New unidentifiable crustacean to be checked later!

Fierce winds and delicate snailsFierce winds and delicate snails

Date: 
15.09.2007
Sampling Site: 
70
Location: Upstream Iskar, Bulgaria
On the evening of Sept.12, the JDS2 enjoyed a nice dancing event in Turnu Severin followed by the late-night packing of over two hundred samples -- preparing them for transport to the JDS2 labs the ne
Romanian National Fish Team leader Stefan Tolos presents a good-sized carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Fishing rodeoFishing rodeo

Date: 
14.09.2007
The JDS2 Fish Team continued to have their share of adventures from September 7 to 14, between Belgrade and Lom, Bulgaria.
Argus passes through the Iron Gate

Relaxing after the Iron GatesRelaxing after the Iron Gates

Date: 
12.09.2007
Sampling Site: 
63
Location: Vrbica/Simijan, Romania
After waking up in Orsova, Romania this morning (Sept.11), the JDS2 team went on to sample Station 62, another site in the Iron Gate reservoir.
Romania´s Carmen Hamchevici getting samples ready in the rain

Samples away!Samples away!

Date: 
11.09.2007
On most days, the JDS2 team completes sampling at three stations.
Small church on Romania's Danube coast

Navigating the gorgeNavigating the gorge

Date: 
10.09.2007
Sampling Site: 
60
Location: Iron Gate Reservoir, Romania

Early on the morning of the 10th, the JDS2 passed over the Serbian border and into Romania and was joined by the Romanian National Team.

Bela Csanyi and Richard Niederreiter bring in the core sediment samples

Hotspots and hormonesHotspots and hormones

Date: 
09.09.2007
Sampling Site: 
59
Location: Banatska Palanka/Bazias, Serbia
Early September 7, after saying dovidjenja (goodbye) to Belgrade, the JDS2 sampled one of the Danube's most important tributaries, the Sava River (Station 51), as well as Danube stretches
Water hyacinth with lavender spike

Water garden favoritesWater garden favorites

Date: 
08.09.2007
Austrian biologist Brigitte Schmidt has had good luck in discovering some new recent finds during the survey.
Crayfish lunch for an invasive goby

Fishing for adventureFishing for adventure

Date: 
07.09.2007

The JDS2 Fish Team has had their share of interesting, and often unexpected, discoveries and adventures.

Philip Weller presents a JDS2 T-shirt to Serbia's Nikola Marjanovic

Thank-you SerbiaThank-you Serbia

Date: 
06.09.2007
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
The highlight on September 6 was the press conference in Serbia's capital city on the Danube, Belgrade.
Duckweed carpet near the Tisa mouth

Half-way there!Half-way there!

Date: 
05.09.2007
Sampling Site: 
50
Location: Downstream Tisa/Upstream Sava - Belegis, Serbia
Today, exactly 1206 km from where the Danube meets the Black Sea (and the end of the survey), the Core Team opened a bottle of fine Serbian brandy (rakija travarica), celebrating the successf
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