Benthos Ecosystem Quality Index

Benthos Ecosystem Quality Index (BEQI). BEQI is a biological index that is used to assess the state of the benthos of coastal and transitional waters for the Water Framework Directive.



Taking into consideration the large intrinsic variability of estuarine and coastal systems and the importance of ecosystem functioning within a water body, Ysebaert Herman (2003) advocate a multilevel scale-dependent approach for the classification of the quality elements in coastal and transitional waters. The proposed multilevel approach consists of three levels: (1) level 1 - Ecosystem level; (2) level 2 - Habitat level; (3) level 3 - Community (within habitat) level.



Where suitable input and reference data is provided, the tool will calculate Ecosystem quality scores and produce a list of species that are responsible for observed deviations from the reference state.

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Date ( Creation)
2007-08-31
Date ( Revision)
2007-11-30
Status
Completed
Point of contact
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) - Klaas Deneudt

Keywords

environmental monitoring
Keywords

benthos
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marine
Keywords

model validation
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License
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The service is freely available to anybody and may be used for any purpose. Usage acknowledgement may be required.
OnLine resource
Website (

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Topic Category
Species distribution
Service Category

data validation
Service Category

data processing
Service Language
eng
Service TRL
TRL 9 – Actual system proven in operational environment

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File identifier
0c4f281f-5743-4d16-9035-b87c82c2175e XML
Metadata language
en
Hierarchy level
Service
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