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Pre- and post- conference
field trips to Slovakia (High Tatras) and Germany (Harz, Solling
and Bavarian Forest)
Pre-conference field trips
Solling and Harz Mountains, Germany
One pre-conference field trip to Germany is scheduled for Friday, June 10 –
Sunday, June 12. Departure from Prague by bus is planned on Friday, June 10, at
8 a.m., arrival back to Prague on Sunday, June 12, at 6 p.m. Famous research
sites of the Solling and Harz Mountains will be visited. The cost of the pre-conference
field trip is not included in the registration fee. Early registration price of
this field trip is160 EUR.
(200 EUR after February 1, 2005)
 The
last remaining “Roof Experiment” in Europe is in progress at the spruce plot of
the Solling plateau. The roof serves for experimental manipulations with
atmospheric deposition of pollutants. (Photo: Rainer Kant)
Sofisticated devices for continuous sampling of soil water are
located in many Norway spruce and European beech sites of the Solling research
area (ICP - Forest). Solling databases offer the longest high-quality record of soil water
chemistry and atmospheric deposition fluxes to the spruce and beech forests in
Europe.
 Lange Bramke catchment with long-term record of streamwater chemistry and
hydrology in the Harz Mountains, Germany is covered completely by Norway spruce
monocultures.
V-notch weir allowing very precise continuous measurements of
runoff is in operation at the Lange Bramke catchment in the Harz Mountains.
Symptoms
of Norway spruce decline are visible in the high altitude of the Harz Mountains.
Overnight stay in the charming medieval city of Goslar situated
north of the Harz Mountains is planned.
High Tatras Mountains, Slovakia
Departure from Prague by bus is planned on Friday, June 10, at 8 a.m., arrival
back to Prague on Sunday, June 12, at 6 p.m. The cost of the post-conference
field trip is not included in the registration fee. Early registration price of
this field trip is160 EUR.
(200 EUR after February 1, 2005)
 The
High Tatra Mountains of Slovakia are part of the Carpathian range and reach a
height of 2655 m.a.s.l. They contain many acidified glacial lakes, some of which
have been monitored within the ICP Waters network. During the field trip, the
Skalnate Lake Observatory and Starolesnianské
Lake will be visited.
More info: Kopacek et al. 2003
Kopacek et al. 2004
Related papers:
Journal of Limnology
Post-conference field trips
Bavarian Forest, Germany
The post-conference field trip is planned to the Bavarian Forest, Germany.
Departure from Prague by bus is planned on Friday, June 17 at 5 p.m., arrival
back to Prague on Sunday, June 19, at 3 p.m. The cost of this post-conference
field trip is not included in the registration fee. Early registration price of
the field trip is 90 EUR.
(120 EUR after February 1, 2005)
The Bavarian Forest National Park is a UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve. The Forellenbach catchment (ICP - Integrated Monitoring) documents
changes in forest ecosystems caused by atmospheric pollutants, climate change
and biotic impacts.
A recent view from the Mt. Lusen (1315 m a.s.l.) to the Mt.
Grosser Rachel (1453 m a.s.l.) showing large areas of the mountain spruce forest
damaged by the bark beetle. More than 2 thousand hectares were damaged, mainly
at the end of the 1990s. (Photo: Rainer Phoelmann)
Mountain mixed forest of the Bavarian Forest is composed mainly
by European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Norway spruce (Picea abies). (Photo:
Rainer Phoelmann)
Detailed view of the mountain spruce forest damaged by the bark beetle at the Mt.
Lusen. (Photo: Rainer Phoelmann)
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