The Program

Intensive Programme

Monitoring and Evaluation of the Quality of Running and Drinking Waters in Europe (rivers near Innsbruck and Lech river)

University part

• The purpose of the IP
• Macrophytes, fishes and invertebrates in running waters
• Saprobic index
• Habitat survey in Austria
• WFD
• Field work (Abiotic and biotic conditions and human impact on rivers)

Füreder Leo and colleagues (University Innsbruck)

Environment Agency (Ian Humpheryes)

• River Habitat Survey in UK
• River basin and land uses
• Redictive models

Field work at the river Lech for physiochemical parameters and sampling of macroinvertebrates and periphyton

• Physiochemical parameters of running waters (flow, discharge, altitude, distance from source, pH, temperature, alkalinity, hardness, conductivity, TDS, O2 BOD and nutrients (NO3, NO2, NH4, P-PO4)

Gallego Angela/Canterbury

• River Bank Filtration
  Dakos Vasilis/Berlin
• European biotic indices
  Lazaridou Maria/Thessaloniki
• The use of periphyton in biomonitoring of freshwater
  Dussart George/Canterbury
• River Vegetetion
  Weber Josef/Innsbruck
• 1h identification of periphyton
  Laboratory work with Dussart George
• 1h Calculations of different European indices
  Laboratory work with Daguzan Jacques and Lazaridou Maria
• 2h Statistical analysis
  Laboratory work with Lazaridou Maria

• Human impact on the running waters in Britany
  Daguzan Jacques/Rennes
• Bioaccumulation. Pollution by toxic compounds
  Biomarkers for early detection of pollution effects
  Ibon Cancio/Bilbao
• Plancton in large rivers
  Ecological and ecotoxicological importance
  Celia Justo/Liege

in the evening

• Laboratory work on statistics and identifications

• Biodiversity in rivers
  Hobohm Carsten/Lüneburg
• Nature conservation
  Hellden Gustav/Kristianstad

Visit of a hydropower station

• Hydropower development
• Restoration of rivers and cleanup programs
• Drinking water – Treatment

Weber Josef/Innsbruck

Working in groups in four different riverine systems (Muhlbach, Scheidbach, Lech river, Streimbach)

And three different topics.

topic A
hydromorphology, habitat

Responsible: Ian Humphereys (Env. Agency), M. Lazaridou (Gr), G. Dussart (G.B.), J. Daguzan (Fr), J. Weber (Au)

topic B
abiotic and biotic conditions

Responsible: A. Gallego (G.B.), Joaquim-Justo Celia/Bruxelles, Cancio Ibon/Bilbao

topic C
Quantitative, Qualitative sampling/ European Biotic indices and scores

Responsible: M. Lazaridou (Gr), G. Dussart (G.B.), Hobohm Carsten/Lüneburg, Canard Alain/Rennes, Hellden Gustav/Kristianstad

Presentations and IP Evaluation

• Presentation of reports
• Evaluation and Assessment

In the afternoon

• Presentation of results to the local Community

Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology II

Impact of road pollution (heavy metal) on Invertebrates
Working on a project on three different places:
A – beside the Inntal-Brenner transit route
B – mining place Brixlegg
C – city Innsbruck
and the final report
Dallinger Reinhard (University Innsbruck)

Climate house Patscherkofel: Biodiversity and Sustainable Development of high mountain forests and meadows III

Life under stress. How do organisms cope with the elevated stress in high alpine environments. Plants in the higher mountains as bioindicators for climate change
Fieldcourse and Labwork in four groups
Cornelius Lütz, Manfred Havranek, Gert Wieser, Gilbert Neuner, Stefan Smidt (University and Federal Forest Research Center)

Physical forces in alpine environment IV

Geological processes in the higher mountains after the ice period
Krainer KarlExcursions

• Geological processes after the ice period
  Krainer Karl – Ötztal
• Night sampling of Lepidopteras Münstertal – Obervinschgau – Italy / Südtirol
  Tarmann Gerhard