The study is focused on diatom communities as indicators of the water quality of aquatic ecosystems. The study included watercourses of the Timok River Basin in eastern Serbia. Sampling of algological material and physicochemical measurements were conducted at 30 locations in September 2016. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) showed that conductivity had an effect on the spatial variability of the diatom communities. At locations under influence of acid mine drainage along the Borska river, its tributaries and the Timok river, the diversity of benthic diatoms decreased and the abundance of metal tolerant taxa Achnanthidium minutissimum, Nitzschia capitellata and Nitzschia palea increased. Our study revealed that the combined effect of different pollutants significantly impacted on diatom assemblages; diatoms are good bioindicators of multiple pressures; and diatom indices with different types of pollution, may show an unreliable picture of the actual state, therefore, biologica...l and physico-chemical parameters should also be observed when interpreting the results of a solely diatom-based assessment of the ecological condition of freshwaters.
Keywords:
biomonitoring / benthic diatoms / diatom indices / water quality / Timok river
Source:
Comptes Rendus De L Academie Bulgare Des Sciences, 2020, 73, 12, 1696-1702
TY - JOUR
AU - Đukić, Nikola N.
AU - Vasiljević, Božica
AU - Milošević, Đurađ
AU - Valjarević, Aleksandar
AU - Jakšić, Tatjana
AU - Vasić, Predrag S.
AU - Štrbac, Snežana
PY - 2020
UR - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1069
AB - The study is focused on diatom communities as indicators of the water quality of aquatic ecosystems. The study included watercourses of the Timok River Basin in eastern Serbia. Sampling of algological material and physicochemical measurements were conducted at 30 locations in September 2016. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) showed that conductivity had an effect on the spatial variability of the diatom communities. At locations under influence of acid mine drainage along the Borska river, its tributaries and the Timok river, the diversity of benthic diatoms decreased and the abundance of metal tolerant taxa Achnanthidium minutissimum, Nitzschia capitellata and Nitzschia palea increased. Our study revealed that the combined effect of different pollutants significantly impacted on diatom assemblages; diatoms are good bioindicators of multiple pressures; and diatom indices with different types of pollution, may show an unreliable picture of the actual state, therefore, biological and physico-chemical parameters should also be observed when interpreting the results of a solely diatom-based assessment of the ecological condition of freshwaters.
PB - Publ House Bulgarian Acad Sci, Sofia
T2 - Comptes Rendus De L Academie Bulgare Des Sciences
T1 - A water quality assessment based on benthic diatoms of the Timok river basin (eastern Serbia) under multiple anthropogenic pressures
VL - 73
IS - 12
SP - 1696
EP - 1702
DO - 10.7546/CRABS.2020.12.09
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_1069
ER -
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author = "Đukić, Nikola N. and Vasiljević, Božica and Milošević, Đurađ and Valjarević, Aleksandar and Jakšić, Tatjana and Vasić, Predrag S. and Štrbac, Snežana",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The study is focused on diatom communities as indicators of the water quality of aquatic ecosystems. The study included watercourses of the Timok River Basin in eastern Serbia. Sampling of algological material and physicochemical measurements were conducted at 30 locations in September 2016. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) showed that conductivity had an effect on the spatial variability of the diatom communities. At locations under influence of acid mine drainage along the Borska river, its tributaries and the Timok river, the diversity of benthic diatoms decreased and the abundance of metal tolerant taxa Achnanthidium minutissimum, Nitzschia capitellata and Nitzschia palea increased. Our study revealed that the combined effect of different pollutants significantly impacted on diatom assemblages; diatoms are good bioindicators of multiple pressures; and diatom indices with different types of pollution, may show an unreliable picture of the actual state, therefore, biological and physico-chemical parameters should also be observed when interpreting the results of a solely diatom-based assessment of the ecological condition of freshwaters.",
publisher = "Publ House Bulgarian Acad Sci, Sofia",
journal = "Comptes Rendus De L Academie Bulgare Des Sciences",
title = "A water quality assessment based on benthic diatoms of the Timok river basin (eastern Serbia) under multiple anthropogenic pressures",
volume = "73",
number = "12",
pages = "1696-1702",
doi = "10.7546/CRABS.2020.12.09",
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Đukić, N. N., Vasiljević, B., Milošević, Đ., Valjarević, A., Jakšić, T., Vasić, P. S.,& Štrbac, S.. (2020). A water quality assessment based on benthic diatoms of the Timok river basin (eastern Serbia) under multiple anthropogenic pressures. in Comptes Rendus De L Academie Bulgare Des Sciences
Publ House Bulgarian Acad Sci, Sofia., 73(12), 1696-1702.
https://doi.org/10.7546/CRABS.2020.12.09
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_1069
Đukić NN, Vasiljević B, Milošević Đ, Valjarević A, Jakšić T, Vasić PS, Štrbac S. A water quality assessment based on benthic diatoms of the Timok river basin (eastern Serbia) under multiple anthropogenic pressures. in Comptes Rendus De L Academie Bulgare Des Sciences. 2020;73(12):1696-1702.
doi:10.7546/CRABS.2020.12.09
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_1069 .
Đukić, Nikola N., Vasiljević, Božica, Milošević, Đurađ, Valjarević, Aleksandar, Jakšić, Tatjana, Vasić, Predrag S., Štrbac, Snežana, "A water quality assessment based on benthic diatoms of the Timok river basin (eastern Serbia) under multiple anthropogenic pressures" in Comptes Rendus De L Academie Bulgare Des Sciences, 73, no. 12 (2020):1696-1702,
https://doi.org/10.7546/CRABS.2020.12.09 .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_1069 .
