About the book:
The Central-European transboundary river system
of the Odra, draining areas of Poland, Germany and
the Czech Republic, accounts for the third largest
catchment in the Baltic Sea basin and one of the
most important sources of nutrients and heavy metals
discharged into this sea. The book presents the
methodology as well as the final results of a bi-
and trilateral cooperation lasting for more than
five years, directed at the model- and GIS-based
analysis and quantification of diffuse sources within
the Odra river basin. Different modelling approaches,
developed to a considerable extent during the project
work in parallel to the expanding database, and
statistically based projections allowed for estimating
the partial loads of phosphorus, nitrogen and the
most important heavy metals transported via the
relevant pathways towards the rivers.
The methodology consistently applied in the three
neighbouring countries as well as the results both
for the period 1993 – 1997 and for different
land use scenarios (up to the year 2020) are suitable
to give an example for practicising coordinated
transboundary action in implementing the European
Water Framework Directive. Likewise, they demonstrate
the high methodical level and the fruitful outcomes
of a long-term international scientific collaboration.
Abridged version of the preface from Prof.
Dr. Andreas Troge:
"The book 'Nutrients and Heavy Metals in the
Odra River System' gives an excellent example of
the substantial contribution of science to this
process [of achieving good surface and groundwater
status by 2015]. It presents the results of
an international cooperative effort to analyse pollution
sources in the transboudary Odra river system. These
results have already contributed to one of the first
practical steps in the implementation of the WFD
in the Odra river basin, by providing a picture
of current pressures and environmental impacts of
human activity and thus creating a basis for the
establishment of programmes of measures within the
framework of the International Commission for the
Protection of the Odra River.
It was a pleasure for my agency to accompany and
support the develpoment of these fruitful international
co-operations over the last decade. I wish to thank
all the authors for their contributions to this
book. I believe that the methods it describes can
be used as a blueprint for similar co-operative
efforts all across Europe and hope that the results
will be helpful for all those responsible for manageing
the Odra and other river systems."
The authors:
Horst Behrendt: Leibniz-Institute
of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries,
Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin (Ger)
Ralf Dannowski: Leibniz-Centre
of Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research,
Institute of Hydrology,
Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374 Müncheberg
(Ger)
Detlef Deumlich: Leibniz-Centre
of Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research,
Institute of Soil Lanscape Research, Eberswalder
Straße 84, 15374 Müncheberg (Ger)
František Doležal: Research
Institute for Soil and Water Conservation,
Žabovřeská 250, 15627 Praha 5 -
Zbraslav (Cz)
Ireneus Kajewski: Agricultural
University of Wrocław, C. K. Norwida 25/27,
50-375 Wrocław (Pl)
Jan Klír: Research Insitiute
of Crop Production, Drnovská 507, 16106 Praha
6 - Ruzyně (Cz)
Matthias Kornmilch: Leibniz-Institute
of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries,
Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin (Ger)
Rafalina Korol: Institute of Meterology
and Water Management, Parkowa 30, 51-616 Wrocław
(Pl)
Leszek Łabędzki: Institute
for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming, Falenty,
05-090 Raszyn (Pl)
Eliška Mašková:
Povodí Odry s.p., Varenská 49, 70126
Ostrava (Cz)
Waldemar Mioduszewski: Institute
for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming, Falenty,
05-090 Raszyn (Pl)
Dieter Opitz: Leibniz-Institute
of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm
310, 12587 Berlin (Ger)
Jörg Steidl: Leibniz-Centre
for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research,
Institute of Hydrology,
Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374 Müncheberg
(Ger)
Marzenna Strońska: Institute
of Meterology and Water Management, Parkowa 30,
51-616 Wrocław (Pl)
Martin Tippl: Research Institute
for Soil and Water Conservation, Žabovřeská
250, 15627 Praha 5 - Zbraslav (Cz)
Anna Zdanowicz: Institute for Land
Reclamation and Grassland Farming, Falenty, 05-090
Raszyn (Pl)
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