The outdoor mesocosm facility consists of 12 outdoor cylindrical plastic tanks; each has a volume of 5 cubic meters and water depth of about 1.5 m. The sensors deployed in the mesocosms gauge the following parameters: dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation, water temperature, pH, redox potential, conductivity, TDS, light irradiation. The tanks can be filled either with tap water, or with water from Lake Balaton filtered in three phases (gravel, - sand, - and UV filters).
EU network of mesocosms facilities for research on marine and freshwater ecosystems open for global collaboration.
AQUACOSM (project No 731065) and AQUACOSM-plus (Project No 871081) are funded by the European Commission EU H2020-INFRAIA. The information and views of this website lie entirely with the authors. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
