Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2583
Title: Structure and succession of periphyton in an urban reservoir: Artificial substrate specificity
Authors: Trbojević, Ivana 
Jovanović, Jelena
Kostić, Dušan
Popović, Slađana 
Krizmanić, Jelena 
Karadžić, Vesna
Subakov Simić, Gordana 
Keywords: Artificial substrates;Ceramic;Glass;Periphyton;Shallow lake;Wood.
Issue Date: 20-Dec-2017
Rank: M23
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Journal: Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies
Volume: 46
Issue: 4
Start page: 379
End page: 392
Abstract: 
© 2017 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland. Substrate specificity of the periphyton community is usually underestimated in both periphyton ecology and biomonitoring studies, thus different kinds of both natural and artificial substrates (of organic and inorganic origin) are employed. Periphyton colonization and successional trajectories are particularly debatable processes when different kinds of substrates are considered. In our field experiment, we deployed four kinds of artificial substrates (two inorganic ones - glass and ceramic, and two organic ones - willow and yew wooden tiles) for the development of periphyton in an urban reservoir referred to as Lake Savsko (Belgrade, Serbia). We comparatively investigated the structure, colonization process, diversity and successional trajectories of periphyton. We also assessed the relationship between the dynamics of algae growth forms (ecological groups) on different substrates and selected abiotic limnological factors. Our objective was to determine whether the type of substrate affects periphyton characteristics at various levels and whether an artificial substrate potentially affects the bioindication capacity of ecological groups. We concluded that all substrates behave similarly at the level of structure and colonization phases, but when considering diversity and successional trajectories, the substrate specificity was demonstrated. Our results suggest that communities developed on inert substrates (glass and ceramic) could provide more realistic insight into complex environmental changes.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2583
ISSN: 1730413X
DOI: 10.1515/ohs-2017-0038
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