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Title:	Development of tools for ecological quality assessment in Polish marine areas according to the Water Framework Directive. Part I – Nutrients
Authors:	Lewandowski Łukasz Krzymiński Włodzimierz Łysiak-Pastuszak Elżbieta
Abstract:	Assessment of the ecological status of an aquatic environment according to the European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires the determination of a link between the observed status of the marine ecosystem and catchment loading as well as the establishment of criteria for ecological status definitions. This article presents the results of a study identifying links between environmental pressures in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea and state parameters applied in the assessment of eutrophication. Strong, statistically significant correlations were found between riverine loads of nutrients and their marine concentrations even in relatively short time data series.
DOI:	10.2478/v10009-009-0037-1
Type of paper:	Original research paper
Pages:	87 to 99
Cytation:	Łysiak-Pastuszak E., Krzymiński W., Lewandowski Ł., 2009, Development of tools for ecological quality assessment in Polish marine areas according to the Water Framework Directive. Part I – Nutrients, Oceanol. Hydrobiol. Stud., 38(3): 87-99
Keywords:	nutrients, eutrophication, response curves, ecological quality assessment, Baltic Sea
Year:	2009
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