Set of OneAquaHealth indicators including : (a) biological quality (b) hydromorphological quality (c) hydromorphological quality and (d) Biological indicators of health risks

Biological indicators of health risk . These are the indicators that were considered useful to test the links between aquatic ecosystem health and human well-being in the scope of the OneAquaHeath project

Benthic Macroinvertebrates measure: e.g. number of snails in the sample

Diatoms (microalgae/phytobenthos) measures e.g. number of diatoma vulgaris in the sample

Fish related measures perfomed : e.g. number of carps in the sample

Macrophytes (aquatic plants) related measures.

Riparian vegetation related measures.

Microbiomes/Biofilms

The hydromorphological characteristics include the type and diversity of aquatic habitats, substrate of the bottom and margins, flow type, size of the rivers, land use in the margins, existence of barriers, or other artificial structures and land use in the margins. Those characteristics influence the river continuum, the habitats available for the aquatic biota, the species migration and the sediments, water flow and energy transferences over a river basin

Morphology of the streams � habitat, shape of the channel and valley, substrate in the channel and margins

Hydrology of the stream � flow type, diversity of flow types, longitudinal connectivity, runoff

Land use in the margins

The water physical and chemical properties are used for longer time as indicators of quality of water bodies. Measurements of pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (e.g., nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates) or pollutants such as heavy metals, and emergent contaminants (e.g., pharmaceuticals, plastics, and persistent organic pollutants) indicate alterations of water quality in comparison to natural waters of a given region, and influence their potential to support life and risks for human health.

Nutrients (Nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates, total P, total N, �)

pH

Dissolved O2

Water temperature

Total dissolved solids (TDS)

Total suspended solids (TSS)

Conductivity

Pharmaceuticals

Foam/colour/smell

Coliforms

Several organisms present in freshwater ecosystems and margins can be relevant as vectors or disease sinks or have the potential to contribute to the mitigation of diseases by controlling vector populations. These include the invertebrates (insects or ticks), and vertebrates (as birds, amphibians, fish). Mosquitoes and ticks are amongst the most important vectors of disease.

Diptera (specially Culicidae and Psycodidae)

Ticks

Invasive invertebrate, plants and fish

Birds

Diatom teratology (deformities)

Fish

Amphibians

Set of OneAquaHealth indicators including : (a) biological quality (b) hydromorphological quality (c) hydromorphological quality and (d) Biological indicators of health risks

Biological indicators of health risk . These are the indicators that were considered useful to test the links between aquatic ecosystem health and human well-being in the scope of the OneAquaHeath project

Benthic Macroinvertebrates measure: e.g. number of snails in the sample

Diatoms (microalgae/phytobenthos) measures e.g. number of diatoma vulgaris in the sample

Fish related measures perfomed : e.g. number of carps in the sample

Macrophytes (aquatic plants) related measures.

Riparian vegetation related measures.

Microbiomes/Biofilms

The hydromorphological characteristics include the type and diversity of aquatic habitats, substrate of the bottom and margins, flow type, size of the rivers, land use in the margins, existence of barriers, or other artificial structures and land use in the margins. Those characteristics influence the river continuum, the habitats available for the aquatic biota, the species migration and the sediments, water flow and energy transferences over a river basin

Morphology of the streams � habitat, shape of the channel and valley, substrate in the channel and margins

Hydrology of the stream � flow type, diversity of flow types, longitudinal connectivity, runoff

Land use in the margins

The water physical and chemical properties are used for longer time as indicators of quality of water bodies. Measurements of pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (e.g., nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates) or pollutants such as heavy metals, and emergent contaminants (e.g., pharmaceuticals, plastics, and persistent organic pollutants) indicate alterations of water quality in comparison to natural waters of a given region, and influence their potential to support life and risks for human health.

Nutrients (Nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates, total P, total N, �)

pH

Dissolved O2

Water temperature

Total dissolved solids (TDS)

Total suspended solids (TSS)

Conductivity

Pharmaceuticals

Foam/colour/smell

Coliforms

Several organisms present in freshwater ecosystems and margins can be relevant as vectors or disease sinks or have the potential to contribute to the mitigation of diseases by controlling vector populations. These include the invertebrates (insects or ticks), and vertebrates (as birds, amphibians, fish). Mosquitoes and ticks are amongst the most important vectors of disease.

Diptera (specially Culicidae and Psycodidae)

Ticks

Invasive invertebrate, plants and fish

Birds

Diatom teratology (deformities)

Fish

Amphibians

Set of OneAquaHealth indicators including : (a) biological quality (b) hydromorphological quality (c) hydromorphological quality and (d) Biological indicators of health risks

Biological indicators of health risk . These are the indicators that were considered useful to test the links between aquatic ecosystem health and human well-being in the scope of the OneAquaHeath project

Benthic Macroinvertebrates measure: e.g. number of snails in the sample

Diatoms (microalgae/phytobenthos) measures e.g. number of diatoma vulgaris in the sample

Fish related measures perfomed : e.g. number of carps in the sample

Macrophytes (aquatic plants) related measures.

Riparian vegetation related measures.

Microbiomes/Biofilms

The hydromorphological characteristics include the type and diversity of aquatic habitats, substrate of the bottom and margins, flow type, size of the rivers, land use in the margins, existence of barriers, or other artificial structures and land use in the margins. Those characteristics influence the river continuum, the habitats available for the aquatic biota, the species migration and the sediments, water flow and energy transferences over a river basin

Morphology of the streams � habitat, shape of the channel and valley, substrate in the channel and margins

Hydrology of the stream � flow type, diversity of flow types, longitudinal connectivity, runoff

Land use in the margins

The water physical and chemical properties are used for longer time as indicators of quality of water bodies. Measurements of pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (e.g., nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates) or pollutants such as heavy metals, and emergent contaminants (e.g., pharmaceuticals, plastics, and persistent organic pollutants) indicate alterations of water quality in comparison to natural waters of a given region, and influence their potential to support life and risks for human health.

Nutrients (Nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates, total P, total N, �)

pH

Dissolved O2

Water temperature

Total dissolved solids (TDS)

Total suspended solids (TSS)

Conductivity

Pharmaceuticals

Foam/colour/smell

Coliforms

Several organisms present in freshwater ecosystems and margins can be relevant as vectors or disease sinks or have the potential to contribute to the mitigation of diseases by controlling vector populations. These include the invertebrates (insects or ticks), and vertebrates (as birds, amphibians, fish). Mosquitoes and ticks are amongst the most important vectors of disease.

Diptera (specially Culicidae and Psycodidae)

Ticks

Invasive invertebrate, plants and fish

Birds

Diatom teratology (deformities)

Fish

Amphibians