Response of fish communities to multiple pressures: Development of a total anthropogenic pressure intensity index.

ABSTRACT: Lakes in Europe are subject to multiple anthropogenic pressures, such as eutrophication, habitat degradation and introduction of alien species, which are frequently inter-related. Therefore, effective assessment methods addressing multiple pressures are needed. In addition, these systems have to be harmonised (i.e. intercalibrated) to achieve common management objectives across Europe. Assessments of fish communities inform environmental policies on ecological conditions integrating the impacts of multiple pressures. However, the challenge is to ensure consistency in ecological assessments through time, across ecosystem types and across jurisdictional boundaries. To overcome the serious comparability issues between national assessment systems in Europe, a total anthropogenic pressure inten

SUBMITTER: Poikane S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461715 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature