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Projects and Programms


Biospelelogy 
          


Groundwater fauna

Cave environment
Genetics
Anthropology
Cave management


Geospeleology

Mineralogy

Climatology


Biospeleology. Geospeleology                 


Fauna Europea Project
 
 An European Commision founded project is developing a public web-based information infrastructure on the scientific names of all  living multicellular European terrestrial and freshwater animal species (European Community, 2003-2005)


Groundwater fauna

The morphologic and genetic variability of cyclopids and ostracods from subterranean aquatic habitats in Romania (
CNCSIS, Romania, 2003-2004)   

Ecological study of water mites communities (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from the Somesul Mic catchement area
(CNCSIS, Romania, 2003 - 2004)


Cave environment

The relationship between climatic, microbiological and chemical factors of the cave environment ant their role in the conservation of subterranean fauna (CNCSIS, Romania, 2003-2004)


Genetics

Molecular phylogeny correlated with the biogeographic distribution of cave beetles (Subfamily Leptodirinae) in Padurea Craiului Mountains
(CNCSIS, Romania, 2003-2004)


Anthropology

Paleoanthropological documentation of the Pestera cu Oase, Romania (The Wenner - Gren Foundation, USA, 2004)

Multidisciplinary study of the most important cave deposit with fossil humans and associated fauna from Romania (CNCSIS, Romania, 2004-2006)


Cave management

The Monitoring  and Management  of protected Caves in Romania (Tuborg - RO. B.E.N.A., Romania)


Mineralogy. Geomorphology
Chemical reactions within the cave environment: mineralogical, geochimic and geochronological aspects
CNCSIS, Romania, 2003-2004)

Mineralogy, dating and soil pollution (Financed by World Bank)

Interference between karst and geothermal fields


Climatology

Quaternary paleoclimate reconstruction in NW Romania based on cave deposits

Exteme climatic events during the last 25,000 years recorded in cave deposits from NW Romania
(2001 - 2002, Financed by European Comunity)