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REFRESH: The Challenge
REFRESH brings together rivers, lakes and wetlands scientists with expertise in hydrology, hydrochemistry and ecology, aquatic modelling and social science. View the Partners>
REFRESH News
REFRESH Newsletter Spring 2014
The final REFRESH newsletter is now available on the REFRESH file store at http://www.refresh.ucl.ac.uk/webfm_send/2405. This focuses on the WP5 and WP6 work done at the REFRESH demonstration catchments.
Policy Brief 1: Zooplankton-an integrative Biological Quality Element for assessing the Ecological Status of lakes
The EU Water Framework Directive environmental objectives are established on the basis of ecological status assessment, focused on five species groups (macroinvertebrates, fish, phytoplankton, macrophytes and phytobenthos). The assessments do not considering zooplankton.
Policy Brief 2: Riparian Forest can help mitigate climate warming effects in lowland temperate streams
Stream water temperature is predicted to increase with climate change, and will affect stream biotic assemblages and ecosystem functioning, threatening the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive and Biodiversity Strategy 2020.
Policy Brief 3: Stricter nutrient loading limits help lake ecosystems to withstand climate change pressures
Despite improvements in some regions, nutrient loading from agriculture remains a major pressure on Europe's freshwaters, resulting in widespread eutrophication.