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  • Title: What does 'good ecological potential' mean, within the European Water Framework Directive?
    Author: Borja A, Elliott M.
    Journal: Mar Pollut Bull; 2007 Oct; 54(10):1559-64. PubMed ID: 17903563.
    Abstract:
    The most important objective within the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is to achieve a 'good ecological status' (GES) for all waters, by 2015. Some methodologies have been developed for assessing GES within natural water bodies, in which the ecological status is a perceived or measured deviation from a reference condition. However, the WFD also consider 'Heavily modified water bodies' (HMWB) (a water body resulted from physical alterations by human activity, which substantially change its hydrogeomorphological character, e.g. a harbour). In implementing the WFD, environmental managers are required to assess the status of HMWBs in terms of achieving 'Good Ecological Potential' (GEP). This contribution defines and studies GEP from an ecological point of view, taking into account some ecological restoration principles. Finally, this contribution gives some guidance on how establish GEP, using as example a harbour within the North East Atlantic.
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