Report on Harmonisation of freshwater biological methods

Annex VIII: Compatibility of the national classification methods withWFD requirementsTable 1. Summary of the information on the compatibility of the national classificationmethods with the WFD requirements obtained by the Ecostat group WG 2A.Country5 qualityclassesCriteria for WFD compatibilityReference Reference conditionsConditionsWFD compatibleAquatic floraEstonia no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Finland no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Ireland no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Ireland no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Latvia no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Latvia no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Method applicabilityLithuania no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Lithuaniano not yet, depending ondevelopment of typologynot yetneeds further elaboration ofreference conditionsSweden no inf. tests of monitoring carriedout in national referencelakesnoconsistent with WFD when adatabase of lake vegetation iscompletedUK no inf. no no basis for generating the requiredmeasures for the WFD, not relatedto reference conditions and there isno classification scheme relating toquality statusSlovenia no inf. no no inf. noBenthic invertebrate faunaCY no inf. no no noLithuania no not yet, depending on not yetneeds further elaboration ofdevelopment of typologyreference conditionsLatvia no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Sweden yes spatially based, best noyesavailable sites for sixecoregions (types)Ireland* no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Norway yes no no Needs further elaboration ofreference conditionsUK* no inf. temporal referencing,reconstructing cond., pH,NO3 and TP for larvalremains in sediment coresamples;spatial referencingyes, indicator assemblages yesidentified for different laketypes based on their cond.,can be done for pH andnutrientsPhytoplanktonLatvia no inf. draft version yesAustria yes monitoring on lakes for selected lakes in for selected lakes in Carinthia onlyincluding reference lakes Carinthia onlyEstonia no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Finland no inf. no no inf. no inf.Ireland no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Lithuania no inf. no inf. no inf. no inf.Norway yes not yet, depending on no inf. no inf.109