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Deliverable D5.1-2: DPSIR chains in rivers: observed and predicted effects on BQEs Collaborative Project (large-scale integrating project) Grant Agreement 226273 Theme 6: Environment (including Climate Change) st th Duration: March 1 , 2009 – February 29 , 2012 Deliverable D5.1-2: Driver-Pressure-Impact and Response- Recovery chains in European rivers: observed and predicted effects on BQEs Lead contractor: University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) Contributors: Christian K. Feld, Veronica Dahm, Armin Lorenz (UDE), Maxime Logez, Anahita Marzin, Virginie Archaimbault, Jérôme Belliard, Christian Chauvin, François Delmas, Didier Pont (CEMAGREF), Andreas Melcher, Helga Kremser, Susanne Muhar, Stefan Schmutz, Torsten Schulze, Martin Seebacher, Andreas Zitek (BOKU), Christian Wolter (FVB-IGB), Piet F.M. Verdonschot, H. Michels, Hanneke E. Keizer-Vlek (ALTERRA) Due date of deliverable: Month 30 Actual submission date: Month 32 Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme (2007-2013) Dissemination Level PU Public X PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) Page 1/227 Deliverable D5.1-2: DPSIR chains in rivers: observed and predicted effects on BQEs Content Non-technical summary .................................................................................................................9 Summary ......................................................................................................................................10 Database structure and component biological and environmental data .......................................13 Data origin................................................................................................................................13 Biological Quality Components (BQEs)..................................................................................15 BQE sampling methods and specifications..........................................................................15 Metric data............................................................................................................................16 Environmental variables...........................................................................................................17 Database structure ....................................................................................................................17 Description of tables.................................................................................................................21 t1_Station .............................................................................................................................21 t2_P_Hydromorphology.......................................................................................................21 t3_P_PhysChemParam .........................................................................................................22 t4_P_Landuse .......................................................................................................................22 tbl_Fish1Site: .......................................................................................................................23 tbl_Fish2Sample:..................................................................................................................23 tbl_Fish3Catch: ....................................................................................................................23 tbl_Inv1Site: .........................................................................................................................23 tbl_Inv2Sample: ...................................................................................................................23 tbl_Inv3Catch:......................................................................................................................24 tbl_MPh1Site:.......................................................................................................................24 tbl_MPh2Sample:.................................................................................................................24 tbl_MPh3Catch: ...................................................................................................................24 tbl_PhB1Site: .......................................................................................................................24 tbl_PhB2Sample:..................................................................................................................25 tbl_PhB3Catch: ....................................................................................................................25 Code_TaxaFish: ...................................................................................................................25 Code_TaxaInv: .....................................................................................................................26 Code_TaxaMPh:...................................................................................................................26 Page 2/227 Deliverable D5.1-2: DPSIR chains in rivers: observed and predicted effects on BQEs Code_TaxaPhB: ...................................................................................................................26 Code_Country: .....................................................................................................................27 Code_Ecoregion:..................................................................................................................27 Code_Reporter: ....................................................................................................................27 Selected descriptive statistics ...................................................................................................27 BQE representativeness........................................................................................................27 Taxon richness......................................................................................................................28 Physico-chemical parameters...............................................................................................30 Immutable parameters ..........................................................................................................31 Ecological assessment of running waters: do macrophytes, macroinvertebrates, diatoms and fish show similar responses to human pressures? ...............................................................................34 Abstract ....................................................................................................................................34 Highlights .................................................................................................................................35 Abbreviations ...........................................................................................................................35 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................35 Material & Methods .................................................................................................................37 Data compilation ..................................................................................................................37 Statistical analysis ................................................................................................................39 Results ......................................................................................................................................41 Environmental gradients and anthropogenic pressure indices .............................................41 Natural environment and standardized biological metrics...................................................41 Biological responses to anthropogenic pressure gradients...................................................42 Discussion ................................................................................................................................49 Taking into account natural environmental diversity in the analysis...................................49 Choosing metric's types........................................................................................................50 Intensity and sensitivity of BQEs responses to general degradation....................................50 BQEs responses to hydrological, morphological, and water quality degradations..............51 Detecting combined and single pressure effects ..................................................................52 Conclusions ..............................................................................................................................52 Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................53 Detecting the impact hierarchy of stressors from different spatial scales on aquatic communities 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