Coastal eutrophication and the Danish National Aquatic Monitoring and Assessment Program

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作者
Conley, DJ
Markager, S
Andersen, J
Ellermann, T
Svendsen, LM
机构
[1] Natl Environm Res Inst, Dept Marine Ecol, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
[2] Danish Environm Protect Agcy, DK-1401 Copenhagen, Denmark
[3] Natl Environm Res Inst, Dept Atmospher Environm, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
[4] Natl Environm Res Inst, Environm Monitoring Coordinat Sect, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
来源
ESTUARIES | 2002年 / 25卷 / 4B期
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10.1007/BF02804910
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Nutrient over-enrichment and cultural eutrophication are significant problems in the Danish marine environment. Symptoms of eutrophication include periods of hypoxia and anoxia in bottom waters, death of benthic-dwelling organisms during anoxia, long-term reductions in the depth distribution of macrophyte communities, changes in the species composition of macrophyte communities, and increases in reports of harmful algal blooms. In 1987 the Action Plan on the Aquatic Environment was adopted to combat nutrient pollution of the aquatic environment with the overall goal of reducing nitrogen loads by 50% and point source phosphorus loads by 80%. The Danish Aquatic Nationwide Monitoring Program was begun in 1988 in order to describe the status of point sources (industry, sewage treatment plants, stormwater outfalls, scattered dwellings, and fish farms), ground water, springs, agricultural watersheds, streams, lakes, atmospheric deposition, and the marine environment. Another important aspect of the program was to document the effects on the aquatic environment of the measures and investments taken for nutrient reduction as outlined in the Action Plan. The monitoring program should determine if reductions in nutrients are achieved by the measures taken and should help decision makers choose appropriate additional measures to fulfill the objectives. Coordination with international programs and commissions is an important component of the monitoring program to meet internationally agreed upon reductions in nutrient inputs. The future and direction of the Danish National Aquatic Monitoring and Assessment Program will be to a large extent shaped by both the Water Framework Directive and Habitat Directive adopted by the European Union.
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页码:848 / 861
页数:14
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