Objective TO INVESTIGATE ECOLOGY-BASED METHODOLOGIES FOR THE RECOVERY OF LAKES FROM EUTROPHICATION. BASED ON TWO SUCCESSFUL, BUT SEPARATE PROJECTS IN 3RD ENVIRONMENTAL R&D PROGRAMME (LOOSDRECHT LAKES PROJECT IN THE NETHERLANDS, AND THE BIOMANIPULATION PROJECT IN ITALY) A JOINT EUROPEAN EFFORT HAS NOW BEEN STARTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS IN LAKES SUCH AS TO PREDICT RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES, IN PARTICULAR AS REGARDS THE RECOVERY OF (MOSTLY SHALLOW) LAKES FROM EUTROPHICATION. THE RESEARCH IS FOCUSSING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIOUS TROPHIC LEVELS IN THESE FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS IN ORDER TO USE BIOMANIPULATION AS A WATER MANAGEMENT TOOL. FOR THIS APPROACH FIELD STUDIES, LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, MESOCOSM STUDIES AS WELL AS WHOLE LAKE EXPERIMENTS WILL BE PERFORMED. RELATION BETWEEN SEVERAL TROPHIC LEVELS WILL BE STUDIED IN EXPERIMENTAL PONDS BY MANIPULATING THE FISH STOCK. IT WILL LEAD TO A CARBON BUDGET FOR THE LAKE AND TO THE PREPARATION OF A WHOLE LAKE EXPERIMENT. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsfreshwater ecosystemsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management Programme(s) FP1-ENVPROT 4C - Multiannual research and development programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment - Protection of the environment -, 1986-1990 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Staat der Nederlanden EU contribution No data Address 2500 EX s' Gravenhage Netherlands See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Salaria Km 29.300 00016 Montelibretti Roma See on map Total cost No data DIENST BINNENWATEREN/RIZA Netherlands EU contribution No data Address LELYSTAD See on map Total cost No data LIMNOLOGICAL INST.OF THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Netherlands EU contribution No data Address NIEUWERSLUIS See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address University Plain NORWICH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Università degli Studi di Milano Italy EU contribution No data Address 20127 Milano See on map Total cost No data
