Uncertainty of using habitat fidelity in biomonitoring based on benthic diatoms - the Raška River case study
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2018
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Vidaković, Danijela
Radovanović, Sanja
Predojević, Dragana

Šovran, Sanja

Živić, Ivana

Stojanović, Katarina

Krizmanić, Jelena

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Epilithic diatoms are frequently recommended for river biomonitoring, while much less emphasis is placed on epiphytic communities.
This study considers use of epiphytic and epilithic diatom communities from the Raška River in biomonitoring. A total
of 212 diatom taxa were recorded in both communities. Dominant diatoms were Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing)
Czarnecki, A. affine (Grunow) Czarnecki, A. subatomus (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot, Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow,
Diatoma vulgaris Bory, Gomphonema tergestinum (Grunow) Fricke, Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van
Heurck, Melosira varians Agardh and Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory. Redundancy analysis (RDA) was used to detect
the relationships between diatoms, some environmental factors and sampling sites. Diatoms of the epiphytic community showed
a clearly grouping in relation to the sampling sites as compared with diatoms of the epilithic community. Species common to both
communities showed a similar co...rrelation with some environmental variables (BOD, pH, NH4
+, TP, NO3
− and conductivity),
with three exceptions (Diatoma vulgaris, Cymbella compacta, and Encyonema silesiacum). Pearson’s correlation coefficient
showed correlation between selected environmental variables and diatom indices calculated usingOMNIDIA 6.2 software (TDI,
IPS, CEE, GENRE, TID, SID, SHE and IDSE/5). Diatoms of the epiphytic community are more clearly clustered in relation to
the sampling sites as compared with diatoms of the epilithic community. According to our results there is still Bplace^ in
biomonitoring for epiphytic community. The present study highlights the necessity of sampling both epiphytic and epilithic
communities because substrate specificity could play important role in biomonitoring.
Keywords:
Host specificity / Species-environmental correlation / Diatom index-environmental correlation / Epiphytic diatoms / Epilithic diatomsSource:
Biologia, 2018, 73, 9, 831-839Publisher:
- Springer
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DOI: 10.2478/s11756-018-0108-4
ISSN: 0006-3088
WoS: 000444012800003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85053003584
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IHTMTY - JOUR AU - Vidaković, Danijela AU - Radovanović, Sanja AU - Predojević, Dragana AU - Šovran, Sanja AU - Živić, Ivana AU - Stojanović, Katarina AU - Krizmanić, Jelena PY - 2018 UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4558 AB - Epilithic diatoms are frequently recommended for river biomonitoring, while much less emphasis is placed on epiphytic communities. This study considers use of epiphytic and epilithic diatom communities from the Raška River in biomonitoring. A total of 212 diatom taxa were recorded in both communities. Dominant diatoms were Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki, A. affine (Grunow) Czarnecki, A. subatomus (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot, Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow, Diatoma vulgaris Bory, Gomphonema tergestinum (Grunow) Fricke, Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck, Melosira varians Agardh and Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory. Redundancy analysis (RDA) was used to detect the relationships between diatoms, some environmental factors and sampling sites. Diatoms of the epiphytic community showed a clearly grouping in relation to the sampling sites as compared with diatoms of the epilithic community. Species common to both communities showed a similar correlation with some environmental variables (BOD, pH, NH4 +, TP, NO3 − and conductivity), with three exceptions (Diatoma vulgaris, Cymbella compacta, and Encyonema silesiacum). Pearson’s correlation coefficient showed correlation between selected environmental variables and diatom indices calculated usingOMNIDIA 6.2 software (TDI, IPS, CEE, GENRE, TID, SID, SHE and IDSE/5). Diatoms of the epiphytic community are more clearly clustered in relation to the sampling sites as compared with diatoms of the epilithic community. According to our results there is still Bplace^ in biomonitoring for epiphytic community. The present study highlights the necessity of sampling both epiphytic and epilithic communities because substrate specificity could play important role in biomonitoring. PB - Springer T2 - Biologia T1 - Uncertainty of using habitat fidelity in biomonitoring based on benthic diatoms - the Raška River case study VL - 73 IS - 9 SP - 831 EP - 839 DO - 10.2478/s11756-018-0108-4 ER -
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Vidaković, D., Radovanović, S., Predojević, D., Šovran, S., Živić, I., Stojanović, K.,& Krizmanić, J.. (2018). Uncertainty of using habitat fidelity in biomonitoring based on benthic diatoms - the Raška River case study. in Biologia Springer., 73(9), 831-839. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0108-4
Vidaković D, Radovanović S, Predojević D, Šovran S, Živić I, Stojanović K, Krizmanić J. Uncertainty of using habitat fidelity in biomonitoring based on benthic diatoms - the Raška River case study. in Biologia. 2018;73(9):831-839. doi:10.2478/s11756-018-0108-4 .
Vidaković, Danijela, Radovanović, Sanja, Predojević, Dragana, Šovran, Sanja, Živić, Ivana, Stojanović, Katarina, Krizmanić, Jelena, "Uncertainty of using habitat fidelity in biomonitoring based on benthic diatoms - the Raška River case study" in Biologia, 73, no. 9 (2018):831-839, https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0108-4 . .