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Development of a fish-based index to assess the eutrophication status of European lakes

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The use of the CEN (European Committee for Standardization) standard method for sampling fish in lakes using multi-mesh gillnets allowed the collection of fish assemblages of 445 European lakes in 12 countries. The lakes were additionally characterised by environmental drivers and eutrophication proxies. Following a site-specific approach including a validation procedure, a fish index including two abundance metrics (catch per unit effort expressed as fish number and biomass) and one functional metric of composition (abundance of omnivorous fish) was developed. Correlated with the proxy of eutrophication, this index discriminates between heavily and moderately impacted lakes. Additional analyses on a subset of data from Nordic lakes revealed a stronger correlation between the new fish index and the pressure data. Despite an uneven geographical distribution of the lakes and certain shortcomings in the environmental and pressure data, the fish index proved to be useful for ecological status assessment of lakes applying standardised protocols and thus supports the development of national lake fish assessment tools in line with the European Water Framework Directive.

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This project was supported by the EU FP-7 Theme 6 projects WISER (Water bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to assess Ecological Status and Recovery, Contract No.: 226273) and the National Office for Water and Aquatic Environments (ONEMA). We are grateful to the contribution by all members of the Fish Intercalibration Groups.

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  1. Irstea, UR HYAX Hydrobiologie, 3275 Route de Cézanne, CS 40061, 13182, Aix-en-Provence Cedex 5, France

    C. Argillier, S. Caussé, M. Gevrey & J. De Bortoli

  2. Onema/Irstea Research Group, 3275 Route de Cézanne, CS 40061, 13182, Aix-en-Provence Cedex 5, France

    C. Argillier, S. Caussé, M. Gevrey & J. De Bortoli

  3. Department of Marine and Littoral, Seine Normandy Water Agency, Direction of Water, Aquatic Environment and Agriculture, 14600, Honfleur, France

    S. Pédron

  4. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, 21027, Ispra, Italy

    S. Brucet

  5. Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12561, Berlin, Germany

    M. Emmrich & T. Mehner

  6. Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Vejlsøvej 25, 8600, Silkeborg, Denmark

    E. Jeppesen & T. Lauridsen

  7. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, 00014, Helsinki, Finland

    M. Olin

  8. Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Evo Fisheries Research Station, 16970, Evo, Finland

    M. Rask

  9. CNR Institute of Ecosystem Study, L.GoTonolli 50, 28922, Verbania Pallanza, Italy

    P. Volta

  10. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK

    I. J. Winfield

  11. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Swords Business Campus, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland

    F. Kelly

  12. Centre for Limnology at AEI, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 181 Riia St., 51014, Tartu, Estonia

    T. Krause & A. Palm

  13. Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Freshwater Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Stångholmsvägen 2, 178 93, Drottningholm, Sweden

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Argillier, C., Caussé, S., Gevrey, M. et al. Development of a fish-based index to assess the eutrophication status of European lakes. Hydrobiologia 704, 193–211 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1282-y

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