The STAR project: context, objectives and approaches

J 2006

The STAR project: context, objectives and approaches

FURSE, M.T., D. HERING, O. MOOG, P. VERDONSCHOT, R.K. JOHNSON et. al.

Basic information

Original name

The STAR project: context, objectives and approaches

Name in Czech

Projekt STAR: souvislosti, cíle a přístupy

Authors

FURSE, M.T. (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), D. HERING (276 Germany), O. MOOG (40 Austria), P. VERDONSCHOT (528 Netherlands), R.K. JOHNSON (752 Sweden), K. BRABEC (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), K. GRITZALIS (300 Greece), A. BUFFAGNI (380 Italy), P. PINTO (620 Portugal), N. FRIBERG (208 Denmark), J. MURRAY-BLIGH (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), J. KOKES (203 Czech Republic), R. ALBER (380 Italy), P. USSEGLIO-POLATERA (250 France), P. HAASE (276 Germany), R. SWEETING (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), B. BIS (616 Poland), K. SZOSZKIEWICZ (616 Poland), H. SOSZKA (616 Poland), G. SPRINGE (428 Latvia), F. SPORKA (703 Slovakia) and I. KRNO (703 Slovakia)

Edition

Hydrobiologia, 2006, 0018-8158

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.049

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/06:00025592

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000239102900002

Keywords in English

Water Framework Directive; ecological status; biological quality elements; intercalibration; uncertainty; software

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

STAR is a European Commission Framework V project (EVK1-CT-2001-00089). The project aim is to provide practical advice and solutions with regard to many of the issues associated with the Water Framework Directive. This paper provides a context for the STAR research programme through a review of the requirements of the directive and the Common Implementation Strategy responsible for guiding its implementation. The scientific and strategic objectives of STAR are set out in the form of a series of research questions and the reader is referred to the papers in this volume that address those objectives, which include: (a) Which methods or biological quality elements are best able to indicate certain stressors? (b) Which method can be used on which scale? (c) Which method is suited for early and late warnings? (d) How are different assessment methods affected by errors and uncertainty? (e) How can data from different assessment methods be intercalibrated? (f) How can the cost-effectiveness of field and laboratory protocols be optimised? (g) How can boundaries of the five classes of Ecological Status be best set? (h) What contribution can STAR make to the development of European standards? The methodological approaches adopted to meet these objectives are described. These include the selection of the 22 stream-types and 263 sites sampled in 11 countries, the sampling protocols used to sample and survey phytobenthos, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates, fish and hydromorphology, the quality control and uncertainty analyses that were applied, including training, replicate sampling and audit of performance, the development of bespoke software and the project outputs. This paper provides the detailed background information to be referred to in conjunction with most of the other papers in this volume. These papers are divided into seven sections: (1) typology, (2) organism groups, (3) macrophytes and diatoms, (4) hydromorphology, (5) tools for assessing European streams with macroinvertebrates, (6) intercalibration and comparison and (7) errors and uncertainty. The principal findings of the papers in each section and their relevance to the Water Framework Directive are synthesised in short summary papers at the beginning of each section. Additional outputs, including all sampling and laboratory protocols and project deliverables, together with a range of freely downloadable software are available from the project website at www.eu_star.at.

In Czech

Projekt STAR (EVK1-CT-2001-00089) poskytuje praktická doporučení a řešení pro implementaci směrnice Water Framework Directive. Článek popisuje vazby jednotlivých výzkumných témat projektu se společnou implementační strategií EC. Představuje úvod do problematiky a staví do kontextu témata jednotlivých kapitol a příspěvků shrnujících poznatky v tématických okruzích.

Links

MSM0021622416, plan (intention)

Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time

Citovat

FURSE, M.T., D. HERING, O. MOOG, P. VERDONSCHOT, R.K. JOHNSON, K. BRABEC, K. GRITZALIS, A. BUFFAGNI, P. PINTO, N. FRIBERG, J. MURRAY-BLIGH, J. KOKES, R. ALBER, P. USSEGLIO-POLATERA, P. HAASE, R. SWEETING, B. BIS, K. SZOSZKIEWICZ, H. SOSZKA, G. SPRINGE, F. SPORKA and I. KRNO. The STAR project: context, objectives and approaches. Hydrobiologia. 2006, vol. 566, No 1, p. 3-29. ISSN 0018-8158.

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N2  - STAR is a European Commission Framework V project (EVK1-CT-2001-00089). The project aim is to provide practical advice and solutions with regard to many of the issues associated with the Water Framework Directive. This paper provides a context for the STAR research programme through a review of the requirements of the directive and the Common Implementation Strategy responsible for guiding its implementation. The scientific and strategic objectives of STAR are set out in the form of a series of research questions and the reader is referred to the papers in this volume that address those objectives, which include: (a) Which methods or biological quality elements are best able to indicate certain stressors? (b) Which method can be used on which scale? (c) Which method is suited for early and late warnings? (d) How are different assessment methods affected by errors and uncertainty? (e) How can data from different assessment methods be intercalibrated? (f) How can the cost-effectiveness of field and laboratory protocols be optimised? (g) How can boundaries of the five classes of Ecological Status be best set? (h) What contribution can STAR make to the development of European standards? The methodological approaches adopted to meet these objectives are described. These include the selection of the 22 stream-types and 263 sites sampled in 11 countries, the sampling protocols used to sample and survey phytobenthos, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates, fish and hydromorphology, the quality control and uncertainty analyses that were applied, including training, replicate sampling and audit of performance, the development of bespoke software and the project outputs. This paper provides the detailed background information to be referred to in conjunction with most of the other papers in this volume. These papers are divided into seven sections: (1) typology, (2) organism groups, (3) macrophytes and diatoms, (4) hydromorphology, (5) tools for assessing European streams with macroinvertebrates, (6) intercalibration and comparison and (7) errors and uncertainty. The principal findings of the papers in each section and their relevance to the Water Framework Directive are synthesised in short summary papers at the beginning of each section. Additional outputs, including all sampling and laboratory protocols and project deliverables, together with a range of freely downloadable software are available from the project website at www.eu_star.at.
ER  -

FURSE, M.T., D. HERING, O. MOOG, P. VERDONSCHOT, R.K. JOHNSON, K. BRABEC, K. GRITZALIS, A. BUFFAGNI, P. PINTO, N. FRIBERG, J. MURRAY-BLIGH, J. KOKES, R. ALBER, P. USSEGLIO-POLATERA, P. HAASE, R. SWEETING, B. BIS, K. SZOSZKIEWICZ, H. SOSZKA, G. SPRINGE, F. SPORKA and I. KRNO. The STAR project: context, objectives and approaches. \textit{Hydrobiologia}. 2006, vol.~566, No~1, p.~3-29. ISSN~0018-8158.

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