PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 19, Issue no.1/ 2025

Authors :

Angelica RUSU 1, Roxana MAXIM 1 , Mircea NICOARA 1, 2,* , Gabriel Ionut PLAVAN 2 , Dorel URECHE 3

1 Doctoral School of Geosciences, Faculty of Geography and Geology, ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania,

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Biology, ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania,  

3 Department of Biology, Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, ”Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Bacau, Romania,

E-mail : * Corresponding author: mirmag@uaic.ro

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2025191005

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