[HTML][HTML] Net-zero carbon condition in wastewater treatment plants: A systematic review of mitigation strategies and challenges

M Maktabifard, HE Al-Hazmi, P Szulc… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The wastewater sector accounts for up to 7 and 10% of anthropogenic CH 4 and N 2 O
emissions, respectively. Nowadays wastewater treatment plants are going through a …

[HTML][HTML] DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work

H Weigand, AJ Beermann, F Čiampor, FO Costa… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Effective identification of species using short DNA fragments (DNA barcoding and DNA
metabarcoding) requires reliable sequence reference libraries of known taxa. Both …

Multiple stressors determine river ecological status at the European scale: Towards an integrated understanding of river status deterioration

JU Lemm, M Venohr, L Globevnik… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The biota of European rivers are affected by a wide range of stressors impairing water
quality and hydro‐morphology. Only about 40% of Europe's rivers reach 'good ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

L Carvalho, EB Mackay, AC Cardoso… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a pioneering piece of legislation that aims
to protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems and promote sustainable water use across …

Biodiversity change is uncoupled from species richness trends: Consequences for conservation and monitoring

H Hillebrand, B Blasius, ET Borer… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Global concern about human impact on biological diversity has triggered an intense
research agenda on drivers and consequences of biodiversity change in parallel with …

[HTML][HTML] The EU Water Framework Directive: From great expectations to problems with implementation

N Voulvoulis, KD Arpon, T Giakoumis - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) is widely accepted as the most
substantial and ambitious piece of European environmental legislation to date. It has been …

Pesticide residues in French soils: occurrence, risks, and persistence

C Froger, C Jolivet, H Budzinski, M Pierdet… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Contamination of the environment by pesticide residues is a growing concern given their
widespread presence in the environment and their effects on ecosystems. Only a few studies …

Remote sensing for lake research and monitoring–Recent advances

K Dörnhöfer, N Oppelt - Ecological Indicators, 2016 - Elsevier
Lakes are important ecosystems providing various ecosystem services. Stressors such as
eutrophication or climate change, however, threaten their ecological functions. National and …

Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: an almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive

S Birk, W Bonne, A Borja, S Brucet, A Courrat… - Ecological …, 2012 - Elsevier
According to the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the status of European surface waters is
assessed using aquatic organism groups. Here we present an overview of 297 assessment …

Habitat recovery and restoration in aquatic ecosystems: current progress and future challenges

J Geist, SJ Hawkins - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecosystems are degraded by a variety of pressures as a result of the growing human
population. Global‐scale impacts include homogenization of biological communities …