ANNEX V

1.SURFACE WATER STATUS

1.3.Monitoring of ecological status and chemical status for surface waters

F11.3.6.Standards for monitoring of quality elements

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Any relevant CEN/ISO standards