ROLE BENTHIC OLIGOCHAETA IN THE TROFIC STATE CONTROL OF THE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS OF THE LOWER DANUBE CATCHMENT
DIRECTOR of the PROJECT
ALLOCATED VALUE (USD)
RASNOVEANU GETA
20300
Description of the project: "THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE ADDRESSING SOME IMPORTANT GASPS IN THE KNOWLEDGE DATABASE, RELATED TO: I) THE MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES THROUGH WHICH THE OLIGOCHAETA POPULATIONS - AS MAJOR COMPONENTS IN ANY AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM - ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN LOCAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES AND II) HOW BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES DIVERSITY AND SOME PECULIARITIES OF THE HIDROGEOMORPHOLOGICAL UNIT INFLUENCE THESE PROCESSES. THUS, THE PROJECT GOES DEEPLY INTO THE FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF BIODIVERSITY. "