Probability maps of anthropogenic impacts affecting ecological status in European rivers.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how anthropogenic pressures affect river ecological status is pivotal to designing effective management strategies. Knowledge on river aquatic habitats status in Europe has increased tremendously since the introduction of the European Union Water Framework Directive, yet heterogeneities in mandatory monitoring and reporting still limit identification of patterns at continental scale. Concurrently, several model and data-based indicators of anthropogenic pressures to freshwater that cover the continent consistently have been developed. The objective of this work was to create European maps of the probability of occurrence of river conditions, namely failure to achieve good ecological status, or to be affected by specific pervasive impacts. To this end, we applied logistic regr

SUBMITTER: Vigiak O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8098054 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature