Biodiversity indicators for stream monitoring

The National Surface Water Quality Monitoring (NAWA) collects data on four species groups ( diatoms, aquatic plants, macroinvertebrates and fish) in order to assess the ecological status of the streams.

The pilot project “ Trends in biodiversity in Swiss streams and rivers – pilot study with NAWA data” showed that these data are also suitable for calculating various biodiversity indicators that are also used in Swiss biodiversity monitoring (BDM).

Detailed information can be found on this website.