Implementation of a monitoring system on the ecological effects of anthropogenic interventions on the Danube morphology for the Gemenc-Béda-Karapancsa floodplain

Assessing wetland state through monitoring is the condition of their protection. Wetland resources support healthy environments; communities, and economies, effective watershed management should include conservation and restoration of wetlands and their functions. This study focuses on the development and implementation of a monitoring system for one of the greatest floodplain area: Gemenc-Beda-Karapancsa in accordance with the Water Framework Directive requirements which measures the environmental effects of changing environmental conditions in the Danube’s main river channel due to certain rehabilitation works, via monitoring of surface and groundwater hydrology, water and sediment chemistry and ecological state of the aquatic ecosystem elements.