BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   LAKE OHRID AND ITS WATERSHED: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT Veli Puka1, Trajce Naumoski2, Mary Watzin3 1Hydrometeorological Institute of Academy of Sciences, Durresit Street 219, Tirana, ALBANIA 2Hydrobiological Institute, Naum Ohridski, 50, 6000 Ohrid, Republic of MACEDONIA 3 Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, University of […]

BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN THE PRESPA REGION Sabri Laçi1, Narin Panariti2 1Department of Geography, University of Tirana, ALBANIA 2 Ministry of Environment, Tirana, ALBANIA panariti@icc-al.org   This paper focuses the Albanian part of the Prespa region. During the second half of the last century, […]

  BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EXPECTED IMPACT IN WATER RESOURCES IN ALBANIA   Eglantina Demiraj, Liri Muçaj, Mirela Bicja Hydrometeorological Institute Durrësi Street, 219 – Tirana, ALBANIA eglantinab@yahoo.com The climate change scenarios for Albania are prepared by using MAGICC/SCENGEN software, by CRU/UEA. MAGICC is run to calculate […]

  BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   INSURED – INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF WATER RESOURCES OF DRINI-DRIM RIVER   Agim Selenica1, Miriam Bogdani1, Marc Morell2, Josif Milevski3, Olivija Todorovic3   1Institute of Hydrometeorology of ALBANIA,   2IRD, FRANCE   3Hydrometeorological Institute of Republic of MACEDONIA a.selenica@voila.fr The Basin […]

  BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   OVERVIEW ON DIATOMS FROM OHRID LAKE   A. Miho1, H. Lange-Bertalot2 1Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, ALBANIA   2Botanisches Institut, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Siesmayerstrasse 70, D-60323 Frankfurt/M, GERMANY amiho@icc-al.org Ohrid Lake represents a real treasure of biodiversity even considering microscopic algae, which […]

  BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   FLOOD POTENTIAL IN ALBANIA   Agim Selenica Institute of Hydrometeorlogy of Albania, Rr. Durresit 219, Tirana, ALBANIA a.selenica@voila.fr The most important floods in the rivers of Albania are caused mainly from the intensive rainfall during the period December- March. Occasionally snowmelt have some contribution on flood […]