Monitoring of obligate cave-dwelling invertebrates has been problematic. Water entering the cave from the epikarst holds the key to the continuing health of the stygobiotic community. It is the major source of organic carbon and nutrients, the major source of stygobiotic migrants into the stream, and the primary habitat for many of the stygobionts. Health of the epikarst habitat can be assessed by long-term continuous collection of the fauna entering the cave, especially the number of stygobiotic individuals, and the overall number of invertebrates.
F.01 Acquisition of new practical knowledge, information and skills
COBISS.SI-ID: 30277933Member of the project group Dr. Metka Petrič is the coordinator of the project SMART-KARST within the 6th Framework Programme. In the final year of the project the 17th International Karstological School with the theme “Cave climate” was organized as the final of the planned events. There were 133 participants from 31 countries, mostly young researchers. Along with lectures and poster presentations, the school offered field trips, during which the co-workers on the project were able to present the results of our researches.
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
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