Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Duboislaan 14, 1560 Groenendaal-Hoeilaart, Belgium.
Environ Monit Assess. 2011 Dec;183(1-4):273-84. doi: 10.1007/s10661-011-1920-2. Epub 2011 Mar 4.
The stocks of the European eel Anguilla anguilla are in decline and there is an increasing awareness that poor health status due to contaminants and/or diseases might be a key element in this decline and might be a hindrance to recovery. Many countries have started compiling data on the health status of eels in their water bodies. Objectives for these monitoring actions are diverse and there is a large amount of information collected by EU member countries. However, this information is widely scattered over Europe in agencies, institutes or universities. As there is a growing need to collect and report on data on the health status of the eel on international level, the Joint EIFAC/ICES Working Group on Eels initiated in September 2007 the set up of an European Eel Quality Database to collect recent data of contaminants and diseases over the distribution area of the eel. This paper describes the aim, the set up and future development of the database in order to give it greater publicity and to call on scientists or managers to submit data on eel health status. The database represents now the first comprehensive pan-European compilation of eel health data, including data from over 10,000 eels from approximately 1,200 sites over 14 countries. Preliminary work has indicated a number of shortcomings and future developments will be needed. Guaranteeing further development of the database, harmonisation of methods, quality assurance, and setting up harmonised eel monitoring strategies over Europe will be a great challenge and will need pan-European cooperative work.
欧洲鳗 Anguilla anguilla 的数量正在减少，人们越来越意识到，由于污染物和/或疾病导致的健康状况不佳可能是这种减少的一个关键因素，并且可能成为恢复的障碍。许多国家已经开始在其水体中收集鳗鱼健康状况的数据。这些监测行动的目标多种多样，欧盟成员国收集了大量信息。然而，这些信息在欧洲各地的机构、研究所或大学中广泛分散。由于越来越需要在国际层面收集和报告鳗鱼健康状况的数据，EIFAC/ICES 鳗鱼联合工作组于 2007 年 9 月启动了一个欧洲鳗鱼质量数据库的建立，以收集鳗鱼分布区域内最近的污染物和疾病数据。本文描述了数据库的目的、建立和未来发展，以便提高其知名度，并呼吁科学家或管理人员提交鳗鱼健康状况的数据。该数据库现在代表了第一个全面的泛欧鳗鱼健康数据汇编，包括来自 14 个国家约 1200 个地点的 10000 多条鳗鱼的数据。初步工作表明存在一些缺点，未来还需要进一步发展。保证数据库的进一步发展、方法的协调、质量保证以及在整个欧洲建立协调一致的鳗鱼监测策略将是一个巨大的挑战，需要泛欧合作。
