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Zawartość zarchiwizowana w dniu 2019-03-15

CONCEPTION OF A SYSTEM OF FAUNISTIC AND FLORISTIC ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY

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TO DEFINE TYPICAL FLORA AND FAUNA STRUCTURES TO BE USED AS WATER QUALITY INDICES.

AN INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY (BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMAY) NETWORK WILL ASSESS REFERENCES STATES OF BEST WATER QUALITY BY STUDYING A NUMBER OF TEST AREAS. THEY WILL REALISE A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF FLORA AND FAUNA STRUCTURE, INCLUDING QUANTITATIVE SPECTRUMS, AND TAKING IN ACCOUNT SOME MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL FEATURES. THE FINAL AIM IS TO ESTABLISH A SCALE OF WATER QUALITY BASED ON TYPICAL FLORAL AND FAUNAL COMPOSITIONS, WHICH DIFFERENT SITUATIONS COULD BE COMPARED TO.

FIVE PLACES IN EACH OF THE EIGHT CONSIDERED REGIONS ARE CHOSEN AS REGARD TO THEIR BEST CONDITION, THAT IS AS LEES MODIFIED AS POSSIBLE; LITERATURE AND ARCHIVES DATA WILL BE USED FOR CONPARISONS, WHILE THREE SEMINARS WILL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE SOME DIFFERENT METHODS. THE NETWORK GATHER ABOUT TWENTY FIVE SPECIALISED SCIENTIFIC TEAMS FROM THREE COUNTRIES. IT IS EXPECTED TO GET A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF TYPICAL FAUNA AND FLORA STRUCTURES EXISTING IN STREAMS IN ITS OIGINAL STATUS AND THEN TO ESTABLISH A QUALITY SCALE AVAILABLE TO BE COMPARED TO VARIOUS STAGES OF BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION.

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