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Darwin Initiative for Lake Baikal Diatoms

 

Key Facts

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FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£143,300
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WHERE
Russia

Summary

To provide reference resource and expertise for the ongoing biomonitoring of benthic communities in Lake Baikal in Russia
 
Status Completed
Reference 50-93
Round 4
Start 01/01/1997
End 31/12/1999
Project Leader
Dr Roger Flower
Lead Organisation
UCL - University College London - ECRC
Regions
Europe & Central Asia
Countries
Russia
Project Outputs
Russian diatom technician trained; collection of fresh water material from survey passed to Russian scientists; diatom collection; training for Darwin Fellow (towards but not completed PhD); Diatom herbarium plus reference collection and database established; modern benthic diatom study re-established at the Limnological Institute.