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Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy

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[F11.3.6. Standards for monitoring of quality elements U.K.

Methods used for the monitoring of type parameters shall conform to the international standards listed below in so far as they cover monitoring, or to such other national or international standards which will ensure the provision of data of an equivalent scientific quality and comparability.

Standards for sampling of biological quality elements U.K.

Generic methods for use with the specific methods given in the standards relating to the following biological quality elements:

EN ISO 5667-3:2012 Water quality — Sampling — Part 3: Preservation and handling of samples
Standards for phytoplankton U.K.
EN 15204:2006 Water quality — Guidance standard on the enumeration of phytoplankton using inverted microscopy (Utermöhl technique)
EN 15972:2011 Water quality — Guidance on quantitative and qualitative investigations of marine phytoplankton
ISO 10260:1992 Water quality — Measurement of biochemical parameters —Spectrometric determination of the chlorophyll-a concentration
Standards for macrophyte and phytobenthos U.K.
EN 15460:2007 Water quality — Guidance standard for the surveying of macrophytes in lakes
EN 14184:2014 Water quality — Guidance for the surveying of aquatic macrophytes in running waters
EN 15708:2009 Water quality — Guidance standard for the surveying, sampling and laboratory analysis of phytobenthos in shallow running water
EN 13946:2014 Water quality — Guidance for the routine sampling and preparation of benthic diatoms from rivers and lakes
EN 14407:2014 Water quality — Guidance for the identification and enumeration of benthic diatom samples from rivers and lakes
Standards for benthic invertebrate U.K.
EN ISO 10870:2012 Water quality — Guidelines for the selection of sampling methods and devices for benthic macroinvertebrates in fresh waters
EN 15196:2006 Water quality — Guidance on sampling and processing of the pupal exuviae of Chironomidae (order Diptera) for ecological assessment
EN 16150:2012 Water quality — Guidance on pro rata multi-habitat sampling of benthic macro-invertebrates from wadeable rivers
EN ISO 19493:2007 Water quality — Guidance on marine biological surveys of hard-substrate communities
EN ISO 16665:2013 Water quality — Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macro-fauna
Standards for fish U.K.
EN 14962:2006 Water quality — Guidance on the scope and selection of fish sampling methods
EN 14011:2003 Water quality — Sampling of fish with electricity
EN 15910:2014 Water quality — Guidance on the estimation of fish abundance with mobile hydroacoustic methods
EN 14757:2005 Water quality — Sampling of fish with multi-mesh gillnets
Standards for hydromorphological parameters U.K.
EN 14614:2004 Water quality — Guidance standard for assessing the hydromorphological features of rivers
EN 16039:2011 Water quality — Guidance standard on assessing the hydromorphological features of lakes
Standards for physico-chemical parameters U.K.

Any relevant CEN/ISO standards]

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