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Ecotoxicology

 

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

Biotest in the laboratory
Biotest in the laboratory

Early warning system in a monitoring station
Early warning system in a monitoring station


Development of new methods
Development of new methods

The eel is a suitable fish for bio-accumulation studies
The eel is a suitable fish for bio-accumulation studies

Monitoring station at the upper Danube
Monitoring station at the upper Danube

 


 

Chemistry/
Physics

Microbiology
/Hygienics

Biotic Processes

Phytoplankton/
Phytobentos

Macrophytes

Floodplain-
ecology

ad hoc
Eco-physiology

Fishery /
Fish Biology

Saprobiology

Ecotoxicology

Fore-Delta/
Delta

Zooplankton/
Zoobentos