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The variability of mesohabitats in regulated running waters

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Code Science Field Subfield
2.20.00  Engineering sciences and technologies  Hydrology   

Code Science Field
B260  Biomedical sciences  Hydrobiology, marine biology, aquatic ecology, limnology 
Keywords
mesohabitats, fitobentos, regulated rivers
Evaluation (rules)
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Researchers (9)
no. Code Name and surname Research area Role Period No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.  24454  Barbara Breznik  Biology  Junior researcher  2004 - 2007  51 
2.  11790  PhD Tjaša Griessler Bulc  Biology  Researcher  2004 - 2007  517 
3.  26067  PhD Aleksandra Krivograd Klemenčič  Control and care of the environment  Junior researcher  2006 - 2007  302 
4.  08245  PhD Matjaž Mikoš  Hydrology  Researcher  2004 - 2007  1,554 
5.  18638  PhD Gregor Petkovšek  Hydrology  Researcher  2004  105 
6.  14836  PhD Nataša Smolar-Žvanut  Biology  Head  2004 - 2007  747 
7.  10924  PhD Andrej Vidmar  Hydrology  Researcher  2004 - 2007  317 
8.  09835  Marjana Vrhovšek  Biology  Researcher  2004 - 2007  90 
9.  19043  PhD Maja Zupančič Justin  Control and care of the environment  Junior researcher  2004 - 2007  359 
Organisations (2)
no. Code Research organisation City Registration number No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.  0792  University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering  Ljubljana  1626981  25,722 
2.  1509  Limnos, podjetje za aplikativno ekologijo, d.o.o. (Slovene)  Brezovica pri Ljubljani  5834112  209 
Abstract
The main objective of the proposed project is to evaluate variability of mesohabitats at different flow regimes in regulated rivers in conection with the community of phytobenthos. According to analyses and sampling, the hydromorphologic and physico-chemical characteristic of mesohabitats, which preserve the community of water organisms, especially phytobenthos in at least good ecological staus will be defined. The researches will take place on regulated rivers sections in Slovenia, which belong to different eco-regions: alpine, dinaric, panonic and mediterranean.The reference sites will be chosen in the rivers sections upstream from the water abstraction, more sites for analyses will be determined in the rivers sections, which are impacted by water abstractions. On rivers sections the mesohabitats will be analysed, their hydrologic, hydraulic, morphologic and phisico-chemical characteristics and sampling of phytobenthos will be carried out. The maping and analysing of mesohabitats and sampling of phytobenthos will be carried out at different flow regimes. The impact of increasing water flow on increasing of particular mesohabitats on regulated river sections will be assessed.The corellation of parameters, which form mesohabitas and phytobenthos will be analysed with appropriate statistical methods. The hydromorphologic characteristics of mesohabitats which affect the phytobenthos community will be defined. According to species composition and biomass of phytobenthos the requirements of water body will be defined for achiving good ecological status. The results of the project will contribute to the understanding of increasing flow in regulated rivers on ecological status.
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