Can a benthic diatom community complement chemical analyses and discriminate between disturbed and undisturbed saline wetland habitats?
Abstract
Soda pans are protected in the European
Union as Natura 2000 areas in the category of
‘‘Pannonic saline steppes and marshes’’. There are at
least six soda pans of reference status in Serbia and
only a half have strict legal protection. The number of
similar, but disturbed (modified) habitats that could be
reconstructed is still unknown. We conducted sampling
in five natural and two disturbed soda pans
aiming to compare a difference in physical and
chemical water properties and benthic diatom communities.
In addition, we tried to apply recently
developed Diatom Index for Soda Pans (DISP) and
Trait-based index (TBI) to test the applicability of
taxonomic and trait-based approaches in ecological
status assessment of soda pans in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin. In contrast to natural soda pans,
lower pH and nutrients levels were recorded in
disturbed pans. A total of 86 taxa of benthic diatoms,
including 11 new for diatom flora of Serbia, were
identified. A low...er species richness and Shannon
index was recorded in natural soda pans. Nitzschia
austriaca, N. supralitorea, Navicula veneta and N.
wiesneri were dominant diatoms in soda pans of the
reference status. Both diatom indices were in average
lower in disturbed pans, and this difference was
statistically significant for DISP index. We concluded
that two indices, supplemented with indicator values
for some local diatom species, can be a promising tool
for soda pan conservation in this part of the Carpathian
Basin.
Keywords:
Soda pans / Diatoms / Diatom Index for Soda Pans (DISP) / Trait-based index (TBI)Source:
Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2021, 29, 451-466Publisher:
- Springer
Funding / projects:
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200026 (University of Belgrade, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy - IChTM) (RS-200026)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200178 (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology) (RS-200178)
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- Supplementary information: https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4548
- The peer-reviewed version of the article: https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4571
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DOI: 10.1007/s11273-021-09794-9
ISSN: 0923-4861
WoS: 000629444500001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85102947970
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IHTMTY - JOUR AU - Ćirić, Miloš AU - Gavrilović, Bojan AU - Krizmanić, Jelena AU - Dojčinović, Biljana AU - Vidaković, Danijela PY - 2021 UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4543 AB - Soda pans are protected in the European Union as Natura 2000 areas in the category of ‘‘Pannonic saline steppes and marshes’’. There are at least six soda pans of reference status in Serbia and only a half have strict legal protection. The number of similar, but disturbed (modified) habitats that could be reconstructed is still unknown. We conducted sampling in five natural and two disturbed soda pans aiming to compare a difference in physical and chemical water properties and benthic diatom communities. In addition, we tried to apply recently developed Diatom Index for Soda Pans (DISP) and Trait-based index (TBI) to test the applicability of taxonomic and trait-based approaches in ecological status assessment of soda pans in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin. In contrast to natural soda pans, lower pH and nutrients levels were recorded in disturbed pans. A total of 86 taxa of benthic diatoms, including 11 new for diatom flora of Serbia, were identified. A lower species richness and Shannon index was recorded in natural soda pans. Nitzschia austriaca, N. supralitorea, Navicula veneta and N. wiesneri were dominant diatoms in soda pans of the reference status. Both diatom indices were in average lower in disturbed pans, and this difference was statistically significant for DISP index. We concluded that two indices, supplemented with indicator values for some local diatom species, can be a promising tool for soda pan conservation in this part of the Carpathian Basin. PB - Springer T2 - Wetlands Ecology and Management T1 - Can a benthic diatom community complement chemical analyses and discriminate between disturbed and undisturbed saline wetland habitats? VL - 29 SP - 451 EP - 466 DO - 10.1007/s11273-021-09794-9 ER -
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Ćirić, M., Gavrilović, B., Krizmanić, J., Dojčinović, B.,& Vidaković, D.. (2021). Can a benthic diatom community complement chemical analyses and discriminate between disturbed and undisturbed saline wetland habitats?. in Wetlands Ecology and Management Springer., 29, 451-466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-021-09794-9
Ćirić M, Gavrilović B, Krizmanić J, Dojčinović B, Vidaković D. Can a benthic diatom community complement chemical analyses and discriminate between disturbed and undisturbed saline wetland habitats?. in Wetlands Ecology and Management. 2021;29:451-466. doi:10.1007/s11273-021-09794-9 .
Ćirić, Miloš, Gavrilović, Bojan, Krizmanić, Jelena, Dojčinović, Biljana, Vidaković, Danijela, "Can a benthic diatom community complement chemical analyses and discriminate between disturbed and undisturbed saline wetland habitats?" in Wetlands Ecology and Management, 29 (2021):451-466, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-021-09794-9 . .