This guidance standard defines a method for surveying aquatic macrophytes in lakes-primarily forThe purpose of assessing ecological status, usingThese organisms as an element of biological quality.The information provided byThis method includesThe composition and abundance of the aquatic macrophyte flora. For a complete assessment of ecological status, other elements of biological quality should also be assessed.The general principle of the approach described inThis European Standard may also formThe basis forThe monitoring and assessment of macrophytes in lakes, for example, for conservation purposes.
EN 15460:2007 history
2007EN 15460:2007 Water quality - Guidance standard for the surveying of macrophytes in lakes