Preliminary checklists for applying SERCON (System for Evaluating Rivers for Conservation) to rivers in Serbia
2012
Radulović, S., Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad (Serbia) | Boon, P.J., Scottish Natural Heritage, Edinburgh - Silvan House (United Kingdom). Policy and Advice Directorate | Laketić, D., Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad (Serbia) | Simonović, P., Faculty of Biology, Belgrade (Serbia) | Puzović, S., Provincial Secretariat for Urban Planning, Construction and Environmental Protection, Novi Sad (Serbia) | Živković, M., Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad (Serbia) | Jurca, T., Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland). Zoology Department, Freshwater Ecology Group | Ovuka, M., Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad (Serbia) | Malaguti, S., University of Ferrera (Italy). Faculty of Applied Ecology | Teodorović, I., Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad (Serbia)
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, semiaquatic 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macroinvertebrates, fish and birds associated with rivers in Serbia, collated from a wide range of published and unpublished sources.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 available 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.
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