The development of methods for ecological status assessment of dinaric rivers downstream of karst spring based on benthic invertebrates for hydromorphological alteration/general degradation influence
Benthic invertebrates are one of biological quality elements used for assessment of hydromorphological modification impacts. Within this task assessment method was developed for hydromorphological alteration/general degradation influence based on benthic invertebrate assemblages for river ecological types in ecoregion Dinaric western Balkan, for which no assessment method for hydromorphological alteration/general degradation influence was developed yet.
About the project
Contracting Authority
Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor
Project manager
izr. prof. dr. Gorazd Urbanič
Project staff
dr. Vesna Petkovska
dr. Rebeka Šiling
Miha Knehtl
Duration of the project
2016
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