Artificial streams (mesocosms)
Short description:
Artificial streams (mesocosms)
Major research issues/sites:
Food preferences of stream macroinvertebrates
Habitat preferences of stream macroinvertebrates
Effects of disturbances in flow on macroinvertebrates
Temperature effects on macroinvertebrates, diatoms and macrophytes
Specific features/uniqueness:
Quite unique as it concerns 6 channel with 4 replicates each; statistical design
Options and conditions for visiting scientists:
Freely available subject to time constraints
Unit Cost of use and principles of costing:
Costs depend on use (type of experiment e.g. related to costs of energy, water) band cooperation
centre running the infrastructure:
WENR - Wageningen Environmental Research
type of facility:
Experimental facilities