5. Glossary
Biocénose (or biote); biocenosis (or biota)
All living beings in an environment or ecosystem.
Hardness
Mineralization indicator based on the calcium and magnesium cation content of water.
Eutrophication; eutrophication
This term derives from the word "trophy", originally used in physiology to describe the mechanism by which nutrients and energy are supplied and metabolized to the body's organs and tissues. The parallel with aquatic environments led to the definition of eutrophication, a state of metabolism linked to an excess of phosphorus, leading to a proliferation of algal biomass.
Lotic; lotic
In ecology, an aquatic ecosystem specific to flowing water. In biology, an organism that lives preferentially in flowing...
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Analysis of the evolution of water laws and their effects:
https://revue-set.fr/issue/view/709
Bilan de la loi sur l'eau 30 ans après (revue Pour mémoire du comité d'histoire de la transition écologique (n° 35, hiver 2023) :
Standards and norms
- Water quality – Determination of the river macrophytic biological index (IBMR) - NF T90-395 - 2003
- Water quality – Determination of the standardized global biological index (IBGN) - NF T90-350 - 2004
- Water quality – Aquatic macroinvertebrate sampling in shallow rivers - NF T90-333 - 2016
- Water quality – Analysis of macroinvertebrate samples from rivers, canals and lakes - NF T90-388 - 2020
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Arrêté du 16 mai 2005 portant délimitation des bassins ou groupements de bassins en vue de l'élaboration et de la mise à jour des schémas directeurs d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux (JORF n°113 du 17 mai 2005), version consolidée 1 er janvier 2020
Arrêté du 12 janvier 2010 relatif aux méthodes et aux critères à mettre en œuvre pour délimiter et classer...
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