Integrated Water Resource Management for Important Deep European Lakes and their Catchment Areas

Country: Europe

Eurolakes wanted to improve the current strategies concerning the long-term management, short-term pollution control, and integrated monitoring regarding deep European lakes and their catchments areas. Project activities could lead to recommendations for European legislation and the EU Water Framework Directive concerning an integrated water management approach. These efforts were supported by specific scientific investigations to describe the seasonal dynamics and quantification of key limnological processes and parameters in deep European lakes. Sets of criteria to substantiate ecological water and ecosystem quality targets for lakes and their surrounding areas were established and a recommended generalized structure of a dedicated lake/catchment model regarding these important water bodies was elaborated.

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