Water Bodies in Europe: Integrated Systems to assess Ecological Status and Recovery Funded under FP7, Theme 6: Environment (including Climate Change) Contract No.:

A reminder: What WISER is about Progress with fieldwork Overview of assessment methods Database construction Cooperation with GIGs Dissemination Contents

A reminder: What WISER is about Progress with fieldwork Overview of assessment methods Database construction Cooperation with GIGs Dissemination Contents

Which indicators are best suited for the assessment of ecological status? Which are most reliable? Which are redundant? How can results of different organism groups best be compared, intercalibrated and combined into an integrated appraisal of ecological status? How do organism groups respond to recovery? How is assessment and restoration affected by global change? How can uncertainty be quantified and minimized? Specific aims of the project

1 Management, coordination and reporting 7 Dissemination 2.1 Data service 2.2 Review Rivers Lakes Coastal/trans Rivers 5.1 Effects of management and global change Lakes 5.2 Effects of management and global change Coastal/trans. 5.3 Effects of management and global change 6.1 Uncertainty 6.2 Combination of organism groups 6.3 Cross water categories comparison 6.4 Comparison of recovery processes

Data harmonization – use of many new data sources The five challenges and chances of WISER Field sampling: Agreement about common sampling design – comparison of BQEs and water categories Common sampling design for uncertainty estimation Contribution to remove WFD obstacles – immediate use of results Cooperation with GIGs – datasets, sampling, use of results

Data harmonization – use of many new data sources The five challenges and chances of WISER Field sampling: Agreement about common sampling design – comparison of BQEs and water categories Common sampling design for uncertainty estimation Contribution to remove WFD obstacles – immediate use of results Cooperation with GIGs – datasets, sampling, use of results

A reminder: What WISER is about Progress with fieldwork Overview of assessment methods Database construction Cooperation with GIGs Dissemination Contents

Lake sampling campaign 82600Number of lakes remaining Number of lakes sampled Numer of lakes BIASMAPP 18 lakes are sampled for all BQEs 90% of sampling will be finished in 2009 Sampling finished in September 2010

Lake 1 Station 1 (Deep point) Station 2 (Centre) Station 3 (Near outflow) Sampling scheme for phytoplankton Sub-sample 1 (expert # 1) Sub-sample 2 (expert # 1) Sub-sample 3 (expert # 2) Sample 1 Sample 2 Sub-sample 1 (expert # 1) Sub-sample 1 (expert # 2) Sub-sample 2 (expert # 2) Sub-sample 3 (expert # 1) Sample 1 Sample 2 Sub-sample 1 (expert # 2) Sub-sample 1 (expert # 1) Sub-sample 2 (expert # 1) Sub-sample 3 (expert # 2) Sample 1 Sample 2 Sub-sample 1 (expert # 1)

Coastal / transitional waters

Number of replicate samples (existing data not included) 2712 TW/CWVarna Bay TWLesina Lagoon 1812CWBalearic Islands TWMondego CWBasque Country 12CWHelsinki Bay 27CWOrwell & Stour 12CW Oslofjord/Skagerrak FIBIASMAPPLocation TW/CWTotal in progress to be started Sampling finished in February 2010

A reminder: What WISER is about Progress with fieldwork Overview of assessment methods Database construction Cooperation with GIGs Dissemination Contents

Questionnaire on biological assessment methods - joint activity of IC Steering Group and WISER (Part of the “Guidance on the Intercalibration Process ”) About 30 minutes to 1 hour work to complete it Overview of assessment methods From today on available on Please return by 1/12/09  online database

A reminder: What WISER is about Progress with fieldwork Overview of assessment methods Database construction Cooperation with GIGs Dissemination Contents

Data bases available

Data flow WP 3.1 WP 3.2 WP 3.3 WP L- C Partners' datasets 53-LR-C 78-L- NC WP 5.1 WP 4.1 WP 4.2 WP 4.3 WP 4.4 Workpackage datasets Central database Meta- database Metadata for each dataset WP 5.1 WP 5.2 WP 5.3 WP 6.1 WP 6.2 WP 6.3 WP 6.4 New data

Status of database development TW CW/TW Lakes DB structureInserting dataFinal check (GIG database)

A reminder: What WISER is about Progress with fieldwork Overview of assessment methods Database construction Cooperation with GIGs Dissemination Contents

Questionnaire (“GIG wish list”) Lakes - Returned by the lake GIGs before the project start - Commented by the WISER consortium in May 2009 Coastal/transitional waters - Circulated by the WISER consortium in May Up to now returned by one GIG Presence on meetings WISER was present on all GIG meetings since March 2009 Contacts with GIGs

Data use for mutual benefits Lakes Large overlap of WISER and GIG databasesTWFish Large overlap of WISER and GIG databasesCW/TWInvertebrates Activities planned for last quarter 2009CW/TWMakroalgae/Ang. Activities planned for last quarter 2009CW/TWPhytoplankton WISER and GIGs use identical databaseLakesFish WISER use of intercalibration databaseLakesInvertebrates Mismatch between WISER and GIG data acquisition LakesMakrophytes WISER/GIG data acquisition from countriesLakesPhytoplankton Coastal / transitional waters

Intercalibration: Decision of IC option and common metrics by April 2010 WISER: Most assessment methods to be developed by February 2012 Solution: All WISER workpackages will suggest common metrics (or other suited methods) by spring 2010, based on: -Expert knowledge, reviews -Initial evaluation of field data -Initial evaluation of existing data WISER will then continue to further evaluate and refine these metrics Mismatch of intercalibration and WISER schedules

Guidance paper on how to develop assessment methods to be agreed within the WISER consortium by January 2010 Mismatch of intercalibration and WISER schedules

A reminder: What WISER is about Progress with fieldwork Overview of assessment methods Database construction Cooperation with GIGs Dissemination Contents

Website ( Fact sheets sampling sites Dissemination materials Questionnaire on assessment methods Deliverables (soon to come)

Access will be granted to end-users and GIG convenors Intranet

82 end users have been identified and invited - Rivers: 7 - Lakes: 34 - Coastal/transitional waters: 41 Questionnaire was sent in early September End-users will review deliverables End-users have been / will be invited to workshops End-users will be invited to the mid-term conference End users…

Dissemination materials …more to come…

Water Bodies in Europe: Integrated Systems to assess Ecological Status and Recovery Funded under FP7, Theme 6: Environment (including Climate Change) Contract No.: