Macroalgae and macrozoobenthos of the Pcinja river

Abstract

During autumn and spring periods of 1998, 1999 and 2000, 4 taxa of macroalgae (divisions of Cyanophyta, Rhodophyta, Chrysophyta and Chlorophyta) and 78 taxa of macrozoobenthos were found in 10 localities of Pcinja River, in a part of its watercourse through Serbia. Macroalga Cladophora glomerata was the most numerous among representatives. The find of red alga Lemanea sp. which was recorded for the first time at this biotope in Serbia, is significant. From representatives of macrozoobenthos the greatest number of species was found in the groups of Epheromeroptera, Trichoptera and larvae of Diptera. Majority of species of macrozoobenthos have wide geographic distribution, and in relation to ecological factors they are mainly eurivalent forms.

Macroinvertebrate communities along the Velika Morava River

“…This site, as the northernmost population of T. transversalis in the Velika Morava-Južna Morava-Nišava river system, is situated in the lower river stretch, and as such it is more exposed to all mentioned risks/pressures. However, the VM4 locality is characterized by high taxa richness, in the range of certain mountain streams, such as that reported in the Pčinja River (Simić and Simić, 2003) and the Temska and Visočica rivers (Živić et al, 2005), even with an abundant populations of some invasive taxa (bivalves C. fluminea and S. woodiana). Knowing that diverse microhabitats assume an important role in establishing diversity and structure of macroinvertebrate communities (Cogerino et al, 1995;Costa and Melo, 2008), conspicuous variety of microhabitats (mud, sand, gravel, and rock, as well as relatively preserved riparian vegetation) could be an explanation for the observed taxa richness at this site.…”

New records and distribution data of stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from the Western Balkans

“…The knowledge about the stonefly fauna of the South-eastern Europe is fragmentary with many underinvestigated areas (e.g. Dauti, 1986Dauti, , 1897Dauti et al, 2007, Filipović, 1954, 1968Konta, 1997;Marković 1995, 1998Murányi, 2008;Simić, 1993Simić, , 1995Simić & Simić, 1999, 2003Simić, et al, 2006;Paunović, et al, 2006, Petrović, et al, 2014Raušer, 1963;Sivec, 1980a, b;Živić et al, 2001, 2005. The Plecoptera fauna of Macedonia is relatively well known among Balkan countries (Ikonomov, 1969(Ikonomov, , 1970(Ikonomov, , 1971(Ikonomov, , 1972(Ikonomov, , 1973(Ikonomov, , 1974a(Ikonomov, , b, 1975(Ikonomov, , 1976a(Ikonomov, , b, 1977(Ikonomov, , 1978a(Ikonomov, , b, 1979(Ikonomov, , 1980a(Ikonomov, , b, 1981(Ikonomov, , 1982(Ikonomov, , 1983a(Ikonomov, , b, c, d, 1986aMurányi et al, 2014b).…”

“…The first data about the Plecoptera fauna of Albania were given by Klapálek (1906) in his key to the European Taeniopterygidae, then in Pongrácz (1923), Navás (1923), Mosely (1932), Rauer (1963, 1965, Murányi (2007Murányi ( , 2011, Murányi et al, (2014aMurányi et al, ( , 2016 and Graf et al (2018). The stonefly fauna of Serbia is relatively well investigated (Filipović, 1954(Filipović, , 1968(Filipović, , 1969Konta, 1997;Marković, 1995;1998;Marković et al, 1998;Simić, 1993Simić, , 1995Simić, , 1999Simić, , 2003Paunović et al, 2006Paunović et al, , 2012Petrović et al, 2014;Živić et al, 2001, 2005. In Montenegro 57 stonefly species are reported (Murànyi, 2008).…”

New data on the distribution and ecology of the mayfly larvae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) of Serbia (central part of the Balkan Peninsula)

“…Studies presenting the diversity and distribution pattern of lotic systems mainly provide data about mayflies in Western and Central Europe (Grandi, 1960;Belfiore, 1983Belfiore, , 1994D' Antonio, 1990, 1991;Belfiore et al, 1992;Zabric and Sartori, 1997;Bauernfeind, 2003;Buffagni et al, 2003;Derka, 2003;Haybach and Malzacher, 2003;Ruginis, 2006;Zahrádková et al, 2009). However, the Balkan Peninsula has been a relatively unexplored area, where previous research on the mayfly fauna has been conducted only on particular rivers (Klapalek, 1898(Klapalek, , 1906Živojinović, 1950;Filipović, 1954Filipović, , 1968Filipović, , 1969Filipović, , 1976Filipović, , 1979Ikonomov, 1960Ikonomov, , 1962Marković and Janković, 1989;Marković, 1995;Marković and Mitrović-Tutundzić, 1997;Paunović et al, 1997;Marković, 1998;Paunović et al, 1999;Simić and Simić, 1999;Marković and Živić, 2002;Simić and Simić, 2003;Paunović et al, 2006a;Savić et al, 2011).…”