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@article{1389390,
author = {Stubbington, Rachel and Chadd, Richard and Cid, Núria and Csabai, Zoltán and Miliša, Marko and Morais, Manuela and Munné, Antoni and Pařil, Petr and Pešić, Vladimir and Tziortzis, Iakovos and Verdonschot, Ralf C and Datry, Thibault},
article_location = {NETHERLAND},
article_number = {MAR},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.137},
keywords = {Temporary streams; temporary rivers; bioassessment; bioindicators; Water Framework Directive; river typology},
language = {eng},
issn = {0048-9697},
journal = {Science ot the Total Environment},
title = {Biomonitoring of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams in Europe: current practice and priorities to enhance ecological status assessments},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717324865},
volume = {618},
year = {2018}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1389390
AU - Stubbington, Rachel - Chadd, Richard - Cid, Núria - Csabai, Zoltán - Miliša, Marko - Morais, Manuela - Munné, Antoni - Pařil, Petr - Pešić, Vladimir - Tziortzis, Iakovos - Verdonschot, Ralf C - Datry, Thibault
PY - 2018
TI - Biomonitoring of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams in Europe: current practice and priorities to enhance ecological status assessments
JF - Science ot the Total Environment
VL - 618
IS - MAR
SP - 1096-1113
EP - 1096-1113
PB - Elsevier
SN - 00489697
KW - Temporary streams
KW - temporary rivers
KW - bioassessment
KW - bioindicators
KW - Water Framework Directive
KW - river typology
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717324865
L2 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717324865
N2 - Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) are common across Europe and dominate some Mediterranean river networks. In all climate zones, IRES support high biodiversity and provide ecosystem services. As dynamic ecosystems that transition between flowing, pool, and dry states, IRES are typically poorly represented in biomonitoring programmes implemented to characterize EU Water Framework Directive ecological status. We report the results of a survey completed by representatives from 20 European countries to identify current challenges to IRES status assessment, examples of best practice, and priorities for future research. We identify five major barriers to effective ecological status classification in IRES: 1. the exclusion of IRES from Water Framework Directive biomonitoring based on their small catchment size; 2. the lack of river typologies that distinguish between contrasting IRES; 3. difficulties in defining the 'reference conditions' that represent unimpacted dynamic ecosystems; 4. classification of IRES ecological status based on lotic communities sampled using methods developed for perennial rivers; and 5. a reliance on taxonomic characterization of local communities. Despite these challenges, we recognize examples of innovative practice that can inform modification of current biomonitoring activity to promote effective IRES status classification. Priorities for future research include reconceptualization of the reference condition approach to accommodate spatiotemporal fluctuations in community composition, and modification of indices of ecosystem health to recognize both taxon-specific sensitivity to intermittence and dispersal abilities, within a landscape context.
ER -
STUBBINGTON, Rachel, Richard CHADD, Núria CID, Zoltán CSABAI, Marko MILIŠA, Manuela MORAIS, Antoni MUNNÉ, Petr PAŘIL, Vladimir PEŠI$\backslash$'C, Iakovos TZIORTZIS, Ralf C VERDONSCHOT and Thibault DATRY. Biomonitoring of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams in Europe: current practice and priorities to enhance ecological status assessments. \textit{Science ot the Total Environment}. NETHERLAND: Elsevier, 2018, vol.~618, MAR, p.~1096-1113. ISSN~0048-9697. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.137.
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