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20097384

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
The Water Framework Directive requires the assessment of the ecological status of transitional waters considering the fish component. An original methodology, based on a pressure-impact approach, was established to develop a multimetric fish-based index to characterize the ecological quality of French estuaries. An index of contamination, based on the chemical pollution affecting aquatic systems, was used as a proxy of anthropogenic pressure. The fish metric selection was based on their response to disturbances tested via statistical models (generalized linear models) taking into account sampling strategy and estuarine features. Four metrics, for which discriminating responses to level of pressure were demonstrated, were retained to constitute the estuarine multimetric fish index. This new tool appeared particularly relevant to detect the contamination effects on fish communities in estuaries. It could help managers to take decisions in order to maintain or reach the good status required by the Water Framework Directive for 2015.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1879-3363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
908-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of a fish-based index to assess the ecological quality of transitional waters: the case of French estuaries.
pubmed:affiliation
Cemagref (French Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research), 50 avenue de Verdun, B.P. 3, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France. christine.delpech@cemagref.fr <christine.delpech@cemagref.fr>
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't