Improvement and spatial extension of the European Fish Index

Project Information

EFI+

Grant agreement ID: 44096

Start date 1 January 2007

End date 30 April 2009

Funded under

• Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 1 320 723,00

EU contribution € 899 960,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN
Austria

Objective

EFI+ is a research and technological development project designed to gain new knowledge and to develop and improve new biological assessment methods to meet needs of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The output of the project will be a methodological approach to assess the ecological status of rivers in accordance with the WFD. Therefore the EFI+ project represents a direct and obligatory contribution to the Water Framework Directive in further development and implementation of harmonised fish-based assessment tools and methodology that can be used as a standard method in EU Member States, as well as Candidate countries. The objective of EFI+ is to overcome limitations of the existing European Fisch Index (EFI) produced in the FAME project by developing a new, more accurate and pan-European fish index.

Specific tasks are:
(1) to evaluate the applicability of the existing EFI and make necessary improvements to the existing EFI in Central-Eastern Europe and Mediterranean eco-regions,
(2) to extend the scope of the existing EFI to cover very large rivers,
(3) to analyse relationships between hydromorphological pressures (incl. continuity) and fish assemblages to increase the accuracy of the EFI,
(4) to adapt existing software to the requirements of the new EFI to allow calculation of the ecological status for running waters,
(5) to implement and disseminate the EFI and supporting software by integration of the project results in the CIS activities (Common Implementation Strategy) and ongoing national and international monitoring programmes such as the Joint Danube Survey and to present results in end-user workshops and an international conference.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › databases
• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › statistics and probability
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › natural resources management › water management

Keywords

• European Fish Index
• Index of Biotic Integrity
• WFD implementation

Programme(s)

• FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• POLICIES-1.5 - Environmental assessment

Call for proposal

FP6-2005-SSP-5-A
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Gregor Mendel Strasse 33 ; WIEN ; Austria
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Participants (13)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue de la Loi 200 ; BRUSSELS
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RIISTA- JA KALATALOUDEN TUTKIMUSLAITOS

Finland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Viikinkaari 4 ; HELSINKI
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CENTRE NATIONAL DU MACHINISME AGRICOLE, DU GENIE RURAL, DES EAUX ET DES FORETS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Parc de Tourvoie ; ANTONY
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FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rudower Chaussee 17 ; BERLIN
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HORTOBAGYI HALGAZDASAG ZRT.

Hungary

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: HORTOBAGY-HALASTO
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AQUAPROGRAM SRL

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Borella 53 ; VICENZA
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INSTYTUT RYBACTWA SRODLADOWEGO IM STANISLAWA SAKOWICZA W OLSZTYNIE

Poland

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• Address: Oczapowskiego 10 ; OLSZTYN
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INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA

Portugal

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• Address: Tapada da Ajuda ; LISBOA
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UNIVERSITATEA DIN BACAU

Romania

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Calea Marasesti 157 ; BACAU
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UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenida Ramiro de Maeztu 7 ; MADRID
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FISKERIVERKET

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ekelundsgatan 1 ; GOETEBORG
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EIDGENOESSISCHE ANSTALT FUR WASSERVERSORGUNG ABWASSERREINIGUNG UND GEWAESSERSCHUTZ

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ueberlandstrasse 133 ; DUEBENDORF
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UNIVERSITY OF HULL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Cottingham Road ; HULL
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