Fachgruppenleiter/Co-ordinator:
Ecotoxicology deals with effects of chemical substances and environmental changes to organisms and/or to the ecosystem. All specialists working on this field are invited to join the expert group.
Research areas in the Danube river basin:
- Toxicity of hazard chemicals, waste water and sediment
- water pollution control
- Biomonitoring of harmful effects
Major scientific and technological aims and goals are:
- Toxicity tests (laboratory based biotests) with particular emphasis on fish, daphnia, algae, macrpophytes, bacteriae
- Online bio-monitoring and early warning systems e.g. continuos toxicity tests with organisms integrated into water quality stations
- Bioaccumulation of hazard substances with respect to environmental and human health
- Biomarkers and enzym linked effects of environmental pollution
Actual working program:
- Development and standardisation of methods
- Implementation of evaluated methods
- Improve of data base dealing with pollution of the Danube river basin
- Ecotoxicological classification of the river Danube concerning to bioaccumulation
Monitoring station:
Visit the (bio)monitoring station of the Bavarian Government at the upper Danube (Germany) and have a look to the actual data of the water quality:
online-monitoring station
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Biotest in the laboratory
Early warning system in a monitoring station
Development of new methods
The eel is a suitable fish for bio-accumulation studies
Monitoring station at the upper Danube
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