Human Impacts on Water Resources in the Lower Danube River Basin in Serbia

Sustainable Tourism Development and Ramsar Sites in Serbia: Exploring Residents’ Attitudes and Water Quality Assessment in the Vlasina Protected Area

“…The Serbian Water Quality Index (SWQI) was applied in the following studies in Serbia: the lakes Ludoš and Palić [43], and the artificial lakes (reservoirs): Bela Crkva, Bačka Topola, Moravica, Zvornik, Grlište, Bor, Bojnik, Vlasina, Ćelije, Ovčar Banja, Me duvršje, Bovan, Krajkovac, Pridvorica, Zavoj, Bresnica, Divčibare, Bajina Bašta, Kokin Brod, Vrutci, Sjenica, Potpeć, Radoinja, Zlatibor, Garaši, Grošnica, Prvonek [43], Gruža [43,44] and Barje [43,45]. Some studies about the Danube River quality involved artificial Ðerdap Lake [43,[46][47][48][49]. The Canadian Water Quality Index (CWQI) is applied in various studies of lakes and artificial lakes (reservoirs): the Polyphytos artificial lake in Greece [50], Wadi El-Rayan lakes in Egypt [51], Qu' Appelle Valley lakes in Canada [52], Lake Kinneret in Israel [4], reservoirs and lakes in the Ebinur Lake Watershed in China [53], accumulation lakes on the Olt River and Danube River in Romania [54], Djerdap Lake on Danube River in Serbia [46,49], and the Palić and Ludaš Lakes in Serbia [55,56].…”

“…Some studies about the Danube River quality involved artificial Ðerdap Lake [43,[46][47][48][49]. The Canadian Water Quality Index (CWQI) is applied in various studies of lakes and artificial lakes (reservoirs): the Polyphytos artificial lake in Greece [50], Wadi El-Rayan lakes in Egypt [51], Qu' Appelle Valley lakes in Canada [52], Lake Kinneret in Israel [4], reservoirs and lakes in the Ebinur Lake Watershed in China [53], accumulation lakes on the Olt River and Danube River in Romania [54], Djerdap Lake on Danube River in Serbia [46,49], and the Palić and Ludaš Lakes in Serbia [55,56]. The Water Pollution Index (WPI) is applied for water quality assessment in Fuxian Lake in the protected area in southwest China [57]; in Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China [58]; Ulansuhai Lake, the largest shallow lake of the Yellow River in China [59]; Qiandao Lake in China [60]; Soyang reservoir in South Korea [61]; Chungju Reservoir in South Korea [62]; the lakes Burabai and Ulken Shabakty in Kazakhstan [63]; Nasser Lake in Egypt [64]; the lake in the near od Dramaha Campus of IPB in Indonesia [65]; Lower Vaengskoye Lake in the Murmansk Region in Russia [66]; and Djerdap Lake on the Danube River in Serbia [49,67,68].…”