EN 13946:2025
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Water quality - Guidance standard for the routine sampling and preparation of benthic diatoms from rivers and lakes
24-09-2025
This document specifies a method for the sampling and laboratory preparation of benthic diatoms for ecological status and water quality assessments. The sampling and preparation procedures described can be used for later investigations using either light microscopy or molecular methods. Data produced by this method are suitable for production of indices based on the relative abundance of taxa.Analysis using molecular methods is not within the scope of the document.
| Committee |
CEN/TC 230
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| PublisherName |
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
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| Status |
Current
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| Standards | Relationship |
| I.S. EN 13946:2025 | Equivalent |
| BS EN 13946:2025 | Equivalent |
| NS-EN 13946:2025 | Identical |
| DS/EN 13946:2025 | Identical |
| ÖNORM EN 13946:2025 11 01 | Identical |
| DIN EN 13946:2025-11 | Equivalent |
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