Report on the Spanish river basin plans of the third cycle: Climate change and key aspect in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive

This is the third part of the REPORT ON SPANISH THIRD CYCLE HYDROLOGICAL PLANS: CLIMATE CHANGE AND KEY ISSUES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE that has four parts:

This report, analyses the latest Spanish river basin management plans in four large intercommunity river basin districts (Ebro, Segura, Guadalquivir and Tajo) with information also from other districts, such as the Júcar.

Part 3- The regime of ecological flows in the hydrological plans of the third cycle: this chapter presents the definition, calculation, inclusion in the plans; degree of compliance and adaptive monitoring; repercussions on the state of ecosystems (fish indicators, solid flows and connection between surface and groundwater); protected areas, the Natura 2000 Network and coordination with other administrations; specific analysis of ecological flows in two case studies, the middle stretch of the Tagus River and the Ebro Delta.