Danube Delta: monitoring and ecological status. A link between the past and the future

The paper aims a review of the water quality monitoring and evaluation studies conducted at
National R&D Institute for Industrial Ecology over the last ten years, at the level of aquatic
ecosystem complexes in the Danube Delta.
The paper will include a broad compendium of data including: a data bank of abiotic variables
which control the structure and composition of biotic communities; studies of ecological status
assessment; methodology development for assessing the bioaccumulation of chemical pollutants
(metals) in the biota; ecotoxicological study of surface water and sediment on aquatic organisms
(algae, crustaceans, rotifers); studies on the benthic invertebrate species as biological vectors for
pathogens; technical / scientific support for 5 national / international project proposals; 19 papers
published in international / national journals; 22 papers presented at international / national
scientific conferences.