After a year, we have returned to vegetation sampling of the Šumava springs. We have just completed our second three-day field trip, during which we visited 20 springs throughout the Šumava Mountains, from Gerlova Huť to the right bank of Lipno reservoir. However, we still have many new locations and adventures ahead of us. We use vegetation transects to determine whether the vegetation of the restored springs is approaching that of preserved sites that were not drained in the past.
Of course, we do not determine the success of the restoration solely on the basis of vegetation; specialists in macromycetes (fungi) and macrozoobenthos (aquatic invertebrates) are also involved in the project. Thanks to our newly acquired experience, the main output of the project, a methodology for monitoring of the restoration, is beginning to take shape.
This project is funded with the support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic within the Programme Prostředí pro život.
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