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Platteklip<br />

Blinkwater<br />

Table Mountain<br />

Newlands<br />

Coastal Ranges<br />

SAN FRANCISCO<br />

Klamath Mountains<br />

Eerste river<br />

Sosyskloof<br />

Swartoskloof<br />

Temporary reference sites<br />

Permanent reference sites<br />

Langrivier Berg<br />

Palmiet River<br />

Molenaars River Elandspad River<br />

Franschoek<br />

Hottentotsholland<br />

Mountains<br />

SOUTH AFRICA (SW-Cape)<br />

Town<br />

Mountain Ranges<br />

Regional amd local scale: convergences and divergences<br />

CALIFORNIA MED-BASIN (SPAIN)<br />

CAPE TOWN<br />

Cascade Ranges<br />

Sierra Nevada<br />

Berg River<br />

Sierra Nevada Ranges<br />

PERTH<br />

SW-AUSTRALIA<br />

Figure 2. Sampling sites in California, Spain, South Africa and SWAustralia.<br />

Sampling procedure<br />

Iberian Ranges<br />

Serpentine<br />

River<br />

Murray River<br />

E<br />

T3<br />

Dirk River<br />

T1<br />

M2<br />

Manjedal Brook<br />

T2<br />

D<br />

P1<br />

Pyrenees Ranges<br />

Gooralong Brook<br />

Serpentine River<br />

Montseny<br />

Mountain<br />

BARCELONA<br />

All reference sites were sampled using the Protocol 2 developed by the GUADALMED project<br />

(see Bonada et al., <strong>Chapter</strong> 1; Jáimez-Cuéllar et al., in press). This Spanish project attempts to<br />

assess the ecological status of the Mediterranean rivers according to the guidelines of the<br />

Water Frame Directive (WFD) (European Parliament and Council, 2000). The first stage of the<br />

93<br />

Tramuntana<br />

Range

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