Funding

Funding by Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt):

Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt)

• The project „Extension and adaptation of the national assessment system for benthic invertebrates to international requirements” (FKZ 202 24 223) and, thus, this website was funded by Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt)

Funding by the Working Group of the Federal States on Water Problems (Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft Wasser):

• „Validation of the German river typology [...]“

• „Standardisation of sampling and data evaluation of benthic invertebrate samples in rivers“

• „Final studies to include the river types of North- and North-East Germany into the German river typology and assessment system“

• „Application and test of the new river assessment system with benthic invertebrates developed for WFD purposes“