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In the area of the Erzgebirge Foothills (Krusne hory), research of flooded mine pits in terms of water regime and quality as well as their management and subsequent use has attracted great attention in recent years. Smaller water reservoirs (ponds, wetlands, dips, sinks) have not been systematically monitored, despite of their importance in this type of landscape which has been affected by mining. The Modlany reservoir was monitored in 2013?2017. This small water body shows symptoms of an extremely eutrophicated s...

The study responds to the need for restoring the natural function of small streams and recovery thereof in terms of European Parliament and Council Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC within brown coal mining areas damaged by anthropogenic impacts. The study observed: which environmental factors are the most relevant to the current state of these sites (the positive and negative effects), what types of recovery are typical of natural parts of the streams and significantly changed/affected ones, and the effect of ...