Module Phytobenthos German assessment Module Macrophytes of system for German assessment system for Germany Diatoms Not included macrophytes and macrophytes and phytobenthos phytobenthos (PHYLIB) (PHYLIB) Greece Not developed Not developed Hungarian method for MIL (Multimetric Diatoms assessment of macrophytes in Not included Hungary Index for Lakes) rivers, lakes and reservoirs alga” included in the indicator “Filamentous Lake Trophic Diatom Ireland Diatoms list for two sensitivity metrics: RF% Tolerant Index Free macrophyte index taxa and Plant Trophic score MacroIMMI (Macrophytic index for the evaluation of the Italy EPI-L index Diatoms Not included ecological quality of the Italian lakes) Latvian macrophyte assessment Abundance of large green filamentous algae Latvia Not developed method included as one of the metrics Lithuanian macrophyte Lithuania Under development Not included assessment method Phytobenthos metrics WFD-metrics for natural water Cover of floating algae bed (% cover) Netherlands Diatoms (only for one lake type) types included in the growth form metric National macrophyte index Norway Not developed Not included (Trophic Index TIc) – PL IOJ (Multimetric Macrophyte based indication Diatom Index for Diatoms method for lakes - Ecological Not included Poland Lakes) Status Macrophyte Index ESMI Portugal Not developed Not developed Methodology for aquatic Romania Under development Not included macrophyte inventory in
Germany Module Phytobenthos German assessment system for macrophytes and phytobenthos (PHYLIB) Diatoms Module Macrophytes of German assessment system for macrophytes and phytobenthos (PHYLIB) Not included Greece Not developed Not developed Hungary MIL (Multimetric Index for Lakes) Diatoms Hungarian method for assessment of macrophytes in rivers, lakes and reservoirs Not included Ireland Lake Trophic Diatom Index Diatoms Free macrophyte index “Filamentous alga” included in the indicator list for two sensitivity metrics: RF% Tolerant taxa and Plant Trophic score Italy EPI-L index Diatoms MacroIMMI (Macrophytic index for the evaluation of the ecological quality of the Italian lakes) Not included Latvia Not developed Latvian macrophyte assessment method Abundance of large green filamentous algae included as one of the metrics Lithuania Under development Lithuanian macrophyte assessment method Not included Netherlands Phytobenthos metrics (only for one lake type) Diatoms WFD-metrics for natural water types Cover of floating algae bed (% cover) included in the growth form metric Norway Not developed National macrophyte index (Trophic Index – TIc) Not included Poland PL IOJ (Multimetric Diatom Index for Lakes) Diatoms Macrophyte based indication method for lakes - Ecological Status Macrophyte Index ESMI Not included Portugal Not developed Not developed Romania Under development Methodology for aquatic macrophyte inventory in Not included
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