Macrozoobenthos BQE assessment by multimetric index
Benthic Opportunistic polychaetes/amphipods index
Swedish multimetric biological quality index (soft sediment infauna)
Cartography of Littoral and uppersublittoral rocky-shore communities
Cover, Characteristic species, Opportunistic species on intertidal rocky bottoms
Index for the evaluation of the status of Cymodocea nodosa meadows
Assessment of saltmarsh vegetation in coastal and transitional waters
Estonian coastal water phytobenthos Index
Fischbasiertes Bewertungswerkzeug für Übergangsgewässer der norddeutschen Ästuare
Fish index for transitional waters, type O2
Multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index Normalized
Maximum depth of the redalga Furcellaria lumbricalis distribution
Opportunistic Green Macroalgal Abundance
Opportunistic Macroalgae-cover/acreage on soft sediment intertidal in coastal waters
Other classification system (to be specified in the Remarks field)
PHYtoBenthic Index for Baltic inner COastal waters
Phytoplankton index for Mediterranean poly-euhaline lagoons
Water quality of lentic shallow environments
Rocky Intertidal Community Quality Index
Rocky Shore Reduced Species List with Abundance
Seagrass beds quality in coastal and transitional water bodies
Assessment tool for intertidal seagrass in coastal and transitional waters
Monitoring beds of SG per waterbody using arial photographs, ground truth and specifyting surface & density per species
Saltmarsh Angiosperm Assessment Tool for Ireland
WFD-metrics for natural watertypes: tidal salt marsh
Phytoplankton index for transitional waters
Taxonomically Sufficient Benthic Multimetric
Estonian coastal water macrozoobenthos community index
Modified Raddum index2 (river acidification)
AIM for Lakes (Austrian Index Macrophytes for lakes)
ALFI (Austrian lake fish index): A multimetric index to assess the ecological status of alpine lakes based on fish fauna.
Assessment of the biological quality elements - part benthic invertebrates [Erhebung der biologischen Qualitätselemente - Teil Makrozoobenthos (Detaillierte MZB-Methode)]
Assessment of the biological quality elements - part phytobenthos
Evaluation of the biological quality elements, Part B2 – phytoplankton
Czech system for ecological status assessment of rivers using benthic macroinvertebrates
Assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos
Diatom Assessment for River Ecological Status
DELAFI_SITE - Deutsches probennahmestandort-spezifisches Bewertungsverfahren für Fische in Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
EFI+ European Fish index (cyprinid_wading type)
EFI+ European Fish index (salmonid type)
Macrophyte based indication method for lakes - Ecological Status Macrophyte Index ESMI (multimetric)
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment – river macroinvertebrates
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment – lake macrophytes
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment – river phytobenthos
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment – lake phytoplankton
Fischbasiertes Bewertungssystem für Fließgewässer zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Deutschland
Multimetric system, first version established
Finnish macrophyte classification system (Finnmac)
Finnish phytoplankton assessment method for lakes
Flemish phytoplankton assessment method for lakes
Classification française DCE Indice Biologique Global Normalisé (IBGN). AFNOR NF-T-90-350 and arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {…} des eaux de surface
Hungarian Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index
Ecological status assessment for rivers based on diatoms
IBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF-T-90-354, December 2007. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {…} des eaux de surface
Indice Biologique Global Normalisé (IBGN) (Norme AFNOR NF T 90 350, 1992) and Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 13 septembre 2012 relatif à l’identification, à la caractérisation et à la fixation des seuils d’état écologique applicables aux masses d’eau de surface et modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement, contenant le Code de l’Eau. Moniteur belge 12.10.2012
IBIP (Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 13 septembre 2012 relatif à l’identification, à la caractérisation et à la fixation des seuils d’état écologique applicables aux masses d’eau de surface et modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement, contenant le Code de l’Eau. Moniteur belge 12.10.2012)
IBML (French Macrophyte Index for Lakes)
Iberian Biological Monitoring Working Party
ICMi (Intercalibration Common Metric) Index (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009, Phytobenthos Intercalibration Common Metric (pICM: Kelly et al., 2009)
Iberian Mediterranean Multimetric Index—using quantitative data
Indeks Okrzemkowy IO dla rzek (Diatom Index for rivers)
Italian Phytoplankton Assessment Method (IPAM)
Classification française DCE Indice Poissons Rivière (IPR). AFNOR NF-T-90-344. Arrêté du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {…} des eaux de surface
Indice de Polluosensibilité Spécifique (Specific Pollution Sensitivity Index SPI) (Coste, in CEMAGREF, 1982; Lenoir & Coste, 1996 and Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 13 septembre 2012 relatif à l’identification, à la caractérisation et à la fixation des seuils d’état écologique applicables aux masses d’eau de surface et modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement, contenant le Code de l’Eau. Moniteur belge 12.10.2012)
Rivers Biological Quality Assessment Method-Benthic Invertebrates (IptIN, IptIS)
LEAFPACS lake macrophyte classification tool (1)
Classification luxembourgeoise DCE Indice Biologique Global Normalisé (IBGN) 1992, AFNOR NF-T-90-350 et circulaire DCE 2007/22 MEDD/DE/MAGE/BEMA 07/no 4 du 11 avril 2007
MacroIMMI (Macrophytic index for the evaluation of the ecological quality of the Italian lakes)
MacrOper (based on STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index ICMi)
Mediterranean Assessment System for Reservoirs Phytoplankton (MASRP).
Multimetric Invertebrate Stream Acidification index
Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders
Reservoirs Biological Quality Assessment Method – Phytoplankton (New Mediterranean Assessment System for Reservoirs Phytoplankton: NMASRP).
Bewertungsverfahren von Fließgewässern auf Basis des Makrozoobenthos
PHYLIB for Lakes (German Assessment system for Macrophytes & Phytobenthos for lakes for implementation of the WFD): Module Macrophytes
PHYLIB for Lakes (German Assessment system for Macrophytes & Phytobenthos for lakes for implementation of the WFD): Modules Macrophytes & Phytobenthos
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Fließgewässern zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (Phylib), Modul Diatomeen
Proportions of Impact-Sensitive and Impact-Associated Diatoms
Periphyton Index of Trophic Status (PIT)
Phytoplankton Lakes Assessment Tool (PLUTO)
Phytoplankton method for Polish Lakes (PMPL)
PSI (Phyto-See-Index) - Bewertungsverfahren für Seen mittels Phytoplankton zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Deutschland - German Phyto-Lake-Index (Phyto-See-Index)
River Invertebrate Classification Tool (RICT)- WHPT
RIVECOmacro for ecological status assessment of rivers using benthic macroinvertebrates (Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index, based on STAR_ICM)
Assessment method for ecological status of water bodies based on macroinvertebrates
Slovak assessment of benthic invertebrates in rivers
Ecological status assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja rek z bentoškimi nevretenčarji v Sloveniji
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja rek s fitobentosom in makrofiti v Sloveniji; fitobentos (Ecological status assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos and macrophytes in Slovenia; Phytobenthos)
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja jezer s fitoplanktonom v Sloveniji (Ecological status assessment system for lakes using phytoplankton in Slovenia)
SMILE (Slovenian macrophyte-based index for lake ecosystems)
STAR Intercalibration Common Metric Index
Swedish assessment methods, Swedish EPA regulations (NFS 2008:1) based on Indice de Polluosensibilité Spécifique (IPS)
Benthic algae in running water - diatom analysis
Ecological assessment methods for lakes. quality factor phytoplankton
National macrophyte index (Trophic Index – TIc)
WFD Acid Water Indicator Community species