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ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 1492-1494Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.02.014
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Diatoms; Monitoring; Freshwaters; Water framework Directive
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Many diatom-based methods have been proposed in recent years. Besse-Lototskaya et al. (2011) compare some of those developed for assessing inorganic nutrients. However, they fail to address the two questions of greatest interest to those who wish to use such metrics to inform decision-making. These questions are: what is the role of diatom-based trophic metrics in environmental management in Europe in the twenty-first century and do these indices represent causal relationships with underlying pressure gradients? The present economic climate means that Member States of the European Union will look more critically at all methods for assessing freshwater quality and developers need to ensure that their methods are fit-for-purpose. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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