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Community composition of phytoplankton
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | Eco_CC_com_ppla_FW |
| Realm | Freshwater |
| EBV class | Community composition |
| EBV name | Community composition of phytoplankton |
| Step in identification process | User & Policy Needs Assessment |
| Definition | Composition of phytoplankton in the European catchments and rivers network system (ECRINS) as measured by the Ecological Quality Ratio (EQR) or based on total abundance (biovolume), taxonomic composition of indicator species, or bloom intensity (e.g. maximum biomass of cyanobacteria or percentage of cyanobacteria of the total biomass for all taxa) |
| Metric | (Relative) abundance of phytoplankton as sampled for the WFD or, if that is not available, the Ecological Quality Ratio (EQR) of phytoplankton in the European catchments and rivers network system (ECRINS), expressed as a numerical value between zero (low) and one (high), quantifying the ecological status of phytoplankton community composition and its deviation from a reference condition. The metric describes the deviation from natural phytoplankton communities. |
| Spatial resolution unit | ECRINS spatial units between fundamental catchment units and L2. |
| Temporal resolution unit | 1 year, weekly-monthly during growing season |
| Entity | Phytoplankton species with indicator value, as well as taxa without indicator value (at the level to which they are identified) described in the Water Framework Directive Intercalibration Technical Reports (Part 1, Rivers; Part 2, Lakes). |
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