OPEN UNIVERSITY PROJECT
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Reasearcher:
Researcher, Limnology and Stream Ecology Group,
Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources Department
Researcher ID
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Research and Innovation Centre
Via Mach 1, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige (TN) – Italy
http://cri.fmach.eu
Area Of Research:
STREAM ECOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER ECOLOGY
Title of research Project:
ECOHYDRO
Starting date and lenght of the Internship:
Starting approximately: Spring-summer 2014.
Length: at least 3 months.
Description of the student activities:
The student can participate to any of the research activities carried out by our group, based on his/her knowledge background and research interests:
1) Crayfish: monitoring of native and reintroduced populations of Austropotamobius pallipes in target areas. Distribution survey of A. pallipes and invasive O. limosus in Trentino.
2) Ditch networks: assessment of the ecological status of restored ditch networks in agricultural areas.
3) Hyporheic habitat: distribution of hyporheic taxa in relation to anthropic alteration.
4) Study of the effects of anthropic alteration (flow, temperature, substrate…) on the structure of benthic communities and their life cycles through simulations conducted in a set of open air flumes.
5) climate change effects on high elevation kryal, crenal and rhithral streams (background data existing)
6) long-term changes in flow regimes in Alpine rivers unimpacted and impacted by hydropower generation.
Complementary:
Meals at research center cafeteria
Financing (if any):
Consumables required for the research
Level of English language proficiency required of the visiting student (%):
UNDERSTANDING:
- LISTENING: ADVANCED
- READING: ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE
SPEAKING:
- SPOKEN INTERACTION: ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE
- SPOKEN PRODUCTION: ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE
WRITING:
- ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE