Division of Biodiversity and Functioning of Freshwater Ecosystems

Research Priorities

• Development of methodology of ecological classification and assessment of the human pressures and impacts on freshwater ecosystems introducing multihabitat and multimetric approaches;
• Biological indication and biomonitoring of freshwater bodies;
• Biological productivity, trophic web and cascades; key organisms in lentic ecosystems along the Danube River;
• Methods for assessment and risk management of aquatic invasive alien species;
• Applied ecology and environmental impact assessments of surface water bodies;
• Scientific and methodical support of Integrated Water Management with GIS applications;
• Species content, structure and dynamics of fish communities;
• Ecological classification of water bodies by means of ichthyiocenotic parameters;
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Research Groups

• Biodiversity, communities and processes in freshwater ecosystems RG
• Assessment of fish populations and resources RG
• Invasive alien species RG
• Bioindicators, monitoring and ecological classification of freshwater ecosystems RG