Is there a need for a more explicit accounting of invasive alien species under the Water Framework Directive?

Is there a need for a more explicit accounting of invasive alien species under the Water Framework Directive?

Through ratification of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), EU Member States committed themselves to a pressure-based assessment ofthe ecological status of their water bodies. Invasive alien species (IAS) constitute a major pressure in many aquatic ecosystems, yet are notexplicitly accounted for by...

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Main Authors: Jochen Vandekerkhove, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Philip J. Boon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC) 2013-01-01
Series:Management of Biological Invasions
Subjects:
ecological status
classification
invasive alien species
Water Framework Directive
pressure-impact relationship
indicator species
Online Access:http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2013/1/MBI_2013_1_Vandekerkhove_etal.pdf

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