Monitoring Programmes, Multiple Stress Analysis and Decision Support for River Basin Management

Ohe, Peter C.; Zwart, Dick; Semenzin, Elena; Apitz, Sabine E.; Gottardo, Stefania; Harris, Bob; Hein, Michaela; Marcomini, Antonio; Posthuma, Leo; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Segner, Helmut; Brack, Werner (2014). Monitoring Programmes, Multiple Stress Analysis and Decision Support for River Basin Management. In: Risk-informed management of European river basins. Monitoring Programmes, Multiple Stress: Vol. 29 (pp. 151-182). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer 10.1007/978-3-642-38598-8_4

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The identification of plausible causes for water body status deterioration will be much easier if it can build on available, reliable, extensive and comprehensive biogeochemical monitoring data (preferably aggregated in a database). A plausible identification of such causes is a prerequisite for well-informed decisions on which mitigation or remediation measures to take. In this chapter, first a rationale for an extended monitoring programme is provided; it is then compared to the one required by the Water Framework Directive (WFD). This proposal includes a list of relevant parameters that are needed for an integrated, a priori status assessment. Secondly, a few sophisticated statistical tools are described that subsequently allow for the estiation of the magnitude of impairment as well as the likely relative importance of different stressors in a multiple stressed environment. The advantages and restrictions of these rather complicated analytical methods are discussed. Finally, the use of Decision Support Systems (DSS) is advocated with regard to the specific WFD implementation requirements.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI)

UniBE Contributor:

Segner, Helmut

Subjects:

600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISBN:

978-3-642-38597-1

Series:

Monitoring Programmes, Multiple Stress

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Susanne Portner

Date Deposited:

25 Jul 2014 14:13

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:29

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/978-3-642-38598-8_4

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/44372

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