Effects of desiccation on the self-purification capacity of headwater streams
In the project PURIFY we study how strong desiccation effects the self-purification capacity of headwater streams in Carinthia, Burgenland and Styria is and which importance the properties and condition of the stream-sediments have.
More information about this project you find here: http://www.wcl.ac.at/index.php/en/research/projects
(Foto: Desiccated river bed of the Glauningbach, made by Oliver Zweidick)