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http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/index_en.htmlHomepage of the EU Water Framework Directive
http://mirr.boku.ac.at/Homepage of the BOKU project "MIRR - Development of a strategic instrument for integrated assessment of ecological restoration measures in running waters".
http://www.baw-igf.at/cms/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,103/Itemid,314/lang,de/Download link for the Fish Index Austria (FIA)
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/33238.aspxEnvironmental Agency webpage with information to the EU-WFD
http://www.wiser.eu/results/conceptual-models/Conceptual models of the WISER (FP6, contract No. 226273) project with conceptual models illustrating the relationships between three common restoration measures (riparian buffer instalment, instream mesohabitat improvement, weir-removal), its effects on instream environmental key variables, and eventually the impact of changing variables on benthic algae, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish.
http://www.fishbase.org/Most comprehensive global online database of fish species.
http://www.lebensministerium.at/wasser/wasser-oesterreich/plan_gewaesser_ngp/umsetzung_wasserrahmenrichtlinie.htmlWeb page of the Austrian Ministry of Life containing all relevant up-to-date information on the implementation of the EU-WFD in Austria.
http://wisa.lebensministerium.at/article/articleview/74897/1/27032/Austrian guidelines for the assessment of the biological quality elements for the EU-WFD.
http://www.lebensministerium.at/wasser/wasser-oesterreich/wasserrecht_national/planung/QZVOekologieOG.htmlLegally binding document for the quality targets for the ecology of surface waters for the EU-WFD - QZV Ökologie OG, BGBl II 99/2010. Here with regard to different pressure types the minimum and maximum values for key parameters that have to be fulfilled to maintain a good ecological status are defined.
http://www.lebensministerium.at/wasser/wasser-oesterreich/plan_gewaesser_ngp/umsetzung_wasserrahmenrichtlinie/Staustudie.htmlStudy on judging the negative ecological effects of impoundments based on abiotic milieu factors and MZB.
german: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElW2QF92t8IFilm 'Sind unsere Flüsse noch zu Retten?': Wasserkraftwerke wirken sich nachteilig auf? die ökologische Funktion und Durchgängigkeit von Fließgewässern aus. Um die Problematik einer breiten Öffentlichkeit bekannt zu machen, hat der Verband Deutscher Sportfischer (VDSF) jetzt in Kooperation mit der Europäischen Angler Allianz (EAA) ein Filmprojekt mit dem Titel „Sind unsere Flüsse noch zu retten?“ realisiert.
english: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cKFdsS7lVwFilm 'The End of The River': European rivers are negatively impacted by thousands of small hydropower installations and barrages, with many more to come if the power industry has it their way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOtig4NiRvc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jysV43-2bwk
Two films about the effects of sediment flushing of an impoundment on fish.