Publication Abstract

Member of the UK Marine Plants Task Team creating tools for assessing ecological status of waterbodies.  I am responsible for development of assessment tools for angiosperms (seagrass) in transitional and coastal waters.  I am also involved in assessment tools for opportunistic macroalgae.  Publication outcomes from this work group:

Foden, J., Brazier, D.P., 2007.  Angiosperms (seagrass) within the EU water framework directive: a UK perspective.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 55: 181 - 195.

Foden, J., de Jong, D., 2007.  Assessment metrics for littoral seagrass under the European Water Framework Directive; outcomes of UK intercalibration with the Netherlands.  Hydrobiologia 579: 187 - 197.

Scanlan, C.M., Foden, J., Wells, E., Best, M.A., 2007.  The monitoring of opportunistic macroalgal blooms for the water framework directive.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 55: 162 - 171.