Water quality. Guidance for the surveying of aquatic macrophytes in running waters

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-04-2014

Publisher

British Standards Institution

This European Standard specifies a method for surveying aquatic macrophytes in running waters for the purpose of assessing ecological status, using these organisms as elements of biological quality. The information provided by this method includes the composition and abundance of the aquatic macrophyte flora.

This European Standard is applicable to all kinds of surface running water bodies, like natural brooks, streams and rivers and their heavily modified equivalents, as well as to artificial water bodies like canals or run-of-river reservoirs.

The general principles of the approach described in this European Standard may also be applied when monitoring water bodies in the fluvial corridor of a river, such as side channels and oxbows.

It is recognized that for a complete assessment of ecological status, other elements of biological quality should also be assessed.

Committee	EH/3/5
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes 01/561793 DC (10/2003) Supersedes BS 6068-5.34(2003) & 12/30247822 DC. (04/2014)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	28
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	BS 6068-5.34(2003) : 2003 BS EN 14184:2003 01/561793 DC : DRAFT MAY 2001 12/30247822 DC : 0

Standards	Relationship
SN EN 14184 : 2014	Identical
NS EN 14184 : 2014	Identical
NBN EN 14184 : 2014	Identical
NF EN 14184 : 2014	Identical
I.S. EN 14184:2014	Identical
UNI EN 14184 : 2014	Identical
DIN EN 14184:2014-08	Identical
NEN EN 14184 : 2014	Identical
EN 14184:2014	Identical
UNE-EN 14184:2014	Identical
DIN EN 14184:2004-02	Identical

EN 15460:2007	Water quality - Guidance standard for the surveying of macrophytes in lakes
EN 14996:2006	Water quality - Guidance on assuring the quality of biological and ecological assessments in the aquatic environment
ISO 10870:2012	Water quality — Guidelines for the selection of sampling methods and devices for benthic macroinvertebrates in fresh waters
EN 16101:2012	Water quality - Guidance standard on interlaboratory comparison studies for ecological assessment
EN ISO 10870:2012	Water quality - Guidelines for the selection of sampling methods and devices for benthic macroinvertebrates in fresh waters (ISO 10870:2012)