Scientific Collaboration On Past Speciation Conditions in Lake Ohrid
Project Acronym: SCOPSCO | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5045
Lake Ohrid is a transboundary lake between the Republics of Macedonia and Albania. With more than 200 endemic species described, the lake is a unique aquatic ecosystem of worldwide importance.
This importance was emphasized when the lake was declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, and included as a target area of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) already in 1993.
The lake is considered to be the oldest, continuously existing lake in Europe. Concurrent genetic brakes in several invertebrate groups indicate that major geological and/or environmental events must have shaped the evolutionary history of endemic faunal elements in Lake Ohrid.
Keywords: Europe, Albania, Macedonia, Lake Ohrid, Ancient Lakes, Climate, Lake Drilling, Speciation, Tectonic, Volcanism
Cores are stored at Universtiy of Bremen, MARUM, Germany
And at University of Cologne, Institute of Prehistoric Archeology, Cologne, Germany
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Drilling
1 April - 7 June 2013
Full Proposal Approved
Workshop Held
13 - 17 October 2008 in Ohrid, North Macedonia