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Public policy

Admissible/acceptable daily intake (ADI)

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Amount of chemicals that a man or an animal can swallow per day, during his/its life, without any appreciable risk to his/its health. Values are especially established for food additives and pesticide residues whose presence in food meets technical requirements or that are necessary for the protection of plants.
Source
According to Ademe

Monitoring site

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Station located on a hydrographic entity (river, lake, canal, etc), in which measurements or samples are made for physico-chemical, microbiological ... analyses to determine the quality of the aquatic environments in this area. It concerns a space in which it is possible to make measurements at different sites deemed consistent and representative of the station


Source
According to OFB

Fishing operation

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens commun

All sampling actions in an aquatic environment, which are conducted on a measuring station and at a given moment, in order to know and follow the fish populations.

Source
d'après OFB

River Fish Index

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
Index for assessing the biological quality of the water of a river through an analysis of fish populations.
Source
According to OFB

Standardized Global Biological Index

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Index for assessing the biological quality of the water of a river through an analysis of macro invertebrates. The value of this index depends on both the quality of the physical environment (bottom structure, habitat diversity, river bank status, etc) and water quality.

Source
According to OFB

Adapted Global Biological Index

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
Index for assessing the biological quality of the water of a river through an analysis of macro invertebrates, adapted to the specificities of large and deep rivers, where the IBGN protocol (Standardized Global Biological Index) may not always be strictly respected.
Source
According to OFB

Code of a measuring station

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Identifier of one measuring station managed by the National Service for Water Data and Reference-dataset Management (Sandre), issued by the Water Agencies for all the stations measuring water quality in their basin.

Source
According to OFB

Indicator species

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
Species used to characterize the functional ecological status of French streams: trout (brown trout) for salmonid habitats (usually cold mountain freshwaters or close to reliefs), pike for cyprinid habitats (slow lowland streams), and the grayling or white water cyprinids (barbel, dace, etc) for intermediate environments. These species are demanding and found in all natural environments with good status.
Source
According to OFB

Departmental quality objectives map

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Map of rivers in a Department (administrative division) showing with colours (yellow, green, blue) the different levels of quality objectives to be achieved. The reference values of different parameters constituting these objectives are provided in a list appended to the card. These objectives are usually subject to a prefectural order established after dialogue.
Source
According to Rhone-Mediterranean and Corsica Water Agency