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Title: Preliminary checklists for applying SERCON (System for Evaluating Rivers for Conservation) to rivers in Serbia
Authors: Radulović, Snežana
Boon, P.J.
Laketić, Dušanka
Simonović, Predrag 
Puzović, S.
Živković, Milica
Jurca, Tamara
Ovuka, M.
Malaguti, S.
Teodorović, Ivana
Keywords: SERCON;River quality;Checklists;Plants;Macroinvertebrates;Fish;Birds;Serbia
Issue Date: 2012
Publisher: Serbian Biological Society
Project: Biosensing Technologies and Global System for Long-Term Research and Integrated Management of Ecosystems 
Plant Biodiversity of Serbia and the Balkans ‚Äì assesment, sustainable use and protection 
Journal: Archives of Biological Sciences
Abstract: 
This paper describes the first steps in gathering biological data to assess the conservation value of rivers in Serbia, using SERCON (System for Evaluating Rivers for Conservation). SERCON was developed in the UK to improve consistency in assessments of river ‘quality’ by using a scoring system to evaluate habitat features and species groups, catchment characteristics, and the potential impacts to which river systems may be subjected. This paper provides checklists for aquatic, semi-aquatic and marginal plants, macroinvertebrates, fish and birds associated with rivers in Serbia, collated from a wide range of published and unpublished sources. These lists should be regarded as provisional because few wide-ranging biological surveys have been carried out specifically on Serbian rivers; further revisions are likely as more information becomes avail-able in future. Ultimately, the work will benefit regulators and decision-makers with responsibility for river management under the new Water Law, and contribute to river protection and conservation in Serbia.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3677
ISSN: 0354-4664
1821-4339
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1203037R
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