Trophic relations between macroinvertebrates in the Vlasina river (Serbia)
2006
Paunovic, M.(Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Jakovcev-Todorovic, D.(Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Simic, V.(University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac (Serbia). Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology and Ecology) | Stojanovic, B.(Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Petrovic, A.(University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac (Serbia). Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology and Ecology)
The aim of the study presented was to define trophic relationships within the benthic community according to functional feeding groups (FFG) in the Vlasina river (southeast Serbia), with an attempt to use those results to describe the watercourse. In an investigation performed during 1996, a total of 125 macrozoobenthic taxa were identified, 95 of which were included in FFG analyses. Although the investigated part of the river, in its physical and chemical characteristics, as well as characteristics of the benthofauna, generally corresponds to what could be expected, certain variations of faunal composition were observed along the river. Two groups of sites were separated by FFG analysis - sites on the upper section of the river and on a tributary (the Gradska River) compised one group, while the remaining sites made up the other.
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