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Hungarian
Academy of Sciences |
Göd,
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| Hydrobiology
of running waters
Research is based on the experiences gained during the long-term survey of the previous decades: basic patterns of the river biota; material cycling of the different river sections; impact of environmental factors (natural or human induced hydrological regime) and the structure of the biotic community. A long-term task of the Station is the hydrobiological monitoring of the Szigetköz area. The latest studies of water and sediment chemistry, fito- and zooplankton, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates, fish populations and amphibians are all closely related to the functional aspects of biodiversity, river fragmentation, functioning of the river system and adjacent wetlands. Hydrobiology of standing waters and wetlands Most of the research of standing waters and wetlands is carried out at the Ferto-Hanság region. The investigations of the structure and function of communities and on the effects of environmental factors focus on two major habitat types of Lake Ferto: the open water surfaces and the reed belt. The hydrobiological monitoring of small lakes and constructed wetlands in the Hanság area serves mainly the reconstruction goals of nature conservation. Recent main research topics: • studies
of hydrobiological status, eutrophication, macroinvertebrate biodiversity,
fish populations, and long-term changes of the different sections of the
Danube, and their floodplains (Szigetköz, Gemenc)
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