This video was realised with the financial support of the European Union in the framework of the European Union Water Initiative Plus (EUWI+).


The introduction of diatoms (phytobenthos) as a biological quality element for ecological status assessment is an important next step to improve biological monitoring.
The two diatom training video parts focus on 1) field sampling (the above video) and 2) sample treatment in the lab, which you can find here:    • Diatom Training video. Part II Lab work  
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Contents:
00:32 - Intro
00:53 - European Standard
01:23 - diatom basics
01:58 - sampling procedure
02:48 - sampling site selection
03:42 - sampling equipment
04:12 - sampling criteria
04:44 - sampling epilithic diatoms
06:19 - sample preservation
06:56 - sampling epiphytic diatoms
09:28 - sampling large rivers
10:57 - credits

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