# Commission Decision (EU) 2018/229 of 12 February 2018 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise and repealing Commission Decision 2013/480/EU (notified under document C(2018) 696) (Text with EEA relevance), Division: NORTHERN LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS Biological Quality Element Benthic invertebrates Fauna

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Description of types that have been intercalibrated
Type
Lake characterisation
Ecoregion
Altitude(m absl)
Alkalinity (meq/l)
Colour (mg Pt/l)
Lake littoral acidification
L-N-BF1
Lowland/mid-altitude, low alkalinity, clear
n.d.
< 800
0,05 — 0,2
< 30
Lake profundal eutrophication
L-N-BF2
Ecoregion 22, low alkalinity, clear and humic
22
Area > 1 km2, max depth > 6 m
< 0,2
n.d.
Types L-N-BF1: Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland
Types L-N-BF2: Finland, Sweden
Country
National classificationmethods intercalibrated
Ecological Quality Ratios
High-good
Good-moderate
Lake littoral acidification
Norway
MultiClear: Multimetric Invertebrate Index for Clear Lakes
0,95
0,74
Sweden
MILA: Multimetric Invertebrate Lake Acidification index
0,85
0,6
UK
LAMM (Lake Acidification Macroinvertebrate Metric)
0,86
0,7
Lake profundal eutrophication
Finland
Revised Finnish lake invertebrate fauna assessment method (PICM)
0,8
0,6
Sweden
BQI (Benthic Quality Index)
0,84
0,67

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/229/annex/division/1/division/12/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-12/division-3
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