TY - JOUR
TI - Application of macrophytes in assessment and classification of ecological state of upland rivers and streams in south Poland, in accordance with requirements of the Water Framework Directive
AU - Bielak, Sebastian R.
AU - Pijar, Katarzyna
AU - Staszkiewicz, Karolina
TI - Application of macrophytes in assessment and classification of ecological state of upland rivers and streams in south Poland, in accordance with requirements of the Water Framework Directive
AB - 
	In this paper an effort has been taken to bind usefulness of water plants – as bioindicators of running waters eutrophication – with observations concerning influence of modifications in hydromorphology of watercourses on species diversity of macrophytes occurring in them. Research was conducted in four upland rivers and streams located in south Poland. Research results indicate that slight anthropogenic modifications in river channels cause increase of macrophyte species diversity in relation to natural conditions, but advanced modifications cause ecological degradation of watercourses below the level of initial stage. Results of assessment also indicate that there is a need of developing the Macrophyte Method of River Assessment in direction of immediate connections between the value of Macrophyte River Index and physicochemical state of surface waters
VL - 2012
IS - Środowisko Zeszyt 2-Ś (23) 2012
PY - 2012
SN - 0011-4561
C1 - 2353-737X
SP - 17
EP - 32
DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.14.049.1826
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/application-of-macrophytes-in-assessment-and-classification-of-ecological-state-of-upland-rivers-and-streams-in-south-poland-in-accordance-with-requirements-of-the-water-framework-directive
KW - ecological state
KW - macrophytes
KW - surface water quality
KW - Water Framework Directive
KW - upland watercourses