Linking the past to the present: the use of palaeoenvironmental data for establishing reference conditions for the Water Framework Directive

Ian D L Foster; Malcolm T Greenwood

doi:10.1002/9781118643525.ch4

Linking the past to the present: the use of palaeoenvironmental data for establishing reference conditions for the Water Framework Directive

Ian D L Foster, Malcolm T Greenwood

University of Northampton

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The aim of this chapter is to review the type of palaeoenvironmental evidence that might be obtained in order to establish reference conditions for the Water Framework Directive. We evaluate the barriers to their effective establishment and, finally, we explore the potentially uncomfortable relationship that appears to exist between policy, management and science in effectively delivering improvements in European river conditions. We explore the potential value of several depositional environments for determining reference conditions in the context of the WFD but have deliberately omitted a detailed review of evidence available from river terraces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	River Science: Research and Management for the 21st Century
Editors	David J Gilvear, Malcolm T Greenwood, Martin C Thoms Thomas, Paul J Wood
Place of Publication	Chichester
Publisher	John Wiley
Chapter	4
Pages	61-83
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-118-64350-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-119-99434-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118643525.ch4
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 11 Mar 2016

Keywords

Catchment system
ecological reference conditions
fluvial landscape
lake sediment-based archives
alaeochannel sediments
palaeoenvironmental evidence
Water Framework Directive

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Foster, I. D. L., & Greenwood, M. T. (2016). Linking the past to the present: the use of palaeoenvironmental data for establishing reference conditions for the Water Framework Directive. In D. J. Gilvear, M. T. Greenwood, M. C. T. Thomas, & P. J. Wood (Eds.), River Science: Research and Management for the 21st Century (pp. 61-83). John Wiley. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118643525.ch4

Foster, Ian D L ; Greenwood, Malcolm T. / Linking the past to the present: the use of palaeoenvironmental data for establishing reference conditions for the Water Framework Directive. River Science: Research and Management for the 21st Century. editor / David J Gilvear ; Malcolm T Greenwood ; Martin C Thoms Thomas ; Paul J Wood. Chichester : John Wiley, 2016. pp. 61-83

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Foster, IDL & Greenwood, MT 2016, Linking the past to the present: the use of palaeoenvironmental data for establishing reference conditions for the Water Framework Directive. in DJ Gilvear, MT Greenwood, MCT Thomas & PJ Wood (eds), River Science: Research and Management for the 21st Century. John Wiley, Chichester, pp. 61-83. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118643525.ch4

Linking the past to the present: the use of palaeoenvironmental data for establishing reference conditions for the Water Framework Directive. / Foster, Ian D L; Greenwood, Malcolm T.
River Science: Research and Management for the 21st Century. ed. / David J Gilvear; Malcolm T Greenwood; Martin C Thoms Thomas; Paul J Wood. Chichester: John Wiley, 2016. p. 61-83.

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Foster IDL, Greenwood MT. Linking the past to the present: the use of palaeoenvironmental data for establishing reference conditions for the Water Framework Directive. In Gilvear DJ, Greenwood MT, Thomas MCT, Wood PJ, editors, River Science: Research and Management for the 21st Century. Chichester: John Wiley. 2016. p. 61-83 Epub 2016 Mar 11. doi: 10.1002/9781118643525.ch4

Linking the past to the present: the use of palaeoenvironmental data for establishing reference conditions for the Water Framework Directive

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