Wetlands as important habitats for biodiversity conservation: Oxbow Pana [Serbia] key study | Значај влажних станишта за очување биодиверзитета на примеру мртваје Пане (река Тиса) [Србија]
2008
Јурца, Т., Природно-математички факултет, Нови Сад (Serbia) | Сабадош, К., Завод за заштиту природе Србије, Нови Сад (Serbia). Радна јединица у Новом Саду | Миљановић, Б., Природно-математички факултет, Нови Сад (Serbia) | Шипош, Ш., Природно-математички факултет, Нови Сад (Serbia) | Хорватовић, М., Природно-математички факултет, Нови Сад (Serbia) | Перић, Р., Завод за заштиту природе Србије, Нови Сад (Serbia). Радна јединица у Новом Саду | Шћибан, М., Природно-математички факултет, Нови Сад (Serbia) | Јанковић, М., Природно-математички факултет, Нови Сад (Serbia)
Conservation of large river floodplains (like Danube and Tisa) are places of great importance because of provision of ecosystem services together with habitat richness and species diversity. Oxbows are considered as centers of biodiversity and refugia for rare species. Oxbow Pana (nearby Senta) is example for one of the not numerous, preserved habitats in the Tisa floodplain in Serbia. It was formed by cutting off the original part of main stream, during major regulation activities of the river bed in 19th and 20th century. Consequently, Tisa became almost completely uniform channel. Due to this fact, old meanders (like Pana) are extremely valuable as habitats with potentially restored biological values, but also much more suspected to threatening disturbances (meliorative measures, spread of invasive species). Results of preliminary surveys conducted for the purposes of obtaining the Revitalisation study of transboundary oxbows of Tisa, showed that the area of oxbow Pana is habitat of protected species with 34 animals (mammals (1), birds (22), reptiles and amphibians (6), insects (4), molluscs (1)); and one plant recorded. Within this list, 19 species are protected by Bern convention. Among the protected species, presence of the following should be emphasized: Segmentina nitida (Mollusca, Gastropoda) and Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Insecta, Odonata) which are characteristic species of wetland habitats in an advanced stage of succession. Also, the presence of crucian carp (Carassius carassius), species which is in decline in Vojvodinian water bodies due to the non-planned management and planting the alien fish species, for example prussian carp (Carassius gibelio), implies that oxbow Pana has high conservation potential for biodiversity of Tisa floodplain.
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