Kolada, A; Hellsten, S; Sondergaard, M; Mjelde, M; Dudley, B; van Geest, G; Goldsmith, B; + view all Kolada, A; Hellsten, S; Sondergaard, M; Mjelde, M; Dudley, B; van Geest, G; Goldsmith, B; Davidson, T; Bennion, H; Bertrain, V; Noges, P; - view fewer (2011) Deliverable D3.2-3: Report on the most suitable lake macrophyte based assessment methods for impacts of eutrophication and water level fluctuations. (EU WISER Deliverables D3.2-3 ). WISER (Water bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to assess Ecological status and Recovery)

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The report summarizes the progress made within the WISER project in the following areas: • Developing and improving methodologies for assessment of eutrophication impacts in lakes based on species composition, abundance and community structure of aquatic macrophytes. For this purpose a set of metrics was elaborated, their sensitivity as indicators was tested within countries, geographic regions, and lake types, and the potential of the metrics for using them as common metrics for intercalibration was assessed. • Elaborating of palaeoecological approaches based on plant macrofossil records in lake sediments to define reference conditions and to assess ecological status of shallow lowland lakes for which modern reference sites are almost missing. • Developing relevant metrics to assess the response of lake macrophytes to water level fluctuations, and quantify the uncertainty in their use.

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