Experiences from Ground, Coastal and Transitional Water Quality Monitoring The EU Water Framework Directive Implementation in the Catalan River Basin District (Part II) /

This book details the experiences gained by the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) in a Mediterranean watershed – the Catalan River Basin District – following the launch of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the year 2000. Groundwater and coastal water experts present 13 chapters defining tools for w...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Munné, Antoni. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ginebreda, Antoni. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Prat, Narcís. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 43
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23904-0
Table of Contents:
  • Specific viruses present in polluted groundwater are indicative of the source of nitrates and fecal contamination in agricultural areas
  • Trend assessment for groundwater pollutants: a brief review and some remarks
  • Occurrence of Polar Organic Pollutants in Groundwater Bodies of Catalonia
  • GIS-based software platform for managing hydrogeochemical data
  • Groundwater vulnerability mapping assessment using overlay and DRASTIC method in Catalonia
  • Pros and cons of biological quality element phytoplankton as a water quality indicator in the NW Mediterranean Sea
  • Bioindicators, monitoring, and management using Mediterranean seagrasses: what have we learned from the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive?- Environmental quality of Catalan coastal waters based on macroalgae: The interannual variability of CARLIT index and its ability to detect changes in anthropogenic pressures over time
  • Using MEDOCC (MEDiterranean OCCidental) index to evaluate the Ecological Status of Catalan coastal waters (Northwestern Mediterranean Sea) over time and depths
  • Assessing the environmental quality in heavily modified transitional waters: the application of MEDOCC (MEDiterranean OCCidental) index in Ebre Delta bays
  • First report on the distribution and impact of marine alien species in coastal benthic assemblages along the Catalan coast
  • Evolution of chemical pollution in Catalan coastal sediments
  • Monitoring Programmes for Bathing Waters within the frame of EU Bathing Water Directive: The experience of Catalonia.