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Macrophytes: limitations of using them to assess reservoir status according to the Water Framework Directive
Sossey Alaoui, Khadija; Galoux, Daniel; Rosillon, Francis
2013In Peer Review
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Keywords :
Aquatic vegetation; Ecologiacl indices; Walloon reservoir; WFD
Abstract :
[en] Macrophytes are among the major groups of organisms that the Water Framework Directive (WFD) recommends should be used in assessing the status of natural Lakes. The use of macrophytes in reservoir monitoring is still fairly limited and studies are needed on their inter-calibration and sources of variation. Many status assessment methods based on macrophyte communities have been defined for lakes, Nevertheless few of them have been tested for reservoirs. The purpose of the study is to highlight the limitations of using macrophytes to assess reservoir status according to the Water Framework Directive. An assessment of macrophyte composition and abundance and of water quality was carried out in nine Walloon reservoirs between 2010 and 2012. The main limitations of the macrophyte approach for assessing these reservoirs were: i) geographical features, ii) physical variables and iii) lack of ecological information on the various macrophytic groups, such as helophytes, algae and mosses. We used two assessment methods to test the relevance of using macrophyte communities to assess reservoir status: the Flanders (Belgium) method (BE-FL method) and the United Kingdom method (UK-method). The relationships between macrophyte metrics for both methods and nutrient enrichment were examined. Highly significant correlations were found between the chemical variables (O-P [mg P/l]); Total P (µg P/l); Conductivity (µS/cm) and the trophic UK-metric (Lake Macrophyte Nutrient) (LMNI); and between it and the abundance of Bl-FL "disturbance indicators’ metric (V). The UK "group of macrophyte species’ metric provide a limited information's on the quality or degree of degradation of the environment from which the sample was taken.
Research center :
DEMNA
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Sossey Alaoui, Khadija ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > DER Sc. et gest. de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.) > DER Sc. et gest. de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.)
Galoux, Daniel
Rosillon, Francis ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > DER Sc. et gest. de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.) > DER Sc. et gest. de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.)
Language :
English
Title :
Macrophytes: limitations of using them to assess reservoir status according to the Water Framework Directive
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Peer Review
ISSN :
1541-1389
Publisher :
Association of American Colleges & Universities
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
L’étude de la biodiversité des cours d'eau et des réservoirs de barrage wallons et l'évaluation de leur qualité
Funders :
SPW - Service Public de Wallonie [BE]
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