The digital database of aquatic and semiaquatic vegetation in Serbia

Abstract

Despite the absence of a centralized national phytocoenological database of Serbia, over 16,000 relevés of all vegetation types have been gathered and stored in the database "Phytocoenosis of Serbia" as a result of the Project "Habitats of Serbia". However, as the data on aquatic and semiaquatic vegetation comprise only 5% of the collected relevés, the aim of this paper is to expand on this, complete the database and present the data on these vegetation types in Serbia. The work included the expansion of the existing database with the addition of relevant sources, their digitalization, using Flora and Turboveg programs, and their subsequent georeferencing, using OziExplorer and DIVAGIS softwares. Consequently, the phytocoenological database on aquatic and semiaquatic vegetation in Serbia now stores 1,720 relevés from 243 phytocoenological tables, collected and published by 24 authors during the period of 70 years (1940-2010), with the majority of the relevés collected over the last decade (56.40%).

Conservation Value and Habitat Diversity of Fluvial Lakes and Gravel Pits in River-Floodplain Systems

“…In eutrophic mine-pit lakes around Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), a submerged community dominated by Potamogeton filiformis Pers was recorded [67], belonging to 3150 Natural eutrophic with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition-vegetation type (C1.33 Rooted submerged vegetation of eutrophic waterbodies) [67]. Also, in the digital database of aquatic vegetation in Serbia [31], there are stored data for the community dominated by Potamogeton acutifolius Link along the river wetlands (Obedska bara). However, these vegetation stands were not recognized in the revised classification of aquatic vegetation in Serbia [5].…”