Back to Ecology: Reference Conditions as a Basis for Assessment, Restoration and Sustainable Management of Large Rivers

Under the EU Water Framework Directive, ecological assessment and management are based on type-specific reference conditions. In the EU it may be difficult to find sites in large rivers with at least near-natural conditions, though this is not the case in southeast Europe, where stretches of large r...

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Main Authors: Gorazd Urbanič, Zlatko Mihaljević, Vesna Petkovska, Maja Pavlin Urbanič
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/18/2596