• A new broad typology for rivers and lakes in Europe: Development and application for large-scale environmental assessments 

      Solheim, Anne Lyche; Globevnik, Lidija; Austnes, Kari; Kristensen, Peter; Moe, S. Jannicke; Persson, Jonas; Phillips, Geoff; Poikane, Sandra; van de Bund, Wouter; Birk, Sebastian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      European countries have defined >1000 national river types and >400 national lake types to implement the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). In addition, common river and lake types have been defined within regions of ...
    • Ecological status assessment of European lakes: a comparison of metrics for phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish 

      Solheim, Anne Lyche; Feld, Christian K.; Birk, Sebastian; Phillips, Geoff; Carvalho, Laurence; Morabito, Giuseppe; Mischke, Ute; Willby, Nigel; Søndergaard, Martin; Hellsten, Seppo; Kolada, Agnieszka; Mjelde, Marit; Böhmer, Jürgen; Miler, Oliver; Pusch, Martin T.; Argillier, Christine; Jeppesen, Erik; Lauridsen, Torben L.; Poikane, Sandra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Data on phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish from more than 2000 lakes in 22 European countries were used to develop and test metrics for assessing the ecological status of European lakes as required ...
    • Estimating nutrient thresholds for eutrophication management: Novel insights from understudied lake types 

      Poikane, Sandra; Kelly, Martyn G.; Várbíró, Gábor; Borics, Gábor; Erős, Tibor; Hellsten, Seppo; Kolada, Agnieszka; Lukács, Balázs András; Solheim, Anne Lyche; Pahissa López, José; Willby, Nigel J.; Wolfram, Georg; Phillips, Geoff (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Nutrient targets based on pressure-response models are essential for defining ambitions and managing eutrophication. However, the scale of biogeographical variation in these pressure-response relationships is poorly ...
    • A global assessment of lake restoration in practice: New insights and future perspectives 

      Poikane, Sandra; Kelly, Martyn G.; Free, Gary; Carvalho, Laurence; Hamilton, David P.; Katsanou, Konstantina; Lürling, Miquel; Warner, Stuart; Spears, Bryan M.; Irvine, Kenneth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A global survey of 179 restoration practitioners spanning 65 countries identified the extent of stakeholder engagement as a key factor determining the success or failure of restoration projects. Lack of support across ...
    • Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook 

      Poikane, Sandra; Kelly, Martyn G; Salas Herrero, Fuensanta; Pitt, Jo-Anne; Jarvie, Helen P; Claussen, Ulrich; Leujak, Wera; Solheim, Anne Lyche; Teixeira, Heliana; Phillips, Geoff (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The aim of European water policy is to achieve good ecological status in all rivers, lakes, coastal and transitional waters by 2027. Currently, more than half of water bodies are in a degraded condition and nutrient ...