26.05.19 – day 1 (Sunday)

18.00 –
21.00

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arrival at the hotel. Supper

27.05.19 – day 2 (Monday)

7.30

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breakfast + lunchbox

8.00

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presentation of the action plan and security principles (Klub Gaja, ZSDiL) – conference room (S1)

8.30

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transfer to the rivers – 2 groups to Koszarawa River and 2 groups to Przemsza River.

Topics of field activities:

1. Ecosystem dynamics of the lowland river – workshop in the valley of the Biała Przemsza River in area of Błędów Desert (PhD Wojciech Zarzycki, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice)

2. Is the water ecosystem healthy? – plant detectors – workshop in area of the Biała Przemsza River near Dąbrowa Górnicza-Błędów (MSc Magdalena Zarzycka, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice )
3. Diversity of benthos macroinvertebrates used as biological element 
in the biomonitoring of riverine waters– workshop in area of the Koszarawa River near Żywiec (MSc Klaudia Cebulska, Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia)
4. Physico-chemical parameters of the water used as supporting element 
in the assessment of the ecological status of riverine waters – classes in the laboratory in ZSTiL in Żywiec (PhD Aneta Spyra, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia)

19.00-
20.00

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return to the hotel. Dinner

8.00

–

breakfast + lunchbox

8.30

–

transfer to the river – 2 group to Koszarawa River and 2 group to Przemsza River.

Topics of field activities:

1. Ecosystem dynamics of the lowland river – workshop in the valley of the Biała Przemsza River in area of Błędów Desert (PhD Wojciech Zarzycki, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice)

2. Is the water ecosystem healthy? – plant detectors – workshop in area of the Biała Przemsza River near Dąbrowa Górnicza-Błędów (MSc Magdalena Zarzycka, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice )
3. Diversity of benthos macroinvertebrates used as biological element 
in the biomonitoring of riverine waters– workshop in area of the Koszarawa River near Żywiec (MSc Klaudia Cebulska, Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia)
4. Physico-chemical parameters of the water used as supporting element 
in the assessment of the ecological status of riverine waters – classes in the laboratory in ZSTiL in Żywiec (PhD Aneta Spyra, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia)

19.00-
20.00

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return to the hotel. Dinner

29.05.19 – day 4 (Wednesday)

8.00

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breakfast + lunchbox

9.00

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Biodiversity of the montane stream’ valley – Field trip to sources of the Vistula River(MSc Magdalena Zarzycka, PhD Wojciech Zarzycki, MSc Mariusz Simka, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice)

18.00-
19.00

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Return to the hotel. Dinner

30.05.19 – day 5 (Thursday)

8.00

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breakfast

9.00

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summary of the workshops, description and analysis of research results by the groups

14.00

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lunch

15.00 –
15.30

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Lecture about river trekking – PhD Wojciech Zarzycki, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice

15.30 –
17.00

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Evaluation

18.00

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dinner and bonfire all together, highlander band

31.05.19 – day 6 (Friday)

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