Influence and character of surface water in Maksimir park

Abstract

Park Maksimir je sagrađen u 19. st., i od tada plijeni pozornost zbog svoje estetike, načina građenja ali i kulturne i ekološke raznolikosti. Svakodnevno, bez obzira na godišnja doba možemo vidjeti različite ljude kako dolaze u park sa različitim interesima, neki dolaze proučavati floru i faunu parka, neki ljudi dolaze zbog rekreacije a neki samo zbog odmora. U sklopu parka Maksimir nalazi se i Zoološki vrt koji rado posjećuju mladi ali i stariji ljudi, kako bi naučili neke nove stvari o životinjskom svijetu. Osim Zoološkog vrta veliku pozornost privlače i maksimirska jezera koja svakom čovjeku izvlači divljenje ili barem uzdah. Iako dosta blizu centra grada, park Maksimir predstavlja zaista jedno kulturno, povijesno i ekološko bogatstvo. No proučavajući malo bolje sam park nije sve tako bajno kako se čini. Premda je park zaštićen, ljudi odlažu smeće na puteljke, bacaju na livade, grmove, pa čak i ju jezera. Proučavajući park i tu ljepotu prirode čovjek veoma lako može uočiti kako postoji određeni stupanj eutrofikacije u jezerima. Pretpostavlja se da dolazi do eutrofikacije zbog prirodnog ali i antropogenog utjecaja. Pitanje je samo koliko to 'onečišćenje' utječe na samu floru i faunu jezera ali i samog parka. Danas postoji nekoliko veoma uspješnih metoda pročišćavanja jezera, tako da sumnjam da će se situacija u jezerima i okolišu pogoršati, dapače očekujem suprotno.Maksimir Park was built in the 19th century, and from that period he's gathering attention because of his esthetic, the way it was built but also because of the cultural and ecological variety. Every day, no matter the season, we can see different people walking in the park with different interests, some of them are coming to explore the flora and fauna, some because of the recreation and some people just want to relax. In the complex of Makismir Park is the ZOO which gathers all kindds of people who want to learn more about the animal world. Except from the ZOO, the lakes of Maksimir also attracts big attention and leaves some people fully surprised and admired. Although Maksimir is near the centre of the city it presents a big cultural, historical and ecological wealth. After carefully studying the park not everything is all that good. Althought the park is protected, every day people throw their garbage on the sidewalks, meadows, bushes and even in the lakes. Examining the park and the beauty of nature, we can very easy see that there is a significant grade of euphrofication in the lakes. The presumption is that the euphrofication is caused by natural and anthropogenic influence. The question is how that 'pollution' affects the flora and fauna of the lakes and the whole park. Today we know a few successful methods of purification the lakes so I don't doubt that the conditions of lakes and the nature will get any worse, infact I expect the opposite