Field research within the project “Bioindicators and Anthropogenic Pressures in Aquatic Systems of the Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve” (AQUA-BIOPRESS), funded by the European Union under the Next Generation EU programme, continued in May 2026. Project team members collected samples at six locations in the Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve, and sample analyses are ongoing in the laboratories of

On 4 May 2026, the seventh meeting was held as part of the project “Bioindicators and Anthropogenic Pressures in Aquatic Systems of the Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve” (AQUA-BIOPRESS). Prof. Tanja Žuna Pfeiffer, PhD, the project leader, chaired the meeting. The following topics were discussed: field research conducted in April, planned field and laboratory research in May,

In April 2026, research was conducted as part of the project “Bioindicators and Anthropogenic Pressures in the Aquatic Systems of the Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve” (AQUA-BIOPRESS), funded by the European Union under the Next Generation EU programme. Project team members carried out research at selected sites on the Drava, Danube and Mura rivers, Lake Halaševo, Sakadaš

From 1 to 14 March 2026, assistant Fran Prašnikar, a member of the AQUA-BIOPRESS project research team, visited the Institute for Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy, Department of Freshwater Biology (Krakow, Poland). The professional training, conducted under the mentorship of Dr Wojciech Krzton, focused on acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary for sampling and

To implement research activities and establish international cooperation within the framework of the AQUA-BIOPRESS project, from 18 to 20 February 2026, Prof. Maciej Kamaszewski and doctoral student Kacper Kawalski from the University of Life Sciences in Warsaw (Faculty of Animal Breeding, Bioengineering and Conservation, Department of Animal Environment Biology, Institute of Animal Sciences), Poland, will