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TI Use of biotic indices in semi-enclosed coastal ecosystems and transitional waters habitats - Implications for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive
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AF BLANCHET, H
   LAVESQUE, Nicolas
   RUELLET, T
   DAUVIN, J
   SAURIAU, Pierre-Guy
   DESROY, Nicolas
   DESCLAUX, C
   LECONTE, M
   BACHELET, G
   JANSON, A
   BESSINETON, C
   DUHAMEL, S
   JOURDE, J
   MAYOT, S
   SIMON, S
   DE MONTAUDOUIN, X
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C1 Univ Bordeaux 1, CNRS, UMR 5805, EPOC,Stn Marine Arcachon, F-33120 Arcachon, France.
   Univ Sci & Technol Lille 1, CNRS, FRE 2816, ELICO,Stn Marine Wimereux, F-62930 Wimereux, France.
   Grp Interet Publ Seine Aval, F-76000 Rouen, France.
   Univ Rochelle, CNRS, UMR 6217, IFREMER,CRELA, F-17137 Lhoumeau, France.
   IFREMER, Lab Environm & Ressources St Malo, F-35042 St Malo, France.
   Maison Estuaire, F-76600 Le Havre, France.
   Cellule Suivi Littoral Haut Normand, F-76600 Le Havre, France.
C2 UNIV BORDEAUX, FRANCE
   UNIV LILLE, FRANCE
   GIP SEINE-AVAL, FRANCE
   UNIV ROCHELLE, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   MAISON ESTUAIRE, FRANCE
   CSLN, FRANCE
SI ARCACHON
   DINARD
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-HGS-LRHLR
   PDG-DOP-LER-LERFBN
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 1.984
TC 134
TU CNRS
   EPHE
   IFREMER
   UNIVERSITE BORDEAUX
   UNIVERSITE LA ROCHELLE
   UNIVERSITE LILLE
   UNIVERSITE LILLE 1
   UNIVERSITE LITTORAL
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3987.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR PECTOW 06
BO Côtes De La Manche
DE ;Transitional waters;Semi enclosed coastal ecosystems;Benthic invertebrates;Directive;European Water Framework;Biotic index
AB This study deals with the application of macrozoobenthos-based biotic indices (BI) within the frame of the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. More precisely, this study aimed at assessing the performance of five recently developed methodologies (BI) for the assessment of ecological quality status (EcoQ) in two semi-enclosed, sheltered coastal ecosystems and in one transitional water body situated along the Western French coast, namely Marennes-Oleron Bay, Arcachon Bay, and the Seine Estuary. This study showed that these five indices rarely agreed with each other, describing very different pictures of the overall EcoQ of the three study sites. This work also clearly underlined the limitations of these approaches, notably the dependency of most of these BI and the resulting EcoQ classifications on habitat characteristics, more particularly to natural levels of sediment silt-clay content and the location of stations in the subtidal or the intertidal. The implication of our observations concerning the use of these BI for implementation of the WFD is discussed in terms of definition of habitat-specific reference conditions and necessity to adjust thresholds to the particular habitat occurring in semi-enclosed ecosystems. Meanwhile, the unmodified use of these BI severely impaired accurate assessment of EcoQ and decision-making on the managers' point of view. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY 2008
PD JUN
SO Ecological Indicators
SN 1470-160X
PU Elsevier
VL 8
IS 4
UT 000255625100004
BP 360
EP 372
DI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.04.003
ID 3987
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