McLusky & Elliot 2007

Question 1

What does this paper discuss?

Answer 1

Reflects the difficulties posed by the use of the term ‘transitional waters’ in the WFD and its attempts to be inclusive by incorporating fjords, deltas, EIAs and lagoons & problems associated with including the term river mouths discharging into brackish areas such as the Baltic Sea of freshwater areas bordering the Mediterranean.

Question 2

The WFD at its infancy appear to show some reprocess ions as a result of defining an area as coastal, when it may be transitional. What are they?

Answer 2

1. Fish - monitored in transitional and freshwaters, not coastal which reduces the degree of monitoring required
2. Differences in ecological management between countries who define waters as coastal or transitional.