TY - BOOK ID - 8434399 TI - Identification guide of freshwater macroinvertebrates of Spain AU - Oscoz, Javier. AU - Galicia, David. AU - Miranda, Rafael. PY - 2011 SN - 9401780862 9400715536 9400715544 1299336744 PB - Dordrecht [Netherlands] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Freshwater invertebrates -- Spain -- Classification. KW - Freshwater invertebrates -- Spain. KW - Freshwater invertebrates. KW - Freshwater invertebrates KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Zoology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Invertebrates & Protozoa KW - Ecology KW - Environment. KW - Invertebrates. KW - Environmental management. KW - Marine sciences. KW - Freshwater. KW - Marine & Freshwater Sciences. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Aquatic invertebrates KW - Freshwater animals KW - Marine Sciences. KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Management KW - Invertebrata KW - Animals KW - Ocean sciences KW - Aquatic sciences KW - Fresh waters KW - Freshwater KW - Freshwaters KW - Inland water KW - Inland waters KW - Water UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8434399 AB - As a result of the European Commission’s concern for the status of continental waters, and as a clear reflection of the notion of water as heritage to be conserved, in the year 2000 the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/CE) was enacted, its goal being to establish a framework to protect water and the different aquatic ecosystems by requiring the Member States to achieve a good ecological status in all their waters by 2015. Like all ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems undergo physical, chemical and energy-related changes, both of natural and anthropogenic origin. These disturbances affect the organisms living in them and those who utilize their resources. Therefore, evaluating these changes has become a very important task in order to better understand aquatic systems. The study and analysis of the ecological status of these ecosystems in relation to their conservation status and water quality is thus a fundamental tool for a more efficient and rational management of their resources, that is, a management that does not threaten the ecosystem. The present guide for the identification of Spanish freshwater macroinvertebrates aims to facilitate the job of those who go to great lengths to identify them in order to then determine biotic indices. It is not the aim of this book to serve as a zoological treaty, nor does it claim to add new information on the biology or the ecology of the taxa covered. This book is, simply, a working tool explicitly designed to facilitate the identification of the Spanish macroinvertebrates and the subsequent computing of biotic indices. ER -