Mesta River - Bulgaria

Basic Information
Site Name
Mesta River
Short name
Mesta
Country
Bulgaria
Web Address
http://www.lter-bulgaria.net/wordpress/en/mesta-river/
Site Manager
Emilia Varadinova
Site Description
South-West Bulgaria, Mediterranean catchment
Last modified
2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Planned
Year Established
1901
Observed properties
ecosystem parameterwater parameterbiological parameterchemical parameteranimalspeciesabundanceanimalspeciespresencebenthicinvertebratesabundancebenthicinvertebratespresencefishabundancephytoplanktonabundancezooplanktonabundanceammoniumcontentconductivitynitrogencontentoxygensaturationrivertemperaturewateraciditywaterqualitycommunitypatterncommunitystructurefunctionaldiversitynitrogencontentpopulationdensitypopulationstructureammoniumnitrogencontentchemicalcompositionofwaterinorganicnitrogencontentoxygensaturationpHvalueofwater
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Bulgaria✔ (LTER_EU_BG_004)This site is a verified "LTER Bulgaria" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
Natura 2000
Geographic
20 km
10 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 41.7626 Longitude: 23.6729

Size
ca. 340050.00ha
Elevation (average)
759.00msl
Elevation (min)
406.00msl
Elevation (max)
2620.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Biome
Fresh Water Rivers
Ecosystem Type
Rivers
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
7.47°C
Precipitation Annual
3422.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
2 dataset(s) in total:
Mesta River 2012
Physico-chemical parameters of the Mesta River
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.