The final results of the JDS2 have been published in two key documents: a `Final Scientific Report´ and a hands-on public document - `The Joint Danube Survey 2: Research Expedition and Conclusions´.
The `Final Scientific Report´ is a thick and technical document full of scientific terms and Latin names that provides a comprehensive assessment about the status of a number of parameters that needed to be measured to fulfil WFD requirements. The Final Scientific Report is understandable for scientists, but a member of the general public would have a difficult time getting through it.
For this reason, the shorter hands-on public document - `The Joint Danube Survey 2: Research Expedition and Conclusions´ - was created. It is hoped that this will give you a very good idea of what was found out, within a short amount of time and space. While its information will not tell you everything that was assessed during the JDS2, it does try to give you an overall snapshot with highlights and definitions of complicated scientific terms. The overall scientific results are divided into three sections: biology, chemistry and hydromorphology.