Lakes IBCAEL National lake types |
|
|
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L-T01, L-T02, L-T03, L-T04, L-T05, L-T09 |
0,92 |
0,69 |
|
|
L-T06, L-T07, L-T08, L-T10, L-T11, L-T12 |
0,93 |
0,69 |
|
|
L-T13, L-T17, L-T30 |
0,89 |
0,68 |
|
|
L-T14, L-T15, L-T24, L-T25, L-T26, L-T27, L-T29 |
0,78 |
0,59 |
|
|
L-T16, L-T18 |
0,86 |
0,58 |
|
|
L-T19, L-T21 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
|
L-T20, L-T28 |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
|
L-T22 |
0,9 |
0,67 |
|
|
L-T23 |
0,84 |
0,63 |
|
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Spain |
QAELS2010 index |
|
|
|
shallow permanent ponds |
0,86 |
0,58 |
|
|
shallow temporary ponds |
0,89 |
0,68 |
|
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Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification methods |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
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High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Croatia |
Croatian fish index for natural lakes (CFIL) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
France |
ELFI (European Lake Fish Index): Indice Ichtyofaune Lacustre (IIL) |
0,73 |
0,49 |
|
Greece |
GLFI – Greek Lake Fish Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Italy |
Lake Fish Index (LFI) |
0,82 |
0,64 |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Eastern Continental lakes |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macrophytes and phytobenthos |
|
Sub-biological Quality Element |
Phytobenthos |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification methods |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Romania |
RO-AMLP – Romanian Assessment Method for Natural Lakes Ecological Status based on Phytobenthos (Diatoms) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification methods
|
Country |
National classification methods |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Bulgaria |
Bulgarian fish based method for ecological classification and monitoring of lakes |
0,76 |
0,52 |
|
Hungary |
Hungarian Multimetric Fish Index for Oxbow lakes (HMMFIfO) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Hungary |
The Balaton fish index (BFI) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Coastal waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Baltic Sea |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Phytoplankton: parameter indicative of biomass parameter (Chlorophyll a)
Results: Ecological quality ratios and parameter values
|
Country and Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
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|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
BC2 (including German national types B1. B2a. B2b) |
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Germany (B1) |
0,91 |
0,67 |
9,30 |
12,70 |
|
Germany (B2a) |
0,89 |
0,67 |
1,80 |
2,40 |
|
Germany (B2b) |
0,93 |
0,67 |
1,40 |
1,95 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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|
BC2 |
|||
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Germany |
PHYBIBCO – PHYtoBenthic Index for Baltic inner coastal waters |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
BC1 |
|||
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Finland |
Fucus depth limit(macroalgae) |
0,90 |
0,74 |
|
Sweden |
MSMDI (macroalgae and angiosperms) |
0,60 |
0,40 |
|
BC6 |
|||
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Denmark |
Depth limit of angiosperms |
0,90 |
0,74 |
|
Sweden |
MSMDI (macroalgae and angiosperms) |
0,60 |
0,40 |
|
BC7 |
|||
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Germany |
Balcosis – Baltic ALgae COmmunity AnalySIs System (macroalgae and angiosperms) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Poland |
MQAI – Macrophyte Quality Assessment Index |
0,90 |
0,70 |
|
BC8 |
|||
|
Germany |
Balcosis – Baltic ALgae COmmunity AnalySIs System (macroalgae and angiosperms) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Denmark |
Depth limit of angiosperms |
0,90 |
0,74 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic Invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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|
BC2 |
|||
|
Germany |
MarBIT- Marine Biotic Index Tool |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
BC4 |
|||
|
Estonia |
ZKI – Estonian coastal water macrozoobenthos community index |
0,39 |
0,24 |
|
Latvia |
BQI – Benthic quality index |
0,88 |
0,75 |
|
Water category |
Coastal waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
North East Atlantic |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
Phytoplankton: parameter indicative of biomass parameter (Chlorophyll a)
Results: Ecological quality ratios and parameter values
Parameter values are expressed in μg/l as the 90 %ile value calculated over the defined growing season in a six-year period.
|
Country and Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
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|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
NEA 1/26d |
||||
|
Denmark |
0,66 |
0,50 |
3,00 |
4,00 |
|
NEA 5 |
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Germany |
0,67 |
0,44 |
5,00 |
7,50 |
|
NEA 7 |
||||
|
Norway |
0,67 |
0,33 |
2,50 |
5,00 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae |
Intertidal or subtidal macroalgae rocky bottom
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Type NEA 5 |
|||
|
Germany |
HPI – Helgoland Phytobenthic Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae |
Intertidal blooming macroalgae soft bottom, indicative of abundance
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
NEA 3/4 |
|||
|
Germany |
OMAI – Opportunistic Macroalgae-cover/acreage on soft sediment intertidal in coastal waters |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Saltmarshes
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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|
Germany |
EM – Assessment of saltmarsh vegetation in coastal and transitional waters |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
SMAATIE – Saltmarsh Angiosperm Assessment Tool for Ireland |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Netherlands |
TSM – WFD-metrics for natural watertypes: tidal salt marsh |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Type NEA 8b |
|||
|
Sweden |
MSMDI (macroalgae and angiosperms) |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Denmark |
Depth limit of angiosperms |
0,90 |
0,74 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic Invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Type NEA 1/26 |
|||
|
Portugal |
RAT – Rocky Shore Assessment Tool |
0,800 |
0,600 |
|
Spain |
BO2A – Benthic Opportunistic polychaetes/amphipods index |
0,83 |
0,50 |
|
Type NEA 5* |
|||
|
Germany |
MarBIT – Marine Biotic Index Tool |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Coastal waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Mediterranean Sea |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Phytoplankton: parameter indicative of biomass parameter (Chlorophyll a)
Results: Ecological quality ratios and parameter values
Parameter values are expressed in μg/l of Chlorophyll a, for the 90th percentile calculated over the year in at least a five-year period.
|
Country and Type |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
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|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
Type I |
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France |
0,670 |
0,330 |
4,925 |
10,000 |
|
Italy |
0,850 |
0,620 |
5,600 |
14,100 |
|
Type II A Tyrrhenian |
|
|
|
|
|
Italy |
0,84 |
0,62 |
1,17 |
2,90 |
|
Type III W Adriatic |
||||
|
Italy |
|
|
|
1,7 (*4) |
|
Croatia |
|
|
|
1,7 (*4) |
|
Type III W Tyrrhenian |
||||
|
Italy |
|
|
|
1,17 (*4) |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Greece |
CymoSkew |
0,75 |
0,50 |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Baltic Sea |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Phytoplankton: parameter indicative of biomass parameter (Chlorophyll a)
Results: Ecological quality ratios and parameter values
The following results refer to summer mean June – September
|
Country |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
||
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
Latvia |
0,83 |
0,67 |
2,4 |
3,0 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Latvia |
Not applicable |
||
|
Poland |
ESMIz-Ecological State Macrophyte index for lagoon |
0,68 |
0,41 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic Invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Latvia |
BQI-Benthic Quality Index |
0,784 |
0,588 |
|
Poland |
B-Macrozoobenthos BQE assessment by multimetric index |
0,765 |
0,647 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Poland |
PMFI-Polish Multimetric Fish Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
North East Atlantic |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Phytoplankton: parameter indicative of biomass parameter (Chlorophyll a)
Results: Ecological quality ratios and parameter values
Parameter values are expressed in μg/l as the 90 %ile value calculated over the defined growing season
|
Country |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
Values (μg/l) |
||
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
|
|
Belgium |
1,00 |
0,60 |
100 |
200 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Saltmarshes
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Belgium |
TMQI -Tidal Marsh Quality Index |
0,85 |
0,75 |
|
Germany |
EM – Assessment of saltmarsh vegetation in coastal and transitional waters |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
SMAATIE – Saltmarsh Angiosperm Assessment Tool for Ireland |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Netherlands |
TSM – WFD-metrics for natural watertypes: tidal salt marsh |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub-Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Seagrasses
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Spain – Cantabria |
AQI – Angiosperms Quality Index |
0,850 |
0,700 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic Invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Belgium |
BEQI – Benthic Ecosystem Quality Index |
0,75 |
0,5 |
|
Sub type D |
|||
|
Germany |
AeTV – Aestuar Type Verfahren |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Ireland |
IQI – Infaunal Quality Index |
0,75 |
0,64 |
|
Spain |
TasBEM – Taxonomically Sufficient Benthic Multimetric |
0,79 |
0,66 |
|
Sub type E |
|||
|
Germany |
AeTV – Aestuar Type Verfahren |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Germany |
M-AMBI |
0,85 |
0,70 |
|
Ireland |
IQI – Infaunal Quality Index |
0,75 |
0,64 |
|
Spain |
TasBEM – Taxonomically Sufficient Benthic Multimetric |
0,79 |
0,66 |
|
Sub type F |
|||
|
Ireland |
IQI – Infaunal Quality Index |
0,75 |
0,64 |
|
Spain |
TasBEM – Taxonomically Sufficient Benthic Multimetric |
0,79 |
0,66 |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Mediterranean Sea |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Coastal lagoons oligohaline and mesohaline |
|||
|
Spain (Balearic Islands) |
FITOHMIB |
0,93 |
0,73 |
|
Estuaries |
|||
|
Spain (Southern Coast) |
TWIf – Phytoplankton index for transitional waters |
0,50 |
0,36 |
|
Croatia |
MPI – Multimetric Phytoplankton Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Macroalgae and Angiosperms |
|
Sub Biological Quality Element |
Angiosperms |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Estuaries |
|||
|
Croatia |
ZonoMI index – Zostera noltei multivariate index |
0,775 |
0,550 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country and Type |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
||
|
Coastal lagoons Oligohaline. Mesohaline and Polyhaline |
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Spain (Balearic Islands) |
INVHMIB |
0,93 |
0,73 |
|
Coastal lagoons Oligohaline |
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Spain (Northeastern Coast) |
QAELS |
0,86 |
0,58 |
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Coastal lagoons Mesohaline |
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Spain (Northeastern Coast) |
QAELS |
0,72 |
0,62 |
|
Estuarie s |
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Croatia |
AMBI |
0,80 |
0,60 |
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Spain (without salt wedge – Southern Coast) |
BO2A |
0,87 |
0,45 |
|
Spain (with salt wedge – Southern Coast) |
BO2A |
0,87 |
0,52 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Fish fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
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High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Coastal lagoons Mesohaline and Polyhaline chocked and restricted |
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Italy |
HFBI – Habitat Fish Bio-Indicator |
0,94 |
0,55 |
|
Estuaries |
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Croatia |
M-EFI – Modified Estuarine Fish Index |
0,80 |
0,60 |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Black Sea |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Phytoplankton |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Romania |
IBI – Integrated Biological Index |
0,70 |
0,42 |
|
Biological Quality Element |
Benthic invertebrate fauna |
Results: Ecological quality ratios of national classification systems
|
Country |
National classification systems |
Ecological Quality Ratios |
|
|
High-good boundary |
Good-moderate boundary |
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Romania |
M-AMBI(n) – Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index Normalized |
0,90 |
0,68 |
Part 3
|
Water category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Alpine |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Austria |
R-A1 and R-A2 |
Macrophytes |
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France |
Macrophytes |
|
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Germany |
Macrophytes |
|
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Italy |
Macrophytes |
|
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Slovenia |
Macrophytes |
|
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Spain |
Macrophytes |
|
Water category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Groups |
Mediterranean |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Cyprus |
National river types |
Fish fauna |
|
Water Category |
Rivers |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Groups |
Very Large Rivers |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Finland |
R-L1 |
Phytoplankton |
|
Italy |
R-L2 |
Phytoplankton |
|
Norway |
R-L1 |
Phytoplankton |
|
Sweden |
R-L1 |
Phytoplankton |
|
Water Category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Groups |
Cross-GIG |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Austria |
All national lake types |
Phytobenthos |
|
Estonia |
Phytobenthos |
|
|
Latvia |
Phytobenthos |
|
|
Netherlands |
Phytobenthos |
|
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Norway |
Phytobenthos |
|
|
Spain |
Phytobenthos |
|
Water category |
Lakes |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Groups |
Mediterranean |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Cyprus |
National lake types |
Fish fauna |
|
Spain |
Fish fauna |
|
Water category |
Coastal waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Baltic Sea |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Finland |
BC1, BC3 |
Sub-Biological Quality element Angiosperms |
|
Poland |
BC5 |
Macroalgae and angiosperms |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Baltic Sea |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Latvia |
National types |
Macroalgae and angiosperms |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
North East Atlantic |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Germany |
NEA 11 |
Phytoplankton |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Mediterranean sea |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Croatia |
Estuaries |
Sub-Biological Quality element Macroalgae |
|
Water category |
Transitional waters |
|
Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Black Sea |
|
Country |
Type |
Biological Quality Element |
|
Romania |
National types |
Macroalgae and angiosperms |
(*1) High-Good boundary is not defined for reservoirs (both LM5/7 and LM8 types are reservoirs).
(*2) Salinity ranges stablished by the median (P50) salinity as follows: Euhaline [30,1-34,4] PSU; Polyhaline [18,1-30,0] PSU; Mesohaline [5,1-18,0] PSU; Oligohaline [0,5-5,0] PSU.
(*3) Spain and France do not consider distinction between restricted or chocked lagoons.
(*4) The values are not national boundaries but threshold values.
ANNEX 2
The following tables list the EU Member States and EEA EFTA States (hereafter ‘Countries’) participating in the indicated Geographical Intercalibration Group (established for each surface water category, i.e. rivers, lakes, coastal waters and transitional waters).
1. RIVERS
|
Name of the Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Countries participating in Geographical Intercalibration |
|
Northern |
Finland |
|
|
Ireland |
|
|
Norway |
|
|
Sweden |
|
|
|
|
Central/Baltic |
Austria |
|
|
Belgium |
|
|
Czechiac |
|
|
Denmark |
|
|
Estonia |
|
|
France |
|
|
Germany |
|
|
Ireland |
|
|
Italy |
|
|
Latvia |
|
|
Lithuania |
|
|
Luxembourg |
|
|
Netherlands |
|
|
Poland |
|
|
Spain |
|
|
Sweden |
|
|
|
|
Alpine |
Austria |
|
|
France |
|
|
Germany |
|
|
Italy |
|
|
Slovenia |
|
|
Spain |
|
|
|
|
Eastern Continental |
Austria |
|
|
Bulgaria |
|
|
Croatia |
|
|
Czechia |
|
|
Greece |
|
|
Hungary |
|
|
Romania |
|
|
Slovakia |
|
|
Slovenia |
|
Mediterranean |
Bulgaria |
|
|
Croatia |
|
|
Cyprus |
|
|
France |
|
|
Greece |
|
|
Italy |
|
|
Malta |
|
|
Portugal |
|
|
Slovenia |
|
|
Spain |
2. LAKES
|
Name of the Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Countries participating in Geographical Intercalibration |
|
Northern |
Finland |
|
|
Ireland |
|
|
Norway |
|
|
Sweden |
|
|
|
|
Central/Baltic |
Belgium |
|
|
Czechia |
|
|
Denmark |
|
|
Estonia |
|
|
France |
|
|
Germany |
|
|
Ireland |
|
|
Latvia |
|
|
Lithuania |
|
|
Netherlands |
|
|
Poland |
|
|
|
|
Alpine |
Austria |
|
|
France |
|
|
Germany |
|
|
Italy |
|
|
Slovenia |
|
|
|
|
Eastern Continental |
Bulgaria |
|
|
Hungary |
|
|
Romania |
|
|
|
|
Mediterranean |
Croatia |
|
|
Cyprus |
|
|
France |
|
|
Greece |
|
|
Italy |
|
|
Portugal |
|
|
Spain |
3. COASTAL WATERS
|
Name of the Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Countries participating in Geographical Intercalibration |
|
Baltic |
Denmark |
|
|
Estonia |
|
|
Finland |
|
|
Germany |
|
|
Latvia |
|
|
Lithuania |
|
|
Poland |
|
|
Sweden |
|
|
|
|
North Atlantic |
Belgium |
|
|
Denmark |
|
|
France |
|
|
Germany |
|
|
Ireland |
|
|
Netherlands |
|
|
Norway |
|
|
Portugal |
|
|
Spain |
|
|
Sweden |
|
|
|
|
Mediterranean |
Croatia |
|
|
Cyprus |
|
|
France |
|
|
Greece |
|
|
Italy |
|
|
Malta |
|
|
Slovenia |
|
|
Spain |
|
|
|
|
Black Sea |
Bulgaria |
|
|
Romania |
4. TRANSITIONAL WATERS
|
Name of the Geographical Intercalibration Group |
Countries participating in Geographical Intercalibration |
|
Baltic |
Latvia |
|
|
Lithuania |
|
|
Poland |
|
|
Sweden |
|
|
|
|
North Atlantic |
Belgium |
|
|
France |
|
|
Germany |
|
|
Ireland |
|
|
Netherlands |
|
|
Portugal |
|
|
Spain |
|
|
Sweden |
|
|
|
|
Mediterranean |
Croatia |
|
|
France |
|
|
Greece |
|
|
Italy |
|
|
Spain |
|
|
|
|
Black Sea |
Bulgaria |
|
|
Romania |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/721/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)