Proiecte
PN19200401-Multidisciplinary research on the effects of the anthropogenic interventions on the Danube Delta and the coastal area, and the possibilities of environmental rehabilitation
| Responsible / Lead: | Dr. Laura Georgeta Duțu, CSI |
| Coordinator: | GeoEcoMar |
| Beneficiary: | GeoEcoMar |
| Funder / Funding body: | The Ministry of Education and Research (contracted by the Ministry of Research and Innovation) |
| Funding scheme: | Programul Nucleu |
| Duration: | 48 months |
| Start date: | 14.01.2019 |
| End date: | 16.12.2022 |
PN19200401-Multidisciplinary research on the effects of the anthropogenic interventions on the Danube Delta and the coastal area, and the possibilities of environmental rehabilitation
The project aimed at assessing the current state of the areas affected by the anthropogenic changes that occured in the Danube Delta and the coastal lakes, to conduct an integrated quality study of these ecosystems, that were under anthropogenic influences, as well as to formulate concrete proposals on the sustainable management of natural resources. It involved complex (qualitative and quantitative) studies and detailed multidisciplinary investigations on the Danube Delta branches, the inter-distributary areas and coastal lakes, and it was using modern research equipment and techniques such as multibeam bathymetry, currentometry using the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler – ADCP (necessary for measuring the morphology of the Danube riverbed and currents), the resulting data having a very high degree of precision.
- The study of the state of the aquatic transitional environments affected by the anthropogenic interventions (the Danube arms of the Delta, their neighbouring depression areas and the coastal lakes) from a morpho-hydro-bio-sedimentary-ecological perspective;
- Determining the effects of human activity on biodiversity by studying the biocenoses, and water and sediment quality;
- Quantitative and qualitative determination of water and sediment flows in the Danube River at its discharge point in the Black Sea;
- Quantifying the environmental impact of the anthropogenic activities on the transitional aquatic environments and developing a rehabilitation measures plan;