Human interference with the river bed and the alluvial areas (construction of impoundments and dikes) has sustainably changed the sediment budget of the Rhine. During the past decennia, not only quantitative aspects of sediment…
At times of cultivation of fields for winter cereals, distinctly detectable isoproturone and chlorotolurone pollutions of the Rhine occur, when application periods of the herbicides are followed by days with heavy rainfall. This also applies to the cultivation of fields for…
Preparation of the conference of Ministers 2013 Upon invitation of the Swiss government, the 15th Conference of Rhine Ministers will be staged in Basel on 28 October 2013 in order to draw a balance of activities so far and to determine…
The ICPR report 209 describes the developments of Rhine water temperature during the past 30 years. Eventual effects of changes in water temperature on the aquatic fauna are described in the <link file:4321 _blank>ICPR report 204.
Investigations into the longstanding development of the temperatures of…
As shown by the last inventories of the Rhine system, the biocoenosis of the Rhine system is increasingly characterized by invasive species. During the past years, among the fish species, above all gobies (Gobiidae, Odontobutidae) appear in high numbers and density of…
For protection purposes and future management of the endangered eel populations in Europe, the European Union issued a regulation (EC No. 1100/2007) in June 2007 focussing on a restoration of the stocks of eel and on reducing eel mortality of anthropogenic origin. According to…
The “Master Plan Migratory Fish Rhine” (ICPR report no. 179, <link http: www.iksr.org>www.iksr.org) indicates how self-sustaining, stable populations of migratory fish can again be settled in the Rhine catchment within reasonable time and at reasonable costs.
The WAP distinguishes between warnings, information and search reports.
The International Main Alert Centres (IHWZ) issue warnings in cases of water pollution incidents implying substances noxious to water, if the amounts or concentrations concerned may detrimentally impact the…
Based on available literature, the ICPR working group Ecology has structured and summarized the effects of climate change on the aquatic and amphibian habitats in the Rhine catchment.
The most important impacts of climate change on the discharge and temperature regime of the Rhine…
The 14th conference of Rhine Ministers on 18 October 2007 required the ICPR among others to develop a joint and comprehensive strategy for reducing and avoiding micro-pollutant inputs from urban wastewater and other (diffuse) sources into the Rhine and its tributaries by…
