TY  - JOUR
AU  - Marković, Aleksandra
AU  - Blaženčić, Jelena
AU  - Tanasković, Aljoša
AU  - Šinžar-Sekulić, Jasmina
PY  - 2023
UR  - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6907
AB  - In Serbia, almost all charophyte species belong to one of the IUCN categories. This study aimed to gather more knowledge about their floristic richness, distribution and ecology. During the survey, 262 localities were investigated in the Vojvodina province, northern Serbia. Seventeen charophyte species were found, out of which 16 were included in the analyses. The environmental matrix included 38 localities, each characterized by habitat type and 35 environmental parameters. The canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed six parameters as being statistically significant: substrate, altitude, depth, water temperature, temperature annual range and precipitation of the driest month. Together, these explain the 32.34% variability in the species composition and abundance data. Altitude and substrate contributed the most to this. Two main types of habitats were outlined by the analysis. Small and shallow temporary habitats in the river floodplains, at lower altitudes, with muddy and clayish substrate, belong to one type. These areas are inhabited by either very tolerant species, such as Chara vulgaris and C. globularis, or the so-called “spring” species of the genera Tolypella and Nitella. Habitats which are located at higher altitudes, when deeper and more permanent with a sandy substrate, such as sandpits and river habitats, belong to the second one. These areas are inhabited by species like Chara papillosa, C. hispida, and Nitellopsis obtusa.
PB  - Basel, Switzerland : MDPI
T2  - Diversity
T1  - Diversity and Ecology of Charophytes from Vojvodina ( Serbia ) in Relation to Physico-Chemical and Bioclimatic Habitat
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
SP  - 342
DO  - 10.3390/d15030342
ER  - 

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author = "Marković, Aleksandra and Blaženčić, Jelena and Tanasković, Aljoša and Šinžar-Sekulić, Jasmina",
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abstract = "In Serbia, almost all charophyte species belong to one of the IUCN categories. This study aimed to gather more knowledge about their floristic richness, distribution and ecology. During the survey, 262 localities were investigated in the Vojvodina province, northern Serbia. Seventeen charophyte species were found, out of which 16 were included in the analyses. The environmental matrix included 38 localities, each characterized by habitat type and 35 environmental parameters. The canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed six parameters as being statistically significant: substrate, altitude, depth, water temperature, temperature annual range and precipitation of the driest month. Together, these explain the 32.34% variability in the species composition and abundance data. Altitude and substrate contributed the most to this. Two main types of habitats were outlined by the analysis. Small and shallow temporary habitats in the river floodplains, at lower altitudes, with muddy and clayish substrate, belong to one type. These areas are inhabited by either very tolerant species, such as Chara vulgaris and C. globularis, or the so-called “spring” species of the genera Tolypella and Nitella. Habitats which are located at higher altitudes, when deeper and more permanent with a sandy substrate, such as sandpits and river habitats, belong to the second one. These areas are inhabited by species like Chara papillosa, C. hispida, and Nitellopsis obtusa.",
publisher = "Basel, Switzerland : MDPI",
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title = "Diversity and Ecology of Charophytes from Vojvodina ( Serbia ) in Relation to Physico-Chemical and Bioclimatic Habitat",
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Marković, A., Blaženčić, J., Tanasković, A.,& Šinžar-Sekulić, J.. (2023). Diversity and Ecology of Charophytes from Vojvodina ( Serbia ) in Relation to Physico-Chemical and Bioclimatic Habitat. in Diversity
Basel, Switzerland : MDPI., 15(3), 342.
https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030342

Marković A, Blaženčić J, Tanasković A, Šinžar-Sekulić J. Diversity and Ecology of Charophytes from Vojvodina ( Serbia ) in Relation to Physico-Chemical and Bioclimatic Habitat. in Diversity. 2023;15(3):342.
doi:10.3390/d15030342 .

Marković, Aleksandra, Blaženčić, Jelena, Tanasković, Aljoša, Šinžar-Sekulić, Jasmina, "Diversity and Ecology of Charophytes from Vojvodina ( Serbia ) in Relation to Physico-Chemical and Bioclimatic Habitat" in Diversity, 15, no. 3 (2023):342,
https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030342 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Marković, Aleksandra
AU  - Schneider, Susanne
AU  - Trajanovska, Sonja
AU  - Biberdžić, Vera
AU  - Talevska, Marina
AU  - Imeri, Alma
AU  - Blaženčić, Jelena
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7040
AB  - The Sava Lake, originating from a branch of the Sava river, is situated next to
the island Ada Ciganlija on the right bank of the Sava river in Belgrade (Serbia). It
is an urban recreational lake under strong anthropogenic influence, especially during
the summer days. Investigations of aquatic vegetation were conducted several times
during the last decades and the latest systematic survey was conducted in summer
2017 as a part of STARWALK project. Since then, sampling was continued
sporadically, revealing a great diversity of charophyte algae. Overall,we discovered
eight charophyte species in the lake, which is a remarkable number even for
unimpacted natural lakes. The species found belong to four out of six genera of
living charophytes. The genus Chara is represented with three species, C.
globularis, C. contraria and C. virgata, the genus Nitella also with three, Nitella
mucronata, N. gracilis, N. flexilis, and genera Tolypella and Nitellopsis with one
species, respectively, T. intricata and N. obtusa. Moreover, almost all discovered
species are red listed in Serbia and the Balkans, according to IUCN criteria. Six of
them are strictly protected according to national legislation. The finding of Nitella
flexilis was the first finding of this species for Serbia.
PB  - Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš
PB  - Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Belgrade
C3  - Abstracts - 14th Symposium on the flora of southeastern Serbia and neighboring regions, 26th to 29thJune, 2022, Kladovo
T1  - The Sava Lake – charophyte gem in the heart of Belgrade
SP  - 43
EP  - 43
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7040
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Marković, Aleksandra and Schneider, Susanne and Trajanovska, Sonja and Biberdžić, Vera and Talevska, Marina and Imeri, Alma and Blaženčić, Jelena",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The Sava Lake, originating from a branch of the Sava river, is situated next to
the island Ada Ciganlija on the right bank of the Sava river in Belgrade (Serbia). It
is an urban recreational lake under strong anthropogenic influence, especially during
the summer days. Investigations of aquatic vegetation were conducted several times
during the last decades and the latest systematic survey was conducted in summer
2017 as a part of STARWALK project. Since then, sampling was continued
sporadically, revealing a great diversity of charophyte algae. Overall,we discovered
eight charophyte species in the lake, which is a remarkable number even for
unimpacted natural lakes. The species found belong to four out of six genera of
living charophytes. The genus Chara is represented with three species, C.
globularis, C. contraria and C. virgata, the genus Nitella also with three, Nitella
mucronata, N. gracilis, N. flexilis, and genera Tolypella and Nitellopsis with one
species, respectively, T. intricata and N. obtusa. Moreover, almost all discovered
species are red listed in Serbia and the Balkans, according to IUCN criteria. Six of
them are strictly protected according to national legislation. The finding of Nitella
flexilis was the first finding of this species for Serbia.",
publisher = "Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Belgrade",
journal = "Abstracts - 14th Symposium on the flora of southeastern Serbia and neighboring regions, 26th to 29thJune, 2022, Kladovo",
title = "The Sava Lake – charophyte gem in the heart of Belgrade",
pages = "43-43",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7040"
}

Marković, A., Schneider, S., Trajanovska, S., Biberdžić, V., Talevska, M., Imeri, A.,& Blaženčić, J.. (2022). The Sava Lake – charophyte gem in the heart of Belgrade. in Abstracts - 14th Symposium on the flora of southeastern Serbia and neighboring regions, 26th to 29thJune, 2022, Kladovo
Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš., 43-43.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7040

Marković A, Schneider S, Trajanovska S, Biberdžić V, Talevska M, Imeri A, Blaženčić J. The Sava Lake – charophyte gem in the heart of Belgrade. in Abstracts - 14th Symposium on the flora of southeastern Serbia and neighboring regions, 26th to 29thJune, 2022, Kladovo. 2022;:43-43.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7040 .

Marković, Aleksandra, Schneider, Susanne, Trajanovska, Sonja, Biberdžić, Vera, Talevska, Marina, Imeri, Alma, Blaženčić, Jelena, "The Sava Lake – charophyte gem in the heart of Belgrade" in Abstracts - 14th Symposium on the flora of southeastern Serbia and neighboring regions, 26th to 29thJune, 2022, Kladovo (2022):43-43,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7040 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Trbojević, Ivana
AU  - Marković, Aleksandra
AU  - Blaženčić, Jelena
AU  - Subakov Simić, Gordana
AU  - Nowak, Petra
AU  - Ballot, Andreas
AU  - Schneider, Susanne
PY  - 2020
UR  - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3865
AB  - Charophyte species delineation is regularly based on a set of thallus morphological character- istics, but considering pronounced phenotypic plasticity, difficulties and doubts commonly occur in Chara species determination. DNA barcoding may contribute to solving these chal- lenges. Here we characterize Chara contraria with an unusual set of morphological character- istics, and specimens morphologically resembling Chara connivens collected in Serbia, by describing their morphological traits and analysing matK barcoding results. Our results indi- cated that dioecious Chara specimens, tentatively determined as Chara “connivens” based on morphological traits, were genetically more closely related to C. globularis. These Chara
“connivens” specimens formed a sister group to a monophyletic C. globularis cluster, suggesting that it may be neither C. connivens nor C. globularis. We strongly encourage further barcoding of C. “connivens” samples from freshwater, in order to find out if there are consistent genetic differences between the dioecious freshwater C. “connivens” and monoecious C. globularis. Barcoding of matK placed the monoecious Chara specimens, which based on morphological characteristics initially were determined as C. virgata, into the C. contraria group. This indicates that the microscopic traits which commonly are used for Chara species determination some- times are misleading. In general, our study challenges the commonly used phenetic species concept in Charophyte taxonomy and illustrates the importance of molecular approaches to evaluate the validity of morphological characteristics of the plant thallus in species delineation.
PB  - Taylor & Francis
T2  - Botany Letters
T1  - Genetic and morphological variation in Chara contraria and a taxon morphologically resembling Chara connivens
VL  - 167
IS  - 2
SP  - 187
EP  - 200
DO  - 10.1080/23818107.2019.1703808
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Trbojević, Ivana and Marković, Aleksandra and Blaženčić, Jelena and Subakov Simić, Gordana and Nowak, Petra and Ballot, Andreas and Schneider, Susanne",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Charophyte species delineation is regularly based on a set of thallus morphological character- istics, but considering pronounced phenotypic plasticity, difficulties and doubts commonly occur in Chara species determination. DNA barcoding may contribute to solving these chal- lenges. Here we characterize Chara contraria with an unusual set of morphological character- istics, and specimens morphologically resembling Chara connivens collected in Serbia, by describing their morphological traits and analysing matK barcoding results. Our results indi- cated that dioecious Chara specimens, tentatively determined as Chara “connivens” based on morphological traits, were genetically more closely related to C. globularis. These Chara
“connivens” specimens formed a sister group to a monophyletic C. globularis cluster, suggesting that it may be neither C. connivens nor C. globularis. We strongly encourage further barcoding of C. “connivens” samples from freshwater, in order to find out if there are consistent genetic differences between the dioecious freshwater C. “connivens” and monoecious C. globularis. Barcoding of matK placed the monoecious Chara specimens, which based on morphological characteristics initially were determined as C. virgata, into the C. contraria group. This indicates that the microscopic traits which commonly are used for Chara species determination some- times are misleading. In general, our study challenges the commonly used phenetic species concept in Charophyte taxonomy and illustrates the importance of molecular approaches to evaluate the validity of morphological characteristics of the plant thallus in species delineation.",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
journal = "Botany Letters",
title = "Genetic and morphological variation in Chara contraria and a taxon morphologically resembling Chara connivens",
volume = "167",
number = "2",
pages = "187-200",
doi = "10.1080/23818107.2019.1703808"
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Trbojević, I., Marković, A., Blaženčić, J., Subakov Simić, G., Nowak, P., Ballot, A.,& Schneider, S.. (2020). Genetic and morphological variation in Chara contraria and a taxon morphologically resembling Chara connivens. in Botany Letters
Taylor & Francis., 167(2), 187-200.
https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2019.1703808

Trbojević I, Marković A, Blaženčić J, Subakov Simić G, Nowak P, Ballot A, Schneider S. Genetic and morphological variation in Chara contraria and a taxon morphologically resembling Chara connivens. in Botany Letters. 2020;167(2):187-200.
doi:10.1080/23818107.2019.1703808 .

Trbojević, Ivana, Marković, Aleksandra, Blaženčić, Jelena, Subakov Simić, Gordana, Nowak, Petra, Ballot, Andreas, Schneider, Susanne, "Genetic and morphological variation in Chara contraria and a taxon morphologically resembling Chara connivens" in Botany Letters, 167, no. 2 (2020):187-200,
https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2019.1703808 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Stanković, Igor
AU  - Alegro, Antun
AU  - Rimac, Anja
AU  - Vesić, Aleksandra
AU  - Blaženčić, Jelena
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7052
AB  - Parožine ili alge iz porodice Characeae složene su alge makroskopskog talusa koji izgledom
podsjeća na preslice. Uvrštene su na popis Natura 2000 staništa pod nazivom Tvrde oligo -
mezotrofne vode s dnom obraslim parožinama. Kako parožine Hrvatske do danas nisu
sustavno popisane, ovim je radom proveden detaljan uvid literaturnih podataka,
neobavljenih podataka iz istraživanja koautora, kao i podataka iz studija i elaborata kojima su
parožine bile obuhvaćene. U Hrvatskoj je ukupno utvrđeno 36 vrsta parožina iz svih šest do
sada opisanih rodova: Chara (19), Lamprothamnium (2), Lychnothamnus (1), Nitella (10),
Nitellopsis (1) i Tolypella (4). Prema geografskoj rasprostranjenosti, najviše su
rasprostranjene u Dinarskoj ekoregiji, ali određeni broj vrsta dolazi i u Panonskoj ekoregiji.
Kao Natura 2000 stanište, dominantna su skupina vodene vegetacije u većini hrvatskih
prirodnih krških jezera pa ih tako nalazimo u Plitvičkim jezerima, Vranskom jezeru na otoku
Cresu, Vranskom jezeru u Dalmaciji i Baćinskim jezerima. Kao pioniri vegetacije dolaze i u
povremenim lokvama ili jezerima na hrvatskim otocima poput otoka Mljeta, Paga, Krka i
mnogih drugih te duž cijele obale. Ovaj prvi sistematičan popis parožina Hrvatske temelj je zaštite prirode i značajan doprinos poznavanju bioraznolikosti Hrvatske, posebice jer su
njime obuhvaćene neke od najrjeđih pa sve do vrlo čestih vrsta.
AB  - Stoneworts or algae from family Characeae are complex algae with macroscopic habitus that
recall to horsetails. They are listed as Natura 2000 site under the name of Hard oligomesotrophic
waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp. Since diversity or presence of
Croatian stoneworts was never systematically investigated, detailed insight in literature
data, unpublished data from co-authors researches, as well as data from environmental
studies that comprised stoneworts was done. According to all available sources, there are 36
species of stoneworts in Croatia in total that belongs to all six genera: Chara (19),
Lamprothamnium (2), Lychnothamnus (1), Nitella (10), Nitellopsis (1) and Tolypella (4).
Geographically, stoneworts are mostly distributed in Dinaric Ecoregion, with minor number
of species in Pannonian Ecoregion. They are dominant aquatic vegetation in most of Croatian
natural karstic lakes as Natura 2000 site, therefore we find them in large abundance in
Plitvice Lakes, Lake Vransko on Island of Cres, Lake Vransko in Dalmatia and in Baćina Lakes.
As pioneers of vegetation, stoneworts are often found in temporary ponds and lakes on
islands throughout all Adriatic coast, like on islands Mljet, Pag, Krk and many others. This is
the first systematic list of stoneworts in Croatia and a foundation for nature protection as
well as significant contribution to knowledge of Croatian biodiversity, especially because it
brings data about some of the rarest and very common specie
PB  - Hrvatsko biološko društvo / Croatian Biological Society
C3  - Zbornik sažetaka - 13. Hrvatski Biološki Kongres sa međunarodnim sudjelovanjem, 19-23. rujna 2018, Poreč, Hrvatska / Book of Abstracts - 13th Croatian Biological Congress with International Participation, 19-23. September 2018, Poreč, Croatia
T1  - Parožine (Charales, Characeae) Hrvatske
T1  - Stoneworts (Charales, Characeae) of Croatia
SP  - 226
EP  - 227
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7052
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Stanković, Igor and Alegro, Antun and Rimac, Anja and Vesić, Aleksandra and Blaženčić, Jelena",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Parožine ili alge iz porodice Characeae složene su alge makroskopskog talusa koji izgledom
podsjeća na preslice. Uvrštene su na popis Natura 2000 staništa pod nazivom Tvrde oligo -
mezotrofne vode s dnom obraslim parožinama. Kako parožine Hrvatske do danas nisu
sustavno popisane, ovim je radom proveden detaljan uvid literaturnih podataka,
neobavljenih podataka iz istraživanja koautora, kao i podataka iz studija i elaborata kojima su
parožine bile obuhvaćene. U Hrvatskoj je ukupno utvrđeno 36 vrsta parožina iz svih šest do
sada opisanih rodova: Chara (19), Lamprothamnium (2), Lychnothamnus (1), Nitella (10),
Nitellopsis (1) i Tolypella (4). Prema geografskoj rasprostranjenosti, najviše su
rasprostranjene u Dinarskoj ekoregiji, ali određeni broj vrsta dolazi i u Panonskoj ekoregiji.
Kao Natura 2000 stanište, dominantna su skupina vodene vegetacije u većini hrvatskih
prirodnih krških jezera pa ih tako nalazimo u Plitvičkim jezerima, Vranskom jezeru na otoku
Cresu, Vranskom jezeru u Dalmaciji i Baćinskim jezerima. Kao pioniri vegetacije dolaze i u
povremenim lokvama ili jezerima na hrvatskim otocima poput otoka Mljeta, Paga, Krka i
mnogih drugih te duž cijele obale. Ovaj prvi sistematičan popis parožina Hrvatske temelj je zaštite prirode i značajan doprinos poznavanju bioraznolikosti Hrvatske, posebice jer su
njime obuhvaćene neke od najrjeđih pa sve do vrlo čestih vrsta., Stoneworts or algae from family Characeae are complex algae with macroscopic habitus that
recall to horsetails. They are listed as Natura 2000 site under the name of Hard oligomesotrophic
waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp. Since diversity or presence of
Croatian stoneworts was never systematically investigated, detailed insight in literature
data, unpublished data from co-authors researches, as well as data from environmental
studies that comprised stoneworts was done. According to all available sources, there are 36
species of stoneworts in Croatia in total that belongs to all six genera: Chara (19),
Lamprothamnium (2), Lychnothamnus (1), Nitella (10), Nitellopsis (1) and Tolypella (4).
Geographically, stoneworts are mostly distributed in Dinaric Ecoregion, with minor number
of species in Pannonian Ecoregion. They are dominant aquatic vegetation in most of Croatian
natural karstic lakes as Natura 2000 site, therefore we find them in large abundance in
Plitvice Lakes, Lake Vransko on Island of Cres, Lake Vransko in Dalmatia and in Baćina Lakes.
As pioneers of vegetation, stoneworts are often found in temporary ponds and lakes on
islands throughout all Adriatic coast, like on islands Mljet, Pag, Krk and many others. This is
the first systematic list of stoneworts in Croatia and a foundation for nature protection as
well as significant contribution to knowledge of Croatian biodiversity, especially because it
brings data about some of the rarest and very common specie",
publisher = "Hrvatsko biološko društvo / Croatian Biological Society",
journal = "Zbornik sažetaka - 13. Hrvatski Biološki Kongres sa međunarodnim sudjelovanjem, 19-23. rujna 2018, Poreč, Hrvatska / Book of Abstracts - 13th Croatian Biological Congress with International Participation, 19-23. September 2018, Poreč, Croatia",
title = "Parožine (Charales, Characeae) Hrvatske, Stoneworts (Charales, Characeae) of Croatia",
pages = "226-227",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7052"
}

Stanković, I., Alegro, A., Rimac, A., Vesić, A.,& Blaženčić, J.. (2018). Parožine (Charales, Characeae) Hrvatske. in Zbornik sažetaka - 13. Hrvatski Biološki Kongres sa međunarodnim sudjelovanjem, 19-23. rujna 2018, Poreč, Hrvatska / Book of Abstracts - 13th Croatian Biological Congress with International Participation, 19-23. September 2018, Poreč, Croatia
Hrvatsko biološko društvo / Croatian Biological Society., 226-227.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7052

Stanković I, Alegro A, Rimac A, Vesić A, Blaženčić J. Parožine (Charales, Characeae) Hrvatske. in Zbornik sažetaka - 13. Hrvatski Biološki Kongres sa međunarodnim sudjelovanjem, 19-23. rujna 2018, Poreč, Hrvatska / Book of Abstracts - 13th Croatian Biological Congress with International Participation, 19-23. September 2018, Poreč, Croatia. 2018;:226-227.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7052 .

Stanković, Igor, Alegro, Antun, Rimac, Anja, Vesić, Aleksandra, Blaženčić, Jelena, "Parožine (Charales, Characeae) Hrvatske" in Zbornik sažetaka - 13. Hrvatski Biološki Kongres sa međunarodnim sudjelovanjem, 19-23. rujna 2018, Poreč, Hrvatska / Book of Abstracts - 13th Croatian Biological Congress with International Participation, 19-23. September 2018, Poreč, Croatia (2018):226-227,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_7052 .

TY  - CHAP
AU  - Blaženčić, Jelena
AU  - Kashta, Lefter
AU  - Vesić, Aleksandra
AU  - Biberdžić, Vera
AU  - Stevanović, Branka
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2416
AB  - Charophytes or stoneworts (Charales, Characeae) are submerged green macroscopic algae of great importance for the environmental and economic sustainability of the aquatic ecosystem of Lake Skadar/Shkodra. In the course of many years of research of these algae in the Montenegrin and the Albanian part of Lake Skadar/Shkodra, 30 taxa of charophytes have been registered in the rank of species, forms and varieties. These taxa belong to the four genera of the Characeae family existing in the lake – namely, Chara, Nitella, Tolypella and Nitellopsis. The largest number of taxa belongs to the genus Chara, namely, 12 species, 3 forms and 2 varieties, 10 species belong to the genus Nitella, 2 species belong to the genus Tolypella and, finally, only 1 species belongs to the genus Nitellopsis. The ecological and phytocenological characteristics of each taxon, as well as the hydrological and geomorphological characteristics of their finding sites, are presented in order to emphasize the fact that Lake Skadar/Shkodra is one of the most significant charophyte diversity centres in the Balkan Peninsula. All the data presented in this study are based on our own field investigations, as well as herbarium and literature surveys.
PB  - Springer Verlag
T2  - Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
T1  - Charophytes (Charales) of lake Skadar/Shkodra: Ecology and distribution
VL  - 80
SP  - 169
EP  - 202
DO  - 10.1007/698_2018_265
ER  - 

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journal = "Handbook of Environmental Chemistry",
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Springer Verlag., 80, 169-202.
https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2018_265

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Blaženčić, Jelena, Kashta, Lefter, Vesić, Aleksandra, Biberdžić, Vera, Stevanović, Branka, "Charophytes (Charales) of lake Skadar/Shkodra: Ecology and distribution" in Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 80 (2018):169-202,
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