Kakanj, Zenica – Doboj Canton
Quarry Life Award 2016

Macrozoobenthos as Biodiversity and Habitat Quality Indicator of Quarry Ribnica’s Hydroecosystems

Biodiversity management
Education and raising awareness
Scientific research
Water management

The project is based on a comprehensive ecological inventory study - qualitative and quantitative data analysis of macrozoobenthos (invertebrate bottom fauna living on, or in the bottom, which is retained on a sieve with a mesh size of 1 mm x 1 mm.) which inhabit quarry Ribnica’s main hydroecosystems [Forest stream (quarry's water supply system) and Ribnica river (downstream tributaries)].