Relating environmental pressures to littoral biological water quality indicators in Western Balkan lakes: Can we fill the largest gaps?
Аутори
Vermaat, Jan E.Biberdžić, Vera
Braho, Vjola
Budzakoska Gjoreska, Biljana
Cara, Magdalena
Dana, Zamira
Đurašković, Pavle
Eriksen, Tor Erik
Hjermann, Dag
Imeri, Alma
Jovanović, Katarina
Krizmanić, Jelena
Kupe, Lirika
Loshkoska, Tatjana
Lynn Kemp, Joanna
Marković, Aleksandra
Patceva, Suzana
Rakočević, Jelena
Stojanović, Katarina
Talevska, Marina
Trajanovska, Sonja
Trajanovski, Sasho
Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, Elizabeta
Vidaković, Danijela
Zdraveski, Konstantin
Živić, Ivana
C. Schneider, Susanne
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Along six transects in each of six lakes across the Western Balkans, we collected data for three groups of littoral biological water quality indicators: epilithic diatoms, macrophytes, and benthic invertebrates. We assessed the relationships between them and three environmental pressures: nutrient load (eutrophication), hydro-morphological alteration of the shoreline, and water level variation, separating the effect of individual lakes and continuous explanatory variables. Lake water total phosphorus concentration (TP) showed substantial variation but was not related to any of the tested biological indicators, nor to any of the tested pressures. We suggest that this may be due to feedback processes such as P removal in the lake littoral zone. Instead, we found that a gradient in surrounding land-use towards increasing urbanization, and a land-use-based estimate of P run-off, served as a better descriptor of eutrophication. Overall, eutrophication and water level fluctuation were most i...mportant for explaining variation in the assessed indicators, whereas shoreline hydro-morphological alteration was less important. Diatom indicators were most responsive to all three pressures, whereas macrophyte biomass and species number responded only to water level fluctuation. The Trophic Diatom Index for Lakes (TDIL) was negatively related to urbanization and wave exposure. This indicates that it is a suitable indicator for pressures related to urbanization, although a confounding effect of wave exposure is possible. Invertebrate abundance responded strongly to eutrophication, but the indicator based on taxonomic composition (Average Score Per Taxon) did not. Our results suggest that our metrics can be applied in Western Balkan lakes, despite the high number of endemic species present in some of these lakes. We argue that local water management should focus on abating the causes of eutrophication and water level fluctuation, whilst preserving sufficient lengths of undeveloped shoreline to ensure good water quality in the long run.
Кључне речи:
Benthic invertebrates / Diatoms / Eutrophication / Hydro-morphological change / Macrophytes / Water level fluctuationИзвор:
Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 804, 150160-Издавач:
- Elsevier
Финансирање / пројекти:
- The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (STAR-WALK)
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150160
ISSN: 0048-9697; 1879-1026
WoS: 000701780900004
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85114845516
Институција/група
IHTMTY - JOUR AU - Vermaat, Jan E. AU - Biberdžić, Vera AU - Braho, Vjola AU - Budzakoska Gjoreska, Biljana AU - Cara, Magdalena AU - Dana, Zamira AU - Đurašković, Pavle AU - Eriksen, Tor Erik AU - Hjermann, Dag AU - Imeri, Alma AU - Jovanović, Katarina AU - Krizmanić, Jelena AU - Kupe, Lirika AU - Loshkoska, Tatjana AU - Lynn Kemp, Joanna AU - Marković, Aleksandra AU - Patceva, Suzana AU - Rakočević, Jelena AU - Stojanović, Katarina AU - Talevska, Marina AU - Trajanovska, Sonja AU - Trajanovski, Sasho AU - Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, Elizabeta AU - Vidaković, Danijela AU - Zdraveski, Konstantin AU - Živić, Ivana AU - C. Schneider, Susanne PY - 2022 UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4752 AB - Along six transects in each of six lakes across the Western Balkans, we collected data for three groups of littoral biological water quality indicators: epilithic diatoms, macrophytes, and benthic invertebrates. We assessed the relationships between them and three environmental pressures: nutrient load (eutrophication), hydro-morphological alteration of the shoreline, and water level variation, separating the effect of individual lakes and continuous explanatory variables. Lake water total phosphorus concentration (TP) showed substantial variation but was not related to any of the tested biological indicators, nor to any of the tested pressures. We suggest that this may be due to feedback processes such as P removal in the lake littoral zone. Instead, we found that a gradient in surrounding land-use towards increasing urbanization, and a land-use-based estimate of P run-off, served as a better descriptor of eutrophication. Overall, eutrophication and water level fluctuation were most important for explaining variation in the assessed indicators, whereas shoreline hydro-morphological alteration was less important. Diatom indicators were most responsive to all three pressures, whereas macrophyte biomass and species number responded only to water level fluctuation. The Trophic Diatom Index for Lakes (TDIL) was negatively related to urbanization and wave exposure. This indicates that it is a suitable indicator for pressures related to urbanization, although a confounding effect of wave exposure is possible. Invertebrate abundance responded strongly to eutrophication, but the indicator based on taxonomic composition (Average Score Per Taxon) did not. Our results suggest that our metrics can be applied in Western Balkan lakes, despite the high number of endemic species present in some of these lakes. We argue that local water management should focus on abating the causes of eutrophication and water level fluctuation, whilst preserving sufficient lengths of undeveloped shoreline to ensure good water quality in the long run. PB - Elsevier T2 - Science of the Total Environment T1 - Relating environmental pressures to littoral biological water quality indicators in Western Balkan lakes: Can we fill the largest gaps? VL - 804 SP - 150160 DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150160 ER -
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Vermaat, J. E., Biberdžić, V., Braho, V., Budzakoska Gjoreska, B., Cara, M., Dana, Z., Đurašković, P., Eriksen, T. E., Hjermann, D., Imeri, A., Jovanović, K., Krizmanić, J., Kupe, L., Loshkoska, T., Lynn Kemp, J., Marković, A., Patceva, S., Rakočević, J., Stojanović, K., Talevska, M., Trajanovska, S., Trajanovski, S., Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, E., Vidaković, D., Zdraveski, K., Živić, I.,& C. Schneider, S.. (2022). Relating environmental pressures to littoral biological water quality indicators in Western Balkan lakes: Can we fill the largest gaps?. in Science of the Total Environment Elsevier., 804, 150160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150160
Vermaat JE, Biberdžić V, Braho V, Budzakoska Gjoreska B, Cara M, Dana Z, Đurašković P, Eriksen TE, Hjermann D, Imeri A, Jovanović K, Krizmanić J, Kupe L, Loshkoska T, Lynn Kemp J, Marković A, Patceva S, Rakočević J, Stojanović K, Talevska M, Trajanovska S, Trajanovski S, Veljanoska-Sarafiloska E, Vidaković D, Zdraveski K, Živić I, C. Schneider S. Relating environmental pressures to littoral biological water quality indicators in Western Balkan lakes: Can we fill the largest gaps?. in Science of the Total Environment. 2022;804:150160. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150160 .
Vermaat, Jan E., Biberdžić, Vera, Braho, Vjola, Budzakoska Gjoreska, Biljana, Cara, Magdalena, Dana, Zamira, Đurašković, Pavle, Eriksen, Tor Erik, Hjermann, Dag, Imeri, Alma, Jovanović, Katarina, Krizmanić, Jelena, Kupe, Lirika, Loshkoska, Tatjana, Lynn Kemp, Joanna, Marković, Aleksandra, Patceva, Suzana, Rakočević, Jelena, Stojanović, Katarina, Talevska, Marina, Trajanovska, Sonja, Trajanovski, Sasho, Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, Elizabeta, Vidaković, Danijela, Zdraveski, Konstantin, Živić, Ivana, C. Schneider, Susanne, "Relating environmental pressures to littoral biological water quality indicators in Western Balkan lakes: Can we fill the largest gaps?" in Science of the Total Environment, 804 (2022):150160, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150160 . .