Assessment of physical habitat modification in the B'ılina River Basin

Abstract

This paper evaluates the physical river habitat quality of the Bílina River, one of the most polluted and heavily modified rivers in Central Europe that is mainly classified as a heavily modified WB. The physical river habitat was evaluated using the Ecomorphological River Habitat method (EcoRivHab) and the LAWA Overview Survey method (LAWA-OS).

Keywords

• LAWA-OS
• EcoRivHab
• River habitat
• Hydromorphology
• Modification
• Coal mining
• Bílina River