ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This document is intended as a description of a standard methodology for the assessment
of the trophic status of rivers using macrophytes applicable throughout the United Kingdom.
Its production would not have been possible without the cooperation and assistance of Dr
Nigel H olmes, English Nature, Scottish Natural H eritage, The Countryside Commission
for Wales, the Industrial Research and Technology Unit (Northern Ireland) and the
Scottish and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER).
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