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T1 - Groundwater-dependent wetlands in the UK and Ireland
T2 - controls, eco-hydrological functions and assessing the likelihood of damage from human activities.
AU - Krause, Stefan
AU - Heathwaite, A. Louise
AU - Miller, Felicity
AU - Hulme, Paul
AU - Crowe, Andrew
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) the requirement for ‘good groundwater status’ is dependent upon there being no ‘significant damage’ to groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystems, i.e. groundwater-dependent wetlands. An ecohydrogeological framework was developed to assess the risk of significant damage for groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystems in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The framework will be used by the competent authorities implementing the WFD as a decision support system to apply the WFD guidelines on a local to regional basis. The framework considers the variety of groundwater controls and pathways of different wetland types and allows a specific assessment to be made of the vulnerability of different wetland types to groundwater related risks. Seven distinct wetland types were identified and the potential pressures were evaluated. A GIS framework was developed in order to analyse the spatial coincidence of potential risks to each wetland type. The framework was tested for a trial dataset of 10 groundwater controlled wetland ecosystems in England and Wales in order to evaluate their current risk of damage.
AB - Under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) the requirement for ‘good groundwater status’ is dependent upon there being no ‘significant damage’ to groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystems, i.e. groundwater-dependent wetlands. An ecohydrogeological framework was developed to assess the risk of significant damage for groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystems in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The framework will be used by the competent authorities implementing the WFD as a decision support system to apply the WFD guidelines on a local to regional basis. The framework considers the variety of groundwater controls and pathways of different wetland types and allows a specific assessment to be made of the vulnerability of different wetland types to groundwater related risks. Seven distinct wetland types were identified and the potential pressures were evaluated. A GIS framework was developed in order to analyse the spatial coincidence of potential risks to each wetland type. The framework was tested for a trial dataset of 10 groundwater controlled wetland ecosystems in England and Wales in order to evaluate their current risk of damage.
KW - Wetlands
KW - Groundwater
KW - Risk
KW - Vulnerability
KW - Eco-hydrology
KW - Water framework directive
U2 - 10.1007/s11269-007-9192-x
DO - 10.1007/s11269-007-9192-x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 2015
EP - 2025
JO - Water Resources Management
JF - Water Resources Management
SN - 0920-4741
IS - 12
ER -