The Alazani River at the place of sampling
On the surface and below stones you find many animals
In rivers and streams macroinvertebrates (small animals visible with the naked eye) is used in the biomonitoring. Among them are the larva of stoneflies, the biggest animals in the plastic tray.
The number of animals for each species is also important to get knowledge on the environmental situation from the macroinvertebrate monitoring. To get this quantitative information a special net and technique called kick-sampling is used
A small tributary to the Alazani River where we also did biological sampling.
The Georgian partner for our Kura project asked us to help them in introducing biological monitoring and using the equipment for this purpose delivered by the EU. They had employed a new staff member to work with the biological monitoring, and he needed some training.
First we visited their laboratory and looking at the equipment. We agree to join their normal chemical sampling in the Alazani River and make some biological sampling at the same stations at which they would take water samples for chemical analysis.
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