{"id":138541,"date":"2025-04-22T09:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/?page_id=138541"},"modified":"2026-01-28T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:08:06","slug":"hyporheic-zone-hydro-ecology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/?page_id=138541&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Citizen science"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"138541\" class=\"elementor elementor-138541\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0749762 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0749762\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1679d2e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1679d2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Citizen science project set to tap into groundwater biodiversity <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a2ede0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a2ede0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60f3c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b60f3c7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7829ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7829ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Citizen science is increasing across all disciplines, from environmental monitoring to public health. It is also known as a fundamental element of open science. However, it still represents only a very small fraction of total scientific research and the full potential has yet to be exploited.<\/p><p>Groundwater is an important resource across Romania, but the knowledge on groundwater as habitat for organisms and its function as a reservoir of biodiversity is less known. <strong>Cluj-BioGround<\/strong> aims to explore the groundwater biodiversity of the aquifers from Cluj County with the involvement of citizens.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b3ad1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06b3ad1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e34186 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e34186\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/somesul-rece-Lacul-Gilau.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-138699\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/somesul-rece-Lacul-Gilau.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/somesul-rece-Lacul-Gilau-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/somesul-rece-Lacul-Gilau-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/somesul-rece-Lacul-Gilau-255x170.jpeg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2e906 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d2e906\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3cff8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3cff8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What\u2019s in the groundwater?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ec1bab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ec1bab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0600b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c0600b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Groundwater samples will be collected from hand-dug wells and boreholes, to assess the presence of stygofauna (species strictly adapted to groundwater). Previous sampling of the alluvial aquifer of the Somesul Mic River allowed the identification of large diversity of small blind and colorless crustaceans such are ostracods, copepods, amphipods and syncarids. These tiny little creatures are important because they are important players in the subterranean aquatic food web and provide a large array of ecosystem services, the most important being their indication for good groundwater quality.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e237396 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e237396\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizen science project set to tap into groundwater biodiversity Citizen science is increasing across all disciplines, from environmental monitoring to public health. It is also known as a fundamental element of open science. However, it still represents only a very small fraction of total scientific research and the full potential has yet to be exploited. 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