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IV INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF ECOLOGISTS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO
ISEM4
THE BOOK OF ABSTRACTS AND
PROGRAMME
Hotel Slovenska Plaža, Budva, 06-10. 10.2010
PUBLISHER
Department of Biology, University of
Montenegro – Podgorica
Natural History Museum of
Montenegro – Podgorica
Institute for Marine Biology,
University of Montenegro – Kotor
Centre for Biodiversity of Montenegro
– Podgorica
EDITOR
Vladimir PEŠIĆ
CITATION
Pešić, V. (Ed.) The Book of Abstracts
and Programme, IV International
Symposium of Ecologists of
Montenegro, Budva, 06-10.10.2010.
Cover page
Ramonda serbica Pančić, area of
Murići village (at Skadar lake). Photo:
V. Pešić.
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INTERNATIONAL Symposium of Ecologists of the
Republic of Montenegro (4 ; 2010 ; Budva)
#The #Book of Abstracts and Programme / IV
International Symposium of Ecologists of the
Republic of Montenegro - ISEM4, Hotel Slovenska
Plaža, Budva, 06-10.10.2010 ; [editor Vladimir
Pešić]. - Podgorica : Centre for Biodiversity of
Montenegro : Department of Biology, University of
Montenegro Natural History Museum of Montenegro :
Natural History Museum of Montenegro, 2010 (Cetinje
: Cicero). - 155 str. ; 29 cm
Tiraž 250.
ISBN 978-86-908743-3-0 (Centre for Biodiversity of
Montenegro)
1. Gl. stv. nasl.
a) Екологија - Зборници b) Животна средина -
Заштита - Зборници c) Биодиверзитет - Зборници
COBISS.CG-ID 16339216
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Scientific Committee
Dr Christian Albrecht (Giessen)
Dr Richard Baker (Leeds)
Dr Saimir Beqiraj (Tirana)
Dr Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailović (Belgrade)
Dr Thibault Datry (Lyon)
Dr Igor Dovgal (Kiev)
Dr Reinhard Gerecke (Tübingen)
Dr Peter Glöer (Hetlingen)
Dr Michal Grabowski (Lodz)
Dr Wolfram Graf (Vienna)
Dr Tomislav Karanović (Perth)
Dr Helmut Mayrhofer (Graz)
Dr Ljupčo Melovski (Skopje)
Dr Dávid Murányi (Budapest)
Dr Vladimir Pešić (Podgorica) – President
Dr Alireza Saboori (Tehran)
Dr Boris Sket (Ljubljana)
Dr Edyta Stępień (Szczecin)
Dr Kit Tan (Copenhagen)
Dr Andrzej Zawal (Szczecin)
Dr Mehmet Zeki Yildirim (Burdur)
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Organizing committee:
M.Sc. Danka Petrović – President
M.Sc. Marko Karaman
M.Sc. Snežana Vuksanović
M.Sc. Dragana Milošević
M.Sc. Ana Pavićević
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ISEM4 Programme
1st Day Wednesday, October 6
10
00
-12
00
OPENING CEREMONY
10
00
-11
00
Welcome words from the representatives Montenegrin authorites and from
Scientific and Organizing Committee
GENERAL TIME SCHEDULE
Wednesday
06.10
Official Opening Ceremony
Oral presentations
Poster session
11
00
-12
00
15
30
-17
00
17
30
-19
30
Thursday
07.10
Plenary lectures
Oral presentations I
Poster session I
Oral presentations II
Poster session II
09
30
-10
10
10
30
-11
30
12
00
-14
00
15
30
-16
30
17
00
-19
00
Friday
08.10
Plenary lectures
Oral presentations I
Poster session I
Oral presentations II
Poster session II
09
30
-10
10
10
30
-12
30
12
30
-14
30
15
30
-16
00
16
30
-18
30
Saturday
09.10
Plenary lectures
Oral presentations I
Poster session I
Poster session II
Gala Dinner
09
30
-10
10
10
30
-11
00
12
00
-14
00
16
00
– 18
00
20
30
Sunday
10.10
Excursion
Deapartures
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Oral presentations programme
Wednesday 06.10
15
30
-17
00
Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
Thursday 07.10
10
30
-11
30
15
30
-16
30
Conservation of Bidiversity and Geodiversity
Ecology and NGO & Ecological Education
Friday 08.10
10
30
-12
30
15
30
-16
00
Protection of the Environment
Climate change in South-Eastern European countries
Saturday 09.10
10
30
-11
00
Ecology of Populations and Urban Ecology
Poster session Program
Wednesday 06.10
Thursday 07.10
Friday 08.10
Saturday 09.10
Conservation of
Biodiversity and
Geodiversity
(I part)
12
00
-14
00
Protection of the
Environment
(I part)
12
30
– 14
30
Ecology of
Populations
12
00
-14
00
Terrestrial and
aquatic
ecosystems
17
30
– 19
30
● Conservation
of Bidiversity
and Geodiversity
(II part)
17
00
– 19
00
● Ecology and
NGO &
Ecological
Education
17
00
– 19
00
● Protection of the
Environment
(II part)
17
00
– 19
00
Agroecology
16
00
– 18
00
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ISEM4 Programme
(Detailed)
Wednesday, October 6
Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
_____________________________________________________________________
15
30
-17
00
: Oral presentations
(Chairman: Igor Dovgal and Sajmir Beqiraj)
15
30
-15
40
: Alma Imeri, Alfred Mullaj, Ermelinda Gjeta, Julian Shehu, Lirika Kupe, Alkeda
Kalajnxhiu: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE STUDY OF FLORA AND
VEGETATION OF OHRID LAKE
15
40
-15
50
: Igor V. Dovgal and Robert S. Vargovitsh: TROGLOBIONT SUCTORIAN
AND APOSTOME CILIATES (CILIOPHORA)
15
50
-16
00
: Grabowski,
M., Bacela-Spychalska, K. and Wattier, R.: CRYPTIC
DIVERSITY OF GAMMARUS ROESELII GERVAIS, 1835 (CRUSTACEA, AMPHIPODA)
IN THE BALKAN PENINSULA
16
00
-16
10
: Sajmir Beqiraj, Lefter Kashta, Migena Kuçi, Denada Kasemi, Doriana
Kalamishi, Thomas T. Andersen: RAPID ASSESSMENT OF BENTHIC
MACROFAUNA OF SARANDA BAY (IONIAN SEA, ALBANIA)
16
10
-16
20
: Denada Kasemi,
Stela Ruci, Sajmir Beqiraj: MALACOFAUNA FROM THE
ROCKY COAST OF VLORA (ADRIATIC SEA, ALBANIA)
16
20
-16
30
: Yanka Vidinova, Violeta Tyufekchieva, Luchezar Pehlivanov; FIRST DATA
ON BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN MARSHES ON THE
BELENE ISLAND (LOWER DANUBE, BULGARIAN STRETCH) AFTER THEIR
RENEWED FLOODING
16
30
-16
40
: Laura Shabani, Muharrem Shehu, Tania Floqi: ASPECTS OF
MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF WATER LAGOON
16
40
-16
50
: Frederik Cane, Belinda Hoxha, Manola Avdolli: WATER QUALITY IN
CARSTIC LAKES IN ALBANIA
16
50
-17
00
: T. Floqi, L. Shabani, B. Myrtaj, E. Çobani: CHEMICAL AND
MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DRINKING WATER RESOURCES –
VILLAGE CASE STUDY
17
30
– 19
30
: Poster presentations (1 – 35)
1. Vera Novevska, Suzana Patceva, Trajce Naumoski, Vasa Mitic: INFLUENCE OF
NUTRIENT LOADING ON ORGANOTROPHIC BACTERIA AND PHYTOPLANKTON
IN EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS
2. Suzana Patceva, Vasa Mitic: PHYTOPLANKTON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE
SURROUNDING WATERS OF THE SUBAQUATIC SPRINGS IN ANCIENT LAKE
OHRID
3. Teodora Stoyanova, Ivan Traykov, Ivanka Yaneva, Valentin Bogoev: ECOLOGICAL
QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF LUDA RIVER, BULGARIA
4. Fevzi Yilmaz, Bülent Yorulmaz, Tuncer Okan Genç: HEAVY METAL
ACCUMULATIONON IN KÖYCEĞIZ LAGOON SYSTEM- TURKIYE
5. Erlinda Koni, Merjem Bushati, Lirika Kupe, Aleko Miho: DATA ON
PHYTOPLANKTON OF BOVILLA RESERVOIR (TIRANA) FOCUSED ON DRINKING
WATER USE
6
6. Merjem Bushati, Erlinda Koni, Marsela Bregaj, Aleko Miho: TEMPORAL
DISTRIBUTION OF POTENTIALLY TOXIC ALGAE (DINOFLAGELLATES AND
DIATOMS) IN BUTRINTI LAGOON
7. Slañana Krivokapić, Branka Pestorić, Dragana Drakulović & Marina Krivokapić:
TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS LAST TWO YEARS
(2008-2010) IN KOTOR BAY
8. Dragana Drakulović and Nenad Vuksanović: SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF
PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY IN THE MONTENEGRIN COAST
9. Kallajxhiu, N., Kapidani, G., Pupuleku, B., Naqellari, P.: DATA ABOUT POLLEN
GRAINS OF ALLERGENIC PLANTS
10. Rigerta Sadikaj, Edmond Panariti, Dritan Arapi: MONITORING OF TOXIC RESIDUES
IN BIVALVE MOLLUSCS ALONG THE ADRIATIC COASTAL LINE OF ALBANIA
11. Luljeta Buza & Ermira Xhunga: ENVIRONMENTAL URBAN MANAGEMENT IN
ALBANIA
12. Dušica Ćalić-Dragosavac, Snežana Zdravković-Korać, Jelena Milojević and Saša
Nestorović: POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF TULIPA HUNGARICA BORB..
13. Lence Lokoska: COMPOSITION AND DYNAMICS OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITY
IN THE LAKE PRESPA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
14. Tosheva A. and Traykov I.: MACROPHYTE COMPOSITION IN RESERVOIRS WITH
DIFFERENT TROPHIC STATUS
15. Dafina Guseska, Goce Kostoski, Orhideja Tasevska: COMPOSITION AND
SEASONALITY OF THE ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY OF LAKE PRESPA,
MACEDONIA
16. Mamos T., Grabowski M.: GAMMARUS BALCANICUS SCHÄFERNA, 1922 – ONE OR
SEVERAL SPECIES?
17. Ahmet Öktener
, Hatice Torcu-Koç, Zeliha Erdoğan & Jean-Paul Trilles : MOTHOCYA
TAURICA (CZERNIAVSKY, 1868) FEMALE REDESCRIPTION ON ALOSA FALLAX
FROM THE BLACK SEA COASTS OF TURKEY
18. Hatice Torcu-Koç, Zeliha Erdoğan, Ahmet Öktener
& Jean-Paul Trilles: UNDERWATER
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY SCUBA DIVERS ARE USEFUL FOR TAXONOMIC AND
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ABOUT PARASITIC CYMOTHOIDS (CRUSTACEA,
ISOPODA, CYMOTHOIDAE)
19. Zeliha Erdoğan, Fatih Üstün, Serkan Güngör, Hatice Torcu Koç, Ahmet Öktener:
GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF CRUCIAN CARP, CARASSIUS CARASSIUS (L.,
1758) IN ĐKIZCETEPELER DAM LAKE, BALIKESIR, TURKEY
20. Entela Malkaj, Jula Selmani, Sajmir Beqiraj: TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL
DATA ON THE MACROZOOBENTHOS OF VAINI LAGOON (ADRIATIC SEA,
ALBANIA)
21. Ümit Kebapçi, Mehmet Zeki Yildirim, Ayla Sevim Erol: MIOCENE GASTROPOD
FAUNA OF ÇORAKYERLER (ÇANKIRI, TURKEY)
M. Zeki Yıldırım, Ümit Kebapçı: GASTROPODA FAUNA OF OLYMPOS NATIONAL
PARK (ANTALYA, TURKEY)
22. Violeta Tyufekchieva, Yanka Vidinova, Ivan Botev, Teodora Trichkova,
Lubomir
Kenderov, Dimitar Kozuharov, Yordan Uzunov, Zdravko Hubenov, Stefan Stoichev:
PRELIMINARY DATA ON BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN
THE RESERVOIRS KOPRINKA AND ZHREBCHEVO (AEGEAN SEA RIVER BASIN,
SOUTH BULGARIA)
23. Natasa Popovic, Snezana Ostojic, Maja Rakovic, Vladimir Kalafatic, Vesna Martinovic-
Vitanovic: COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE CHIRONOMID
ASSEMBLAGES OF THE DANUBE RIVER IN THE BELGRADE REGION
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24. Saša Marić, Vera Nikolić & Predrag Simonović: OCCURENCE OF THE
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CONTROL REGION HAPLOTYPE ADCS11 IN BROWN
TROUT (SALMO TRUTTA L. 1758) FROM THE RESTELIČKA RIVER (ADRIATIC
DRAINAGE - KOSOVO - SERBIA)
25. Bledar Pepa & Anila Paparisto: ECOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF THE BENTHIC
FAUNA OF SHKUMBINI RIVER
26. Maja Rakovic, Snezana Ostojic, Natasa Popovic, Vladimir Kalafatic and Vesna
Martinovic-Vitanovic: FIRST FINDING OF THE INVASIVE BIVALVE MOLLUSC
DREISSENA BUGENSIS (ANDRUSOV, 1897) IN THE SERBIAN DANUBE
27. Snezana Ostojic, Natasa Popovic, Maja Rakovic, Vladimir Kalafatic & Vesna
Martinovic-Vitanovic: NEW RECORD OF MANAYUNKIA CASPICA Annenkova, 1929
(POLYCHAETA) IN SERBIAN DANUBE STRETCH
28. I. Krasniqi, P. Lazo & M. Vasjari: EVALUATION OF HEAVY METALS CONTENT
IN SOME SPRING WATER SOURCES OF KOSOVO
29. Dorina Grazhdani: CURRENT STATUS OF TOURISM AND WATER QUALITY IN
THE ALBANIAN PART OF LAKES PRESPA
30. Julian Shehu, Fatos Harizaj, Ardian Maci & Alma Shehu: MONITORING OF HG
CONTENT IN DIFFERENT PLANT SPECIES GROWN IN A HEAVILY
CONTAMINATED REGION IN ALBANIA
31. Osmani Fundime & Peja Nikolla: SPRING ASSESSMENT OF ZOOPLANKTON
COMMUNITY IN BUTRINTI LAGOON (IONIAN SEA, SOUTHERN ALBANIA)
32. LuminiŃa Mariana Olaru & Mihail Dragoş Ştefanescu: ADRENOMEDULLIN
IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN THE AMPHIBIAN INTESTINE
33. LuminiŃa Mariana Olaru & Mihail Dragoş Ştefanescu: THE OCCURENCE AND
DISTRIBUTION OF SEROTONIN IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN THE PANCREAS
OF SEVERAL AMPHIBIAN SPECIES
34. Alma Shehu & Pranvera Lazo: TRACE ELEMENTS DISTRIBUTION IN BUNA
RIVER SYSTEM
35. V.V. Grudić, S.Pejanović, N. Z. Blagojević & V. Vukašinović-Pešić: ADSORPTION OF
COPPER FROM WATER USING NEUTRALIZED RED MUD
Thursday, October 7
Plenary lectures:
09
30
-10
10
: Thibault Datry: WHEN RIVERS RUN DRY: TEMPORARY STREAMS AS
COUPLED AQUATIC-TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
(Chairman: Michal Grabowski)
Conservation of Bidiversity and Geodiversity
_____________________________________________________________________
10
30
-11
30
: Oral presentations
(Chairman: Anely Nedelcheva and Lulëzim Shuka)
10
30
-10
40
: Danka Petrović, Danijela Stešević & Martin Magnes: ASSOCIATION OF
ITALIAN OAK (QUERCUS FRAINETTO) AND TURKEY OAK (QUERCUS CERRIS)
IN THE BROADER AREA OF RUMIJA MOUNTAIN
10
40
-10
50
: Ioanna Felesaki,
Pavel Stoev, Stylianos M. Simaiakis, Moysis Mylonas: A
CATALOGUE OF THE MILLIPEDES OF CRETE (MYRIAPODA: DIPLOPODA)
10
50
-11
00
: Mateusz Płóciennik, Ewa Janowska: STUDIES ON CHIRONOMIDAE OF
GREEK MAINLAND
8
11
00
-11
10
: Ana Pavićević & Vladimir Pešić: FIRST RECORDS OF Hydrochus ignicollis
(COLEOPTERA, HYDROCHIDAE) FROM SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
12
00
-14
00
: Poster presentations (1 – 34)
1. Marina Talevska: BIODIVERSITY OF AQUATIC VASCULAR MACROPHYTES ON
THE WEST COASTLINE OF LAKE PRESPA
2. Anely Nedelcheva, Dolja Pavlova, Ilina Krasteva, Stefan Nikolov: MEDICINAL PLANTS
BIODIVERSITY AND THEIR RESOURCES OF ONE SERPENTINE SITE IN THE
RHODOPE MTS. (BULGARIA)
3. Ljubinka Ćulafić, Dragoljub Grubišić, Katarina Šavikin-Fodulović, Marija Perić:
DIOSCOREA BALCANICA KOŠANIN FROM DISCOVERY TO DATE
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION –
4. Mijat S. Božović: RIPARIAN VEGETATION OF MONTENEGRO: REVIEW OF
PREVIOUS RESEARCHES, IMPORTANCE AND VULNERABILITY OF THESE
HABITATS
5. Monika Myśliwy: RIPARIAN TALL HERB FRINGE COMMUNITIES IN A SMALL
LOWLAND RIVER VALLEY: SPECIES-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
6. Monika Myśliwy: DYNAMICS OF XEROTHERMIC PLANT SPECIES IN THE UPPER
RIVER PŁONIA VALLEY (NW POLAND)
7. Admir Jançe, Gëzim Kapidani: THE DISPERSION OF PINACEAE AND OLEACEAE
FAMILIES IN ELBASAN REGION DURING QUATERNARY PERIOD
8. Gjeta E., Mullaj A., Naqellari P., Imeri A.: RIPARIAN VEGETATIONS OF MIDDLE
AND LOWER ZONES OF SHKUMBINI RIVER, ALBANIA
9. Lulëzim Shuka: Bellevalia hyacinthoides (Bertol.) K. Persson, NEW SPECIES FOR THE
ALBANIAN FLORA
10. B. Zlatković, A. Mikić, L. Zorić: WILD ANNUAL LEGUMES OF SERBIA –
POTENTIAL FORAGE OR GRAIN CROPS?
11. A. Mikić, M. Vasić, V. Mihailović, S. Anñelković, B. Ćupina, ð. Krstić, L. Zorić, ð.
Malenčić, P. Marget, G. Duc: TOWARDS THE CONSERVATION OF THE LOCAL
LANDRACES OF FABA BEAN (Vicia faba) IN SERBIA
12. Kukali Edlira: THE STUDY OF BIO-MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF
KING’S RUBY VARIETY UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF TIRANA CLIMATE
13. S. Turku, Zh. Zekaj (Trojani), Peçi Naqellari & B. Pupuleku: MORPHO-
KARYOLOGICAL DATA OF ASTER ALBANICUS DEGEN. IN THE AREA LIBRAZHD
OF ELBASAN
14. Edyta Stępień: CHARACTRISTICS OF THE BIDENTETEA TRIPARTITAE CLASS
COMMUNITIES IN RIVER VALLEYS OF THE WAŁCZ PLAINS.
15. Gordana Kasom & Mitko Karadelev: DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY OF THE
TAXA OF GENUS BOLETUS L. IN MONTENEGRO
16. Branka Knežević & Helmut Mayrhofer: SUPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE
LICHENIZED AND LICHENICOLOUS FUNGI OF MONTENEGRO
17. Milorad Vujičić, Aneta Sabovljević & Marko Sabovljević: COMPARISON OF
MORPHOGENESIS IN AXENICAL CULTURE OF TWO POLYTRICHUM MOSSES.
Branko Anñić, Danijela Stešević & Snežana Dragićević: CONTRIBUTION TO THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE BRYOFLORA OF PODGORICA CITY AREA, MONTENEGRO
18. Valbona Mata & Efigjeni Kongjika: “IN VITRO” CONSERVATION OF SOME
ALBANIAN POPULATIONS OF MYRTUS COMMUNIS L.
19. Marija Perić,
Slañana Todorović, Zlatko Giba & Dragoljub Grubišić: IN VITRO
CULTURE OF INULA OCULUS-CHRISTI L. PLANTS
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20. Pupuleku B., Kapidani G., Kallajxhiu N., Naqellari P. & Turku S.: PALYNOLOGICAL
STUDY OF POLLEN GRAINS OF ALBANIA’S ENDEMIC PLANT FESTUCOPSIS
SERPENTINI (C. E. HUBBARD) MELDERIS AND LILIUM MARTAGON L. IN THREE
DIFFERENT HABITATS
21. Zoltán Fehér, Christian Albrecht, Ágnes Major & Virág Krízsik: EXTREMELY LOW
INTRASPECIFIC GENE DIVERSITY SUGGESTS A HISTORICAL BOTTLENECK IN
THE VULNERABLE STRIPED NERITE, THEODOXUS TRANSVERSALIS (MOLLUSCA,
GASTROPODA, NERITIDAE)
22. Adrianna Kilikowska, Monika Mioduchowska, Anna Biała, Anna Wysocka & Jerzy Sell:
GENETIC DIVERSITY IN THE FRESHWATER MUSSEL UNIO CRASSUS (BIVALVIA:
UNIONIDAE) IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE
23. Andrzej Zawal: WATER MITES (HYDRACHNIDIA) OF SMALL WATER
RESERVOIRS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ŚWINOUJŚCIE (NW POLAND)
24. Kinga Dzierzgowska, Andrzej Zawal: Hydrodroma pilosa BESSELING, 1940 AND
Limnesia undulatoides DAVIDS, 1997 – NEW RECORDS FROM POLAND.
25. Luybomir Kenderov & Vladimir Pešić: DYNAMICS IN COMPOSITION,
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF HYPORHEIC WATER MITES ACCORDING
TO VARIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF
RIVER ISKAR CATCHMENT
26. Sadegh Farzan & Mahdieh Asadi: PRELIMINARY STUDY OF OF MITES
BIODIVERSITY IN PALM GARDENS
27. Vera Vukanic: STUDIES ON COPEPODA IN BAY OF KOTOR- COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHERN ADRIATIC
28. Hajdar Kiçaj & Mihallaq Qirjo: DATA FOR THE MILLIPEDES OF ALBANIA
29. Eltjon Halimi, Anila Paparisto & Kastriot Misja: SOME SYSTEMATICS AND
ECOLOGICAL DATA FOR TRUE BUGS (HEMIPTERA) IN SOME HABITATS IN
ALBANIA
30. Mateusz Płóciennik, Bruno Rossaro & Jacek Kazimierczak: FOUR SPECIES OF NON-
BITING MIDGES (CHIRONOMIDAE) NEW FOR CYPRUS
31. Piotr Jóźwiak and Anna Stępień: NEW RECORDS OF TANAIDACEA (CRUSTACEA:
MALACOSTRACA) FROM TURKISH COAST
32. Piotr Jóźwiak, Magdalena BłaŜewicz-Paszkowycz
& Cene Fišer: A NEW SPECIES OF
THE GENUS HETEROTANAIS (CRUSTACEA: TANAIDACEA) FOUND AT
SLOVENIAN COAST – AN EXAMPLE OF BRACKISH WATER TANAID
33. Jelena Nikčević: THE INSECTS SPECIES IN MONTENEGRO PROTECTED ON
THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THE SPECIES IN MONTENEGRO FROM THE
EMERALD LIST
34. Ariana Striniqi Laçej, Kastriot Misja & Neira Medja: SOME THREATENED AND
RISKED COLEOPTERA OF ALBANIA
17
00
– 19
00
: poster presentations (35-65)
35. Jaskuła R. & Ukleja B.: HABITAT PREFERENCES IN CALOMERA LITTORALIS
NEMORALIAS IN THE BALKAN PENINSULA (COLEOPTERA: CICINDELIDAE)
36. Jaskuła R., Rewicz T., Janusz M., Jóźwiak P., Gockowska K. & Ukleja B.:
DISTRUBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF TIGER BEETLES OF GREECE (COLEOPTERA:
CICINDELIDAE)
37. Jaskuła R. „TB-QUEST EXPEDITIONS” – A PROJECT CONCERNING
BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF TIGER BEETLE FAUNA
OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION
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38. Andrzej Zawal & Stanisław Czachorowski: DRAGONFLIES (ODONATA) AND
CADDISFLIES (TRICHOPTERA) OF WATER RESERVOIRS IN THE SUBURBAN
LANDSCAPE OF ŚWINOUJŚCIE (NORTHWEST POLAND)
39. Jadwiszczak Andrzej, Pietrzak Lech, Zawal Andrzej, Stojanovski Stojmir, Smiljkov Stoe,
Goce Kostoski: LADYBIRDS (COCCINELLIDAE) FROM NEIGHBOURHOOD OF
OHRID AND PRESPA LAKES (MACEDONIA)
40. Aleksandra Gligorović, Bogić Gligorović & Vladimir Pešić: A CONTRIBUTION TO
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COCCINELLIDAE (COLEOPTERA) FROM THE
CENTRAL PART OF MONTENEGRO
41. Bogić Gligorović, Vladimir Pešić & Aleksandra Gligorović: ALTITUDINAL
DISPERZION OF FAMILY AESHNIDAE (ODONATA) IN MONTENEGRO
42. Bogić Gligorović, Aleksandra Gligorović &Vladimir Pešić: A CONTRIBUTION TO
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WATER BUGS (HETEROPTERA) FROM THE RIVER
MATICA (MONTENEGRO)
43. Olivera Kasalica & Slobodan Regner: SOME DATA ON NORWAY LOBSTER AND
DEEP-WATER PINK SHRIMP IN MONTENEGRIN TRAWL FISHERY
44. Slavica Petović: OCCURRENCE AND ECOLOGY OF FAMILY ASTROPECTINIDAE
(ECHINODERMATA: ASTEROIDEA) ON THE MONTENEGRIN SHELF
45. Trajce Talevski & Aleksandra Talevska: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FISH
BIODIVERSITY OF THE ADRIATIC AND THE AEGEAN BASIN IN THE REPUBLIC
OF MACEDONIA
46. Milen Vassilev, Apostolos Apostolu, Boris Velkov, Petya Ivanova, Marina Panayotova,
Dobrin Dobrev &
Luchezar Pehlivanov: STATUS OF GOBIIDAE ICHTYOFAUNA IN
BULGARIA: TAXONOMICAL, CONSERVATIVE, ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL
ASPECTS
47. Spase Shumka, Arefi Cake & Enkeleda Nikleka: THE FISH COMPOSITION AND
IMPORTANCE IN THE DRINOS RIVER ECOSYSTEM
48. Selfo Oruçi: DATA ON GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND HABITATS OF
THE TESTUDO MARGINATA IN ALBANIA.
49. Laknori Odeta, Rexha Tefta, Leka (Sulaj) Fatmira, Mitre Anila, Hamzaraj Etleva,
Paparisto Anila: THE IMPACT OF ALBANIAN LOCAL BOVINE RACES AS PART OF
CONSERVATION BIODERSITY IN THE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASES IN HUMANS
50. Vera Vukanić, Zvonko Ivanvic, Vladimir Urosevic & Aleksandra Ljustina:
INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT OF THE SHIPS’ BALLAST WATER IN
THE MONTENEGRIN SEA PORTS
51. Oleksandr Panchuk, Valentyn Serebryakov & Igor Davydenko: THE RESULTS OF
BLACK STORK CENSUS IN UKRAINE IN 2008-2009
52. Carmen Gache & Viorica Arcan: BIRD RARITIES SPECIES IN THE LOWER
MEADOW OF SIRET RIVER SPA (ROMANIA)
53. Luminta Bejenaru & Simina Stanc: AN ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL REVIEW OF
CASTOR FIBER (MAMMALIA. RODENTIA. CASTORIDAE) IN ROMANIA, DURING
HOLOCENE (IN PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC TIMES)
54. Zeqir Veselaj, Behxhet Mustafa, Avni Hajdari & Zenel Krasniqi: CHALLENGES IN
THE PROCESS OF DESIGNATION BJESHKET E NEMUNA NATIONAL PARK IN THE
REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO
55. Behxhet Mustafa, Avni Hajdari, Zeqir Veselaj & Zenel Krasniqi: POTENTIAL AREAS
FOR NATURA 2000 IN KOSOVO.
56. Murtada Naser: THE DIVERSITY OF THE MOLLUSCS OF SHATT AL- ARAB,
BASRAH, IRAQ
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57. Ana Pavićević & Vladimir Pešić: NEW RECORDS OF WATER BEETLES OF THE
GENUS ANACAENA TOMSON, 1859 FROM THE BALKAN PENINSULA
58. Piotr Dąbkowski & Eugeniusz Biesiadka:WATER BEETLES (COLEOPTERA) OF
SMALL RESERVOIRS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ŚWINOUJŚCIE (NW POLAND)
59. Sibirtsova Elena: SEASONAL CHANGEABILITY OF SOUND SCATTERING
LAYER’S FAUNA IN SOME SEAS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
60. Ljiljana Radojević, Dušica Ćalić-Dragosavac, Branka Stevanović & Vladimir Stevanović:
APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT METHODS IN VITRO CULTURES IN
MICROPROPAGATION OF ENDEMIC AND HORTICULTURAL SPECIES
61. Edyta Stępień: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BIDENTETEA TIPARTITAE CLASS
COMMUNITIES IN RIVER VALLEYS OF THE WAŁCZ PLAINS
62. Zsolt Ujvári: DEVELOPMENT IN ZERCONIDAE RESEARCH IN COUNTRIES OF
THE BALKAN PENINSULA (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA)
63. Jenı Kontschán: CRINITODISCUS SELLNICK, 1931 SPECIES IN THE BALKAN
PENINSULA AND THE FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS FROM MONTENEGRO
64. Dávid Murányi: FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
GENUS MEGABUNUS MEADE, 1855 (OPILIONES: PHALANGIIDAE) IN THE
BALKAN PENINSULA
65. Vuk Iković, Ljiljana Tomović & Vladimir Pešić: CONTRIBUTION TO
BATRAHOFAUNA AND HERPETOFAUNA OF THE BJELOPAVLIĆI VALLEY
(MONTENEGRO)
Ecology and NGO & Ecological Education
_____________________________________________________________________
15
30
-16
40
: Oral presentations
(Chairman: Oksana Golovchenko and Yunus Dogan)
15
30
-15
40
: Oksana Golovchenko and Olga Kasyanchuk; THE ADVANCEMENT OF
STUDENT ECOLOGICAL OUTLOOK IN THE COURCE OF STUDY OF MEDICAL
BIOLOGY
15
40
-15
50
: Otiliea Sandu, Gabriela Zbughin, M. Sandu & Carmen Gache: ECOLOGICAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM “NATURE IS ANGRY!”
16
10
-16
20
: Gazmend Zeneli, Genti Cupi, Abdulla Diku: SURVEY ON LOCAL
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR FORESTRY SERVICES IN ALBANIA
16
20
-16
30
: Snezana Stavreva Veselinovska, Emilija Petrova Gorgeva, Snezana Kirova:
METHODS OF SUCCESSFUL LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
16
30
-16
40
: Dijana Hristovska & Snezana Jovanova Mitkovska: WHY
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION?
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17
00
– 19
00
: poster presentations
1. Albert Cattunar, Vladimir Mićović, Jagoda Doko-Jelinić, Krunoslav Capak: CROATIAN
BALNEOLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
2. Vesna Nikolić, Sanja Dankovic: GREEN PRODUCTION AS AN OBJECTIVE OF
CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING
3. Nurettin Yorek, Ilker Ugulu, Mehmet Sahin, Yunus Dogan: A QUALITATIVE
INVESTIGATION OF STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING ABOUT ECOSYSTEM AND
ITS COMPONENTS
4. Zibixhete Elezi: ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS IN THE YEAR PROGRAM OF THE
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION (NGO)
5. Lacramioara Iordachescu & Elena Bradatanu: THE PUBLIC GARDENS IN THE
12
ROMANIAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Friday, October 8
Plenary lectures
09
30
-10
10
: Sajmir Beqiraj: DATA ON BENTHOS OF VLORA BAY (ADRIATIC SEA,
ALBANIA)
(Chairman: Andrzej Zawal)
Protection of the Environment and Urban Ecology (including: Advances in
Ecotoxicology)
_____________________________________________________________________
10
30
-12
30
: Oral presentations
(Chairman: Sokol Abazi and Fevzi Yilmaz)
10
30
-10
40
: Abazi, S., Fico, H.: THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPAKT OF HYDROLATES
PRODUCED FROM THE ESSENTIAL OIL INDUSTRY IN ALBANIA
10
40
-10
50
: Laura Shabani & Ariola Devolli: MICROBIAL SPOILAGE IN BEER
PROCESSING BY BIOFILMS
10
50
-11
00
: Snezana Stavreva-Veselinovska: MICROBIOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR
FOOD AND LEGISLATION IN REPUBLIC MACEDONIA
11
00
-11
10
: Snezana Stavreva-Veselinovska: LEAD CONCENTRATIONS IN
DIFFERENT ANIMAL TISSUE, MUSCLES AND ORGANS AT SPECIFIC LOCALITIES
IN PROBISTIP AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
11
10
-11
20
Spiro Drushku, Ismet Beqiraj, Edlira F. Mulla: ALTERNATIVES OF
USAGE OF THE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS IN ALBANIA
11
20
-12
30
Ismet Beqiraj, Spiro Drushku, Bujar Seiti, Dritan Topi, Arion Muçaj:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN ALBANIAN FIELDS OF PRODUCTION AND
PROCESSING OF THE PETROLEUM
11
30
-11
40
Edlira F. Mulla, Spiro Drushku, Ismet Beqiraj: SULFUR CONTENT IN
DIESELS TRADED IN ALBANIA IN 2004-2010 AND THE IMPACT ON THE AIR
CONCENTRATIONS OF SO
2
11
40
-11
50
Manjola Banja, Aferdita Laska (Merkoci): OZONE EFFECT ON
VEGETATION IN TIRANA AREA
11
50
-12
00
Manjola Banja, Tanja Porja: EVALUATION OF OZONE TRANSPORT
OVER ALBANIA DUE TO METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
12
00
-12
10
: Klementina Puto, Stela Papa & Naxhije Hila: IMPACT OF LIVESTOCK
MIGRATION ON DISTRIBUTION OF BRUCELLA MELITENSIS IN SOUTHERN
ALBANIA PASTURES
12
10
-12
20
: Albana Munga, Dashamir Xhaxhiu, Dritan Laçi, Ilir Dova
:
CADMIUM
ACCUMULATION IN THE MAIN ORGANS DURING A CHRONIC EXPOSURE
12
20
-12
30
: Abazi S. & Mehmeti E. PRELIMINARY DATA ON EXTRACTION,
ISOLATION AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF TUBERS OF GYMNOSPERMUM
ALTAICUM SUBSP. SCIPETARUM
12
30
-12
40
: Goran Barović: CARTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF WATER-FLOWS IN
DIRECT WATERSHED OF MONTENEGRIN COAST AND THEIR PROTECTION
FROM POLLUTION
12
30
– 14
30
: poster presentations (1-25)_
13
1. Stefan Kuvendziev, Kiril Lisichkov, Dejan Dimitrovski: OPTIMIZATION OF THE
BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS’ OF RURAL WASTEWATER BY
APPLICATION OF SURFACE METHOD
2. Garo Mardirossian, Stiliyan Stoyanov & Margarita Philipova: RESEARCH OF THE
VARIATIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC OZONE AND CHANGE OF THE
ULTRAVIOLET SUN RADIATION OVER NORTHEASTERN BULGARIA
3. Petar Getsov, Rumen Kodzheykov & Dimitar Chervenkov: ATMOSPHERIC
POLLUTION FROM THE INDUSTRY IN THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
4. Zhivko Zhekov, Stoyan Velkoski, Plamen Chernokozhev, Georgi Genov: KEEPING THE
ATMOSPHERE FROM POLLUTION – ONE OF THE BASIC PROBLEMS OF
ENGINEER ECOLOGY
5. Marku Jozefita, Vaso Kozeta, Caja Shqiponja: THE INFLUENCE OF
TRIETANOLAMINE (TEA) ON CHARACTERISTICS OF FRESH AND HARDENED
MORTARS CONTAINING LIMESTONE POWDER
6. Raimonda Totoni (Lilo): EVALUATION OF COASTAL DYNAMICS IN LEZHA DRINI
RIVER BAY (KUNE VAIN COASTLINE)
7. Sonila Duka, Alqi Çullaj: AN OPTIMAL PROCEDURE FOR AMMONIACAL
NITROGEN ANALYSIS IN NATURAL WATERS USING INDOPHENOL BLUE
METHOD
8. Nazmi Durkan, Yunus Dogan, Mehmet Cuneyt Unver, Mustafa Isiloglu, Kudret Kabar:
LEVELS OF TRACE METALS IN SOME MACROFUNGI FROM BUYUK MENDERES
RIVER BASIN
9. Alketa Lame, Bujar Seiti, Zana Gaçe: A GOOD FAILURE CORROSION ANALYSES
TO STEAM BOILER PIPES AS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
10. Abeshi, J., Dhaskali, L., Dervishi, I., Dimco, E., Elmasllari, E.: ACCUMULATION OF
CADMIUM AND CHROMIUM IN WATER AND BIOTA IN DURRES BAY
11. Milena Tadić, Stanka Filipović: THE IMPORTANCE OF AUTOMATED STATIONS
IN THE ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY OF KARST TERRAIN
12. Milena Tadić: LEACHATE MANAGEMENT FROM SOLID WASTE LANDFILL
13. Gladiola Tantaru, Mădălina Vieriu, Antonia Poiata: SYNTHESIS AND
ANTIMICROBIAL EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT SCHIFF BASES AND THEIR
COMPLEXES
14. Snezana Stavreva-Veselinovska: EFFECT OF LEAD ON TWO DIFFERENT
MICROORGANISMS TAKEN FROM CONTAMINATED SOILS
15. Kozeta Vaso, Mevlude Dema,
Jozefita Marku: PRODUCTION OF THE ANIONIC
SURFACTANT FROM SOAPSTOCK OF THE SUNFLOWER OIL
16. Bülent Yorulmaz, Fevzi Yilmaz, Tuncer Okan Genç: AGRICULTURAL EFFECTS ON
KÖYCEĞIZ LAGOON SYSTEM- TÜRKIYE
17. Tuncer Okan Genç, Fevzi Yilmaz, Bülent Yorulmaz: EFFECTS OF
ANTHROPOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES ON KÖYCEĞIZ LAGOON SYSTEM-TURKIYE
18. E. Teli-Kokalari, C. Karaiskos, V. Stefanou, D. Matiadis, O. Igglessi-Markopoulou, J.
Markopoulos: CATALYTIC HOMOGENEOUS HYDROGENATION OF 5-ARYLIDENE-
PYRROLIDINE-2,4-DIONES
19. Stojanović Jelica, Jakovljević Violeta, Matović Ivana, Mijušković Z and Nedeljković T.:
BIOCHEMICAL AND ENZYMATIC CHANGES OF ASPERGILLUS NIGER THE
INFLUENCE BY DETERGENT AND ITS COMPONENTS
20. Stojanović Jelica, Jakovljević Violeta, Matović Ivana, Mijušković Z. and Nedeljković, T.:
BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF BIOPRODUCTION OF CARBON HYDRATES OF
ASPERGILLUS NIGER THE INFLUENCE BY DETERGENT AND ITS COMPONENTS
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21. Tsvetelina Gerasimova, Krastio Dimitrov,
Margarita Topashka-Ancheva; WILD SMALL
MAMMAL BIOMONITORS EXHIBIT MODERATE KARYLOGICAL RESPONSE TO
VARIOUS CHEMICAL MUTAGENS
22. Kupe L.,
Miho A., Çullaj A., Lazo P.: ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN
WATER, BIOTA AND SEDIMENT IN SOME ALBANIAN RIVERS
23. Neda Dević, Stanka Filipović: GEOCHEMICAL-ECOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF
SPRING WATERS FROM UPPER MORAČA CATCHMENT AREA
24. Elizabeta Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, Suzana Patceva: TROPHIC STATUS OF OHRID
AND PRESPA LAKES DURING 2004 - 2006
25. Blagica Cekova: CHARACTERIZATION OF FILTER BREAD OBTAINED WITH
SYNTHESIS OF WATER GLASS FROM WHITE OPALIZED TUFF
16
30
– 18
30
: Poster presentations (26 – 53)
26. Poiata Antonia, Ambarus Aurora, Badescu Aida, Tuchilus Cristina: RESISTANCE TO
MERCURY SALTS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI
27. Mirela Lika (Çekani) & Alba Dako: THE MAIN POLLUTIONS IN DURRËS CITY
AND THE IMPACT ON POPULATION HEALTH
28. Mirela Lika (Çekani), Alba Dako & Odeta Meçe: THE MIKROBIAL POLLUTION IN
POOLS AND DISEASES CONECTED WITH THEM
29. Laura Shumka & Spase Shumka: THE STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL DECAY WITH
CHURCH WOODEN MATERIALS IN MALIGRAD ISLE CHURCH (PRESPA LAKE,
ALBANIA)
30. Manola Avdolli, Arefi Cake & Belinda Hoxha: WATER QUALITY OF PATOKU
LAGOON
31. Sotir Mali, Spase Shumka, Lulezim Shuka, Arefi Cake,
Naxhjie Hila, Ariola Devolli:
EVALUATION OF SOME LAKES IN DUMRE-DARSIA PLATEAU FROM THE
COLIFORM POLLUTION POINT OF VIEW
32. Enkeleida Ozuni, Luljeta Dhaskali, Jetmira Abeshi, Muhamet Zogaj, Imer Haziri,
Doriana Beqiraj, Fatgzim Latifi: HEAVY METALS IN FISH FOR PUBLIC
CONSUMPTION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
33. Biljana Damjanović-Vratnica: INVESTIGATION OF QUALITY OF BIODIESEL
PRODUCED FROM RAW AND WASTE VEGETABLE OIL
34. Biljana Damjanović-Vratnica, Nada Blagojević, Vesna Vukašinović-Pešić, Dijana
ðurović: INVESTIGATION OF HEAVY METALS SOLUBILITY IN Rosemary officinalis
PHARMACEUTICAL EXTRACTS
35. Danijela Joksimovic,
Slavka Stankovic & Mihajlo Jovic: HEAVY METALS IN
POSIDONIA OCEANICA ALONG THE MONTENEGRIN COASTLINE
36. Teodora Teofilova, Nikolai Kodzhabashev, Svetoslav Gerasimov, Emilia Markova:
COMPARATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HEAVY METAL CONTENTS IN
SAMPLES FROM TWO REGIONS IN BULGARIA WITH DIFFERENT
ANTHROPOGENIC LOAD
37. Agron Veliu: ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS DURING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
OF FERRONIKELI
38. Jamarber Malltezi and Sulejman Sulce: IONIAN COAST DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN
ALBANIA: THE PROCESS, NOVELTIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE
39. Elda Marku, Aurel Nuro, Bledar Murtaj: AN ANALYTICAL SURVEY OF PCB
LEVELS IN SEDIMENT SAMPLES OF VLORA BAY, ALBANIA
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40. Zorica B.Leka, Nataša Miljanić, Svetlana Perović: INHIBITORY EFFECT OF
DITHIOCARBAMATO-MERCURY (II) COMPLEX ON SOME CLINICAL ISOLATED
BACTERIA
41. Svetlana Perović, Milica Mijanović, Mijat Božović, Andrej Perović & Slañana
Krivokapić: IN VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF SEVERAL HONEYS FROM
AREA OF MONTENEGRO
42. Svetlana Perovic, Sanja Svrkota, Ivana Bulatovic, Jelena Nikcevic & Andrej Perovic:
BACTERIA RESISTANT TO HEAVY METALS IN THE SOILS AND SEDIMENTS OF
SKADAR LAKE AREA
43. Anila Neziri, Pranvera Lazo, Albrecht Paschke: POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
HYDROCARBONS IDENTIFICATION IN LAKE SHKODRA WATER BY USING THE
MEMBRANE ENCLOSED SILICONE COLLECTOR (MESCO II)
44. Poiata Antonia, Tuchilus Cristina, Gille Elvira, Clara Aprotosoaie, Stanescu Ursula,
Hancianu Monica: THE MICROBIAL LEVEL CONTAMINATION IN DRIED PLANT
MATERIAL EVALUATED BY THE STANDARD PLATE COUNT
45. Aurel Nuro, Elda Marku & Jani Marka: STUDY OF POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS AIRBORNE IN TIRANA REGION USING MOSS SAMPLES
46. LoretaVallja & Alqi Çullaj: DETERMINATION OF PHENOL IN WATER
47. Vesna Vukašinović-Pešić, Nada Blagojević & Vladimir Pešić: HEAVY METALS IN
FRESHWATER SNAILS OF ZETA RIVER, MONTENEGRO
48. Stanka Filipović & Milena Tadić: DETERMINING OF KARST WATERS ORGANIC
POLLUTION BY ULTRA-VIOLET METHOD
49. Igor Velkov: EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE CONCENTRATION OF NICKEL ON
MINERAL NUTRITION OF CAPSICUM ANNUUM
50. Rozeta Hasalliu, Elvira
Beli & Jorinda
Terpollari: EVALUATION OF THE
POLLUTION LEVEL OF WATER OF THE WELL IN A PERIPHERAL AREA OF
TIRANA, BY MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS.
51. Ariola Devolli, Enkela Noçka & Merita Stafasani: AIR MONITORING OF ALBANIA
IN THE MOST CRITICAL POINTS
52. N. Z. Blagojević, S. R. Brašanac, V. Vukašinović-Pešić & V.V. Grudić: ADSORPTION
OF ARSENIC FROM WATER USING NEUTRALIZED RED MUD AND ACTIVATED
NEUTRALIZED RED MUD – MATHEMATICAL MODEL
53. S. R. Brašanac, V. L. Vukašinović-Pešić,
N. Z. Blagojević & V. M. Jaćimović:
EFFECTS OF PHOSPHATE, SULPHATE AND BICARBONATE ON ARSENATE
REMOVAL FROM WATER USING ACTIVATED NEUTRALIZED RED MUD –
MATHEMATICAL MODEL
Climate change in South-Eastern European countries
_____________________________________________________________________
15
30
-16
10
: Oral presentations
(Chairman: Hysen Mankolli and Maja Manojlović)
15
30
-15
40
: Maja Manojović, Dragana Vidojević & Bishal Sitaula: SOIL AND CLIMATE
CHANGE: CASE OF SERBIA
15
40
-15
50
: Ilir Topi, Hysen Mankolli Sukru Dursun
& Alkeda Kalajnxhiu: ANALYSIS
OF THE METEROLOGICAL INDICATORS IN THE AREA OF SHKODRA AND LOCAL
CLIMATE CHANGE
15
50
-16
00
: Hysen Mankolli, Velesin Peçuli, Sukru Dursun, Albert Kopali, Agim Asllani:
BIOCLIMATIC STUDY BASED ON ANALYSIS OF INDICATORS METEROLOGY
16
16
00
-16
10
: Miriam Ndini & Eglantina Demiraj: IMPACT OF EXPECTED CHANGES
ON THE RIVER RUNOFF
Saturday, October 9
Plenary lectures:
09
30
-10
10
: Dragana Cvetković: PREDICTING PATTERNS OF PHENOTYPIC
VARIATION ALONG ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS AND MODERN CONCEPT OF
ECOGEOGRAPHICAL RULES
(Chairman: Thibault Datry)
Ecology of Populations
_____________________________________________________________________
10
30
-11
00
: Oral presentations
(Chairman: Carmen Gache and Bani Aida)
10
30
-10
40
: Naxhije Hila, Klementina Puto, Sotir Mali
,
Ariola Devolli
:
TRENDS IN
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM REPORTING IN ELBASAN, ALBANIA. TWENTY
YEARS OF SALMONELLA INFECTIONS REVIEW
10
40
-10
50
: Bani Aida, Echevarria Guillaume, Topi Teuta, Sulce
Sulejman, Morel Jean
Louis: ECOLOGY OF PLANT ADAPTATION TO SERPENTINE SOILS IN ALBANIA
10
50
-11
00
: Carmen Gache & Johanna Walie Müller: PRELIMINARY BIRD FAUNA’S
MONITORING IN THE FUTURE WIND FARM IVESTI – VASLUI COUNTY
(ROMANIA)
12
00
– 14
00
: poster presentations
1. Pešić Ana, Mandić Milica, ðurović Mirko, Joksimović Aleksandar: LENGTH-WEIGHT
RELATIONSHIP OF FIVE PELAGIC AND SEMIPELAGIC SPECIES FROM
MONTENEGRIN WATERS
2. Nenad ð. Labus, Tatjana Babović-Jakšić and Predrag S. Vasić: SEXUAL AND AGE
DIFFERENCES IN CRANIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ROE DEER (Capreolus
capreolus L.) FROM THE AREA OF MOUNTAIN PROKLETIJE
3. Dušica Ćalić-Dragosavac, Snežana Zdravković-Korać, Jelena Milojević and Ljiljana
Radojević: EFFECT OF DIFFERENT GENOTYPE ON PRODUCTION OF HORSE
CHESTNUT ANDROGENIC EMBRYOS
5. Laknori Odeta, Rexha Tefta, Leka (Sulaj) Fatmira, Mitre Anila, Hamzaraj Etleva,
Paparisto Anila: THE ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BOVINE RACES AND ITS
CORRELATION WITH LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN OXIDATION IN ALBANIAN
POPULATIONS
6. Milan S. Stankovië: ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY, TOTAL PHENOL AND FLAVONOID
CONTENTS OF Teucrium polium L. FROM MONTENEGRO
7. Roganovic-Zafirova, D., Velickova, N.: COMPARATIVE MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS
OF LIVER AND GONADS OF THE PRESPA ROACH (RUTILUS RUBILIO PRESPENSIS
KARAMAN) AND THE PRESPA BARBELL (BARBUS PLEBEJUS PRESPENSIS
KARAMAN) IN CONDITIONS OF POLLUTED WATER IN PRESPA LAKE
8. Lidija Polović and Katarina Ljubisavljević: FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DALMATIAN ALGYROIDES (ALGYROIDES
NIGROPUNCTATUS) FROM MONTENEGRO
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9. Dragana Cvetković, Ivana Novaković, Danica Bukvić, Zorica Krcunović, Slavenka
Janković, Uroš Živković, Ljubica ðukanović: ENVIRONMENT AND DISEASE:
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS OF THE ETIOLOGY OF BALKAN ENDEMIC
NEPHROPATHY - DATA FROM THE ENDEMIC REGION IN KOLUBARA DISTRICT
10. Emilija Nenezić: THYROID HORMONE IN ALCOHOLIC
11. Zamira Shabani,
Gentiana Qirjako,
Fiqiret Bushati, Arben Luzati: THE SITUATION OF
FLOOD IN SHKODRA DURING JANUARY – FEBBRARY 2010
12. Orhideja Tasevska, Goce Kostoski, Dafina Guseska: THE CHECKLIST OF THE LAKE
OHRID MONOGONONT ROTIFERS
13. Cristescu Mihaela: POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE NOCTURNAL
LEPIDOPTEROFAUNA OF AN URBAN ECOSYSTEM-THE BOTANICAL GARDEN
GALATI
14. Cristiana Virginia Petre, T. Petre & Carolina Marinela Petre: BIRD RARITIES SPECIES
AND THEIR PRESENT STATUS IN THE SPECIAL PROTECTED AREAS (SPA) FROM
IALOMIłA COUNTY (ROMANIA)
15. Tsekova, R. & Bogoev, V. SPECIES DIVERSITY AND RADIONUCLIDE
ACCUMULATION DEGREE IN EARTHWORMS (LUMBRICIDAE) COLLECTED
FROM LIQUIDATED URANIUM MINE.
16. Avni Hajdari, Johannes Novak, Behxhet Mustafa, Zeqir Veselaj: VARIABILITY OF
TOTAL FLAVONOIDS, TOTAL PHENOLICS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF
STACHYS SYLVATICA FROM DIFFERENT WILD POPULATION IN KOSOVO
17. Sirbu Vasile: THE DYNAMICS OF RANA TEMPORARIA TEMPORARIA (L.1758)
EGG-LAYING UNDER THE ACTION OF ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURE
18. Marijana Krivokapic: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RE-COVERING OF THE
WHITE CHUB (LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS ALBUS, CYPRINIDAE, PISCES) SCALES
(SKADAR LAKE, MONTENEGRO)
19. N. Medja, E. Panariti,
S. Duro, A. Striniqi: INFLUENCE OF CYANOTOXINS IN
HISTOLOGY OF CARASSIUS CARASSIUS
20. Koçi A, Kamani E, Rexha T.: SKIN HAIRINESS AND OTHER RELEVANT
CATEGORICAL VARIABLE DATA AND RELATIONSHIPS, OBSERVED IN A
SAMPLE OF FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN TIRANA
21. Vladimir Jovanović, Jelena Blagojević & Dragana Cvetković: IS THERE A
SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALTITUDE AND GENOME SIZE
VARIATION IN MERCURIALIS PERENNIS L.?
22. Daniela Maxim, Oana Chachula
&
Laura Trandafir: MOISTURE INSTABILITY AND
FUNGAL GROWTH IN MURAL PAINTINGS
23. Simona Dunca, Mariana Murgoci, Marius Stefan, Octavita Ailiesei: STUDY OF
BACTERIAL NITRIFICATION IN SOILS SUBJECTED TO DIFFERENT TILLAGE
SYSTEMS
Agroecology
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16
00
– 18
00
: poster presentations
1. Pajović Igor, Saša Širca & Dragana Rajković: MELOIDOGYNE (NEMATODA:
HETERODERIDAE) DETECTED IN GREENHOUSES IN ZETA-BJELOPAVLIĆI
VALLEY
2. Vjollca Ibro, Adem Salillari, Rushit Suna & Bashkim Grifsha: A COMPARATIVE
STUDY OF SOME AEGILOPS COLLECTED AT DIFFERENT REGIONS OF ALBANIA
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3. Hysen Mankolli, Sukru Dursun, Nikollaq Bardhi, Alkeda Kalajnxhiu & Noc Vata: THE
STUDY OF Pb AND Cr IN THE MEDICAGO SP. PLANT OF CULTIVATION IN
AGRICULTURAL FARMS
4. Hairi Ismaili: CHARACTERISTICS OF SEVERAL OIL OLIVE VARIETIES IN
ALBANIA
5. Bardhosh Ferraj, Bahri Hodaj, Zhaneta Shahini, Edlira Kukali & Lush Susaj:
EVALUATION OF AUTOCHTHONOUS CHERRY CULTIVARS “ZHITOME” AND
“RED BELICE”
6. Gazmend Zeneli, Genti Cupi & Abdulla Diku: SURVEY ON LOCAL CAPACITY
DEVELOPMENT FOR FORESTRY SERVICES IN ALBANIA
7. Spiro Grazhdani, Alma Ahmeti, Marsela Bitri: AN EVALUATION AND COMPARISON
OF REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF
ALBANIA
8. Ana Topalovic, Petar Pfendt, Mirko Knezevic & Natalija Perovic: EVALUATION OF
THE PHOSPHORUS STATUS IN CALCAREOUS SOIL BY MEANS OF PRINCIPAL
COMPONENT ANALYSIS
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Plenary Lectures
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WHEN RIVERS RUN DRY: TEMPORARY STREAMS AS COUPLED
AQUATIC-TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
Thibault Datry
CEMAGREF, laboratoire DYNAM, Groupement de Lyon, 3 bis quai Chauveau, F-69336
Lyon cedex 09, France, E-mail: thibault.datry@cemagref.fr
Temporary streams are among the most common freshwater ecosystems and their proportion
is predicted to rapidly increase in the near future due to global change and increasing water
demands. Surprisingly, these systems have been poorly considered by ecologists. As a result,
basic knowledge is still crucially lacking to understand temporary stream’s distinctive
ecological functioning and biodiversity.
From an ecological perspective, temporary streams and rivers are alternating aquatic
and terrestrial ecosystems that are functionally linked. Duration, frequency, timing and spatial
patterns of drying-rewetting cycles are thought to be the primary drivers of these systems.
However, quantitative relationships between intermittence hydrology and ecology are still
relatively scarce. Of particular importance are the transition periods between the aquatic and
terrestrial phases. These “temporary ecotones” may shape the biogeochemistry and
biodiversity of entire stream networks for periods that extent far beyond the transition
periods. However, very few studies have focused on these transitions and on their ecological
consequence. Last, temporal phases of temporary streams are still “terra incognita” from a
biological and ecological perspectives.
This plenary talk aims at synthesizing knowledge on temporary stream’s ecology and
biodiversity, presenting on-going research projects on temporary streams at Cemagref, and
stimulating future research.
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DATA ON BENTHOS OF VLORA BAY (ADRIATIC SEA, ALBANIA)
Sajmir Beqiraj
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania
e-mail: beqirajs@yahoo.com
A complex and integrated study of Vlora Bay has been done within the framework of CISM
project (Technical assistance for establishment and management of an International Center
for Marine Studies in Albania). Two large expeditions, in May 2007 and January 2008, have
been carried out with the common participation of Albanian and Italian experts’ teams,
aiming to collect data on biology, physico-chemistry, geology, sedimentology, hydrology,
erosion and ecotoxicology in the marine and coastal habitats of Vlora Bay. The present paper
is mainly focused on obtained data from benthic communities of hard and soft bottoms. Some
of the sampling and analyzing techniques have been used for the first time in Albania and a
considerable part of the data were reported for the first time for Albania and for Vlora Bay in
terms of reported taxa, bio-ecological findings and mapping of benthic biocenosis. A big
number of species has been reported for the first time for Albania among benthic
macroinvertebrates, especially annelids, crustaceans and mollusks. Thirteen habitat types
have been identified within the bay, where the largest biocenosis were those of coastal
terrigenous muds (60,44%), facies of soft muds with Turritella communis (24,11%), facies of
dead “mattes” of Posidonia oceanica (7,05%), meadows of Posidonia oceanica (3,35%) and
coastal detritic bottoms (1,67%). Effects of unplanned development on marine biodiversity of
this area have also been assessed. Most of these results could represent a starting point for the
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future research in the area, as well as suggestions for the conservation and management
policy for the Vlora Bay and other coastal areas in Albania.
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PREDICTING PATTERNS OF PHENOTYPIC VARIATION ALONG
ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS AND MODERN CONCEPT OF
ECOGEOGRAPHICAL RULES
Dragana Cvetković
Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; e-
mail: dragana@bio.bg.ac.rs
In search for universal macroecological patterns, body size variation on large spatial and
temporal scales has been one of the central themes. Recent surge of renewed research interest
resulted in a growing body of studies concerning the observed general patterns. These
patterns are traditionally called ’rules’, suggesting their validity and universal applicability.
However, this matter is vigorously debated: whether these rules should be accepted as
universal or dismissed as scientific relicts, that have only historical value; whether we should
search for new integrative frameworks or take the rules ’back to their origins’ (i.e. original
formulations). Here, I review the recent research concerning the ecogeographical rules and
the inconsistent results obtained; the questions concerning generality of such rules and their
predictive power. I give the overview of approaches proposed recently, with the emphasis on
shift from testing simply whether the observed patterns conform to the specific rule to testing
the multiple hypotheses about the underlying mechanisms within new frameworks (e.g. using
an information-theoretic approach). Special attention is given to two issues: the complex
situation (lack of consistent global patterns) in ectotherms and the need to further explore the
relationship between the patterns (e.g. Bergmann’s and Rensch’s rules).
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Terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems
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INFLUENCE OF NUTRIENT LOADING ON ORGANOTROPHIC
BACTERIA AND PHYTOPLANKTON IN EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS
Vera Novevska, Suzana Patceva, Trajce Naumoski & Vasa Mitic
Hydrobiological Institute, Naum Ohridski 50, 6000 Ohrid, R.of Macedonia, e-mail:
vnovevska2001@yahoo.com
Inorganic nutrients in various concentration and composition were added to water from Lake
Ohrid used as a medium in experimental conditions (microcosm). Phosphate, ammonium,
nitrate and nitrite salts were added. Lake water was used to control. The duration of the
experiment was 37 days. The number of organotrophic bacteria grown on a standard MPA
(meso-pepton agar) medium was analyzed, as well as the quantitative phytoplankton
composition. This work analysed the condition with these parameters at the beginning, after
six days and 37 days of exposure in the microcosm placed in an in situ setting in Lake Ohrid
water.
The results of our investigations showed that organotrophic bacteria displayed highest
growth during the sixth day of exposure in each microcosm. The quantitative composition in
phytoplankton showed a different situation. Its maximum growth was evidenced after 37 day
exposure in each microcosm with the exception of 7 (5ml of KH
2
PO
4
+ 10 ml KNO
3
added),
where its growth was minimal. In this microcosm the minimum number of organotrophic
bacteria was evidenced after the same period. Our assumption is that there was a mass growth
of zooplankton after this period in this microcosm due to its predatory role where after the 37
day exposure period bacteria arise as its essential nourishment.
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PHYTOPLANKTON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE SURROUNDING
WATERS OF THE SUBAQUATIC SPRINGS IN ANCIENT LAKE OHRID
Suzana Patceva & Vasa Mitic
Hydrobiological Institute, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, e-mail: spatceva@hio.edu.mk
Subaquatic springs in ancient Lake Ohrid are the most interesting phenomenon from a
hydrogeological point and their investigation deserve particular attention. General
characteristics of the spring regime are in direct correlation between the precipitation and
spring discharge.
Investigations were carried out in two different types of subaquatic springs Kalista
nad Veli Dab in the period 2006-2008. The water samples from subaquatic springs were
collected in different ways (barrel, flask, bag and water vacuum pump) in order to find the
most appropriate way of collecting pure spring water. Water samples from the surrounding
lake water were collected for comparison, too. Pump method was the most appropriate way
of sampling.
The qualitative composition of the algae and their quantity in the both springs was
very similar. Diatoms were the dominant algae in terms of number of species and their
density.
Chlorophyll a concentration in the surrounding water of Kalista Spring was
significantly higher than in the surrounding water of Veli Dab Spring
All of these values of chlorophyll a concentration in the investigated surrounding spring
waters belong to boundary values for oligotrophic waters.
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ECOLOGICAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF LUDA RIVER, BULGARIA
Teodora Stoyanova
1
, Ivan Traykov
1
, Ivanka Yaneva
2
& Valentin Bogoev
1
1
Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection;
2
Department of General and Applied
Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Sofia, 8 Dragan Tzankov Bld., 1164 Sofia,
Bulgaria, E-mail: stoyanova.t.l@gmail.com
The benthic community of Luda River is influenced by both uranium loaded sediments and
infiltrate water from the abundant mine in the vicinity of the Senokos Village. Water quality
of Luda River (Bulgaria) is assessed by use of structural (Margalefs’ diversity index,
Simpson dominance index and Shannon-Weaver diversity index) biotic (BMWP, MIBI,
BGBI, EPT) and saprobic (Pantle-Buck) indices of the benthic communities. The low values
of the BMWP, MIBI, BGBI, EPT and Margalefs’ diversity index at stations two, six (during
the spring) and seven (during the autumn) mark the problem sections of the river. This
situation is illustrated also by the high coefficient of dominance at these stations. The
saprobic index varied between olygosaproby and olygo – β-mesosaproby and shows the lack
of significant organic pollution.
The benthic community makes a quick recovery downstream evidenced by the
increased values of the biotic indices. In the lower reaches, waters are diverted for irrigation,
thus enhancing the negative effect of the uranium mine on the benthic invertebrates and
posing a health risk for the local community.
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ASPECTS OF MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF WATER LAGOON
Laura Shabani
1
, Muharrem Shehu
2
& Tania Floqi
3
1- Tirana University, Natural Sciences Faculty, Industrial Chemistry Department, Albania;
2- Technologic University “Ismail Qemali ” , Vlore, Albania; 3-Tirana Polytechnic
University, Environmental Engineering Department., Albania, e-mail lrshabani@yahoo. com
The main aim of this study is to classify these water concerning to the microbiological and
environmental standards of quality. This research presents data about the microbiological
parameters of water lagoon of Narta and Orikum, situated at the Vlora bay, in south of
Adriatic sea. They are very important habitats fulfill touristic and economical value because
using them for fishing. It is important to know the quality of coastal waters, otherwise to
evaluate the level of pollution in order to ensure if they are safe to bathe. The microbiological
examination of water samples is made measuring the microbial presence level and mostly the
coliforms one. The determination of the total charge of aerob mesofilic bacteria is made
according to the standard plate count method. Also an important parameter is the
determination of the quantity of thermo-tolerant coliforms (E. coli ) as indicator of fecal
pollution. This analyze is made by the multiple-tube fermentation method and the results are
evaluated as most probable number (MPN/100ml).
As well as these characteristics the article contains data about some physical-chemical
parameters of these waters such as, pH and temperature values, quantity of oxygen soluble.
The samples for analyses are collected from four different stations by each lagoon in the
months of autumn and spring-summer seasons.
According to the data of analyses, this paper points out the fact that, there are areas in
these habitats where the pollution is evident. In some stations the level of total and fecal
coliforms is more than standard values for these type of water. We think that the actual state
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of urban wastewater system and its bad management is the main cause of microbial water
pollution.
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CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
DRINKING WATER RESOURCES – VILLAGE CASE STUDY
T. Floqi *, L. Shabani **, B. Myrtaj *, E. Çobani *
* Polytechnic University of Tirana, Environmental Engineering Department; ** University
of Tirana Industrial Chemistry Department.
Water is essential to sustain life and a satisfactory (adequate, safe and accessible) supply
must be available to all. Every effort should be made to achieve a drinking water quality as
safe as practicable. (12, 24, 25)
Natural water quality of our country, generally are good, not only for groundwater but
also for surface water. However, there are many problems concerning drinking water quality
in Albania and especially in the rural area.
The village we carry out the study is one of the biggest in Tirana region. It is located
in the north-east of Tirana, near the Erzen river.
Insufficient public storage capacity obligated the villagers dig their own wells without any
monitoring of the water quality. (The lack of chemicals and disinfectant reagents for
treatment increase the risks of contamination by external biological, chemical or microbial
agents)
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HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATIONON IN KÖYCEĞIZ LAGOON
SYSTEM- TURKIYE
Fevzi Yilmaz, Bülent Yorulmaz & Tuncer Okan Genç
Mugla University, Science Faculty, Biology Department Kotekli-Mugla Turkiye
yfevzi@mu.edu.tr
Water, and especially fresh water, is one of the most critical natural resources for
understanding environmental pollutions. As a result of chemical pollution, it is unavoidable
of easily joining of heavy metals to biological cycle and becoming a threatening for aquatic
ecosystems and human health in long terms. For this aim, water, sediment and fish samples
were collected from 8 sites of the Köyceğiz Lake Lagoon System (TURKEY) during autumn
2009. The aim was determine of metal accumulation on Köyceğiz Lagoon System. As, Cd,
Co, Pb, Hg, Al, Sn, Cu, Zn, Ni, Fe and Mn concentration levels were determined in fish gills,
liver and muscle and also determined metal concentration on surface water and sediment.
Digested samples were analyzed using an Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission
Spectrometer (ICP-AES). Non essential Cd and Pb higher concentration were found on fish
muscle and sediment.
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DATA ON PHYTOPLANKTON OF BOVILLA RESERVOIR (TIRANA)
FOCUSED ON DRINKING WATER USE
Erlinda Koni
1
, Merjem Bushati
1
, Lirika Kupe
2
& Aleko Miho
3
1
Department of Food Safety, Food Safety and Veterinary
Institute, Tirana, Albania,
e-mails: erlindakoni@yahoo.com, merjemb@yahoo.com ;
2
Department of Agronomy,
Faculty of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Tirana, e-mail: lirika_kupe@yahoo.com;
3
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana,
e-mail: amiho@icc-al.org
Since the year 1998, the Bovllla Reservoir is the main drinking water supplier for Tirana
Capital and its suburbs (ca. 850’000 inhabitants). In an integrated study carried on during
May 2006 – September 2008, low phytoplankton productivity was observed in; it was also
supported also by other data, like photosynthetic pigments, zooplankton, etc. From biological,
microbiological and other physical-chemical data the quality of waters corresponded mostly
to oligotrophic state (I
rst
water quality), category A1 of EC Directive 75/440. Relatively
intense growth of phytoplankton was observed only in May 2007, corresponding to
mesotrophic state (II
nd
quality). The most abundant species belonged to centric diatoms,
represented mainly by Cyclotella commensis, not yet recognized to release substances that
cause bed odour and taste in drinking water. Aerobic filamentous actinobacteria or
actinomycetes (Streptomyces) are the most suspected to be the cause of taste-and-odour
outbreaks in drinking water. Sustainable management of the watershed focused on protection
of water quality, preventing the erosion and the eutrophication phenomena is strongly
recommended.
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TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF POTENTIALLY TOXIC ALGAE
(DINOFLAGELLATES AND DIATOMS) IN BUTRINTI LAGOON
Merjem Bushati
1
, Erlinda Koni
1
, Marsela Bregaj
1
& Aleko Miho
2
1
Department of Food Safety, Food Safety and Veterinary Institute, Tirana, Albania,
Tel./Fax: +355 4 372 912; e-mail: merjemb@yahoo.com, erlindakoni@yahoo.com,
marselabregaj@yahoo.com;
2
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University
of Tirana, Tirana, Albania, Tel.: +355.4.232120; e-mail: amiho@icc-al.org
Sampling two times per month
was conducted from January 2006 to April 2007, at three
stations along three transects, in Butrinti lagoon (Saranda region, Ionian Sea). It aimed
the
determination of the temporal
presence/abundance of the potentially toxic phytoplankton
along the Albanian coastal zone of Ionian Sea.
The study was focused on the most abundant taxa Gonyaulax spinifera, Dinophysis
sacculus, D. fortii, Alexandrium spp., Karenia spp., Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima, P.
seriata, Prorocentrum minimum, Scripsiella spp.; the identities
of the mostly were confirmed
on cleaned materials. Abundances displayed horizontal structure in the study area. The
distribution patterns of these potential Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning
(ASP), Diarrhetic
Shellfish Poisoning
(DSP), Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
(PSP) toxin producers were
statistically analyzed by ANOVA: Single Factor, Microsoft Excel in
order to address
relationships between different stations and different months (environmental variable).
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Distribution of P. seriata and P. delicatissima showed a stronger seasonality and was more
correlated with winter conditions than the others,
which in turn exhibited a broader temporal
distribution.
It was the first report of the occurrence and dynamics of Alexandrium spp., Karenia
spp. populations in Butrinti lagoon.
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TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS LAST
TWO YEARS (2008-2010) IN KOTOR BAY
Slañana Krivokapić
1
, Branka Pestorić
2
, Dragana Drakulović
2
& Marina Krivokapić
2
1
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put bb.,
81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, sladjana69@yahoo.com;
2
Institute of Marine Biology, P.O.
Box 69, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro
Chlorophyll a and main hidrological parameters were measured at one station in Kotor Bay.
The samples were taken from three depths in period February 2008 to January 2010.
Maximum chlorophyll a concentration measured in December 2008 and 2009 (8.26 mgm
-3
and 10.11 mgm
-3
, respectively). These results indicated that this area could be described as
eutrophic to hypertrophic during winter period.
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SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY IN
THE MONTENEGRIN COAST
Dragana Drakulović & Nenad Vuksanović
Institute of Marine Biology, Dobrota bb, P.box 69, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro
Seasonal distribution of phytoplankton abundance and assemblages were analysed from July
2009 to April 2010. Samples were taken on five stations: two stations in Boka Kotorska Bay
(Institute of Marine Biology - Kotor Bay and Krasici - Tivat Bay) and three stations in the
open sea ( Stari Ulcinj - Ulcinj, Žukotrlica - Bar, Kamenovo - Budva).
The highest abundance of microplankton was found in inner part of Boka Kotorska
Bay (IBM-Institute of Marine Biology), in winter period (4 x 10
6
cells L
-1
). The lowest value
of abundance was noticed in the open sea on station Stari Ulcinj in order up to 10
3
cells L
-1
.
The phytoplankton was dominated by diatoms throught all period of investigation ,
with the minimum species diversity in winter and the maximum in spring.
Majority of species which were noticed, prefer nutrient-enriched conditions, such as:
Skeletonema spp., Pseudonitzschia spp., Thallasionema nitzschioides, Prorocentrum micans,
Ceratium tripos, Ceratium furca.
Presence of abundance in order up to 10
6
cells L
-1
and euthrophic species shows that
Boka Kotorska Bay get caracteristic as an moderately euthropic region. Out of the Bay in the
open sea, values were lower as result of better dinamics of waters masses.
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DATA ABOUT POLLEN GRAINS OF ALLERGENIC PLANTS
Kallajxhiu, N
¹
., Kapidani, G²., Pupuleku, B
¹
. & Naqellari, P.
¹
1
‘‘A. Xhuvani” University of Elbasan, FNS, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Albania,
nkallajxhiu@hotmail.com; ²Tirana University, FNS, Department of Biology, Albania
This article represents data about the morphological studies of pollen grains from different
allergic plants. It is a part of the “Allergopalynolologic studies of allergic plants on Elbasan
region and all respective allergies caused by them”. The article describes morphologically 8
granules taken from allergic plants. Palynologic data for these plants are given for the first
time in the Palynologic literature in our country. Throughout the study is given more
information about the morphological characteristics of pollen grains, about the way they are
gathered, stored and laboratorial tested, about the blossoms and pollination period by helping
in this way the respective doctor as well as all citizens by taking all the necessary precautions
in preventing allergic diseases caused by pollen. Usually, at the beginning the allergy is
provoked from a specie, but when time passes along the allergy may be caused from other
different pollens’ groups, especially if it is not being cured when it first appears. After
identifying the local allergens the doctor is helped in order to give out the right diagnose, so
we can know and avoid whatever caused the deseas and the society is sensibilized and the
appropriate instituions in order to take the preelimnary cautions for the growth and
limitations of allergic plants.
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TROGLOBIONT SUCTORIAN AND APOSTOME CILIATES
(CILIOPHORA)
Igor V. Dovgal & Robert S. Vargovitsh
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, B. Khmelnitsky str., 15, 01601, Kiev, Ukraine.
E-mail: dovgal@izan.kiev.ua
The list of ciliated protozoans living in subterranean waters comprises about 150 species.
Only a few ciliate species which are host-specific commensals or parasites of subterranean
animals (especially crustaceans) possibly should be considered as troglobionts. The data on
cavernicolous suctorians Spelaeophrya troglocaridis from shrimps, Tokophrya niphargi from
subterranean amphipods, T. bathynellae from syncarids, Echinophrya stenaselli and T.
microcerberi from subterranean isopods along with apostome Gymnodinioides sp. from
amphipods of the genus Niphargus are cited. The own data on T. niphargi from amphipods of
the Ukrainian Carpathians as well as for S. troglocaridis and Gymnodinioides sp. from
shrimps of West Caucasian caves are also provided
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MONITORING OF TOXIC RESIDUES IN BIVALVE MOLLUSCS ALONG
THE ADRIATIC COASTAL LINE OF ALBANIA
Rigerta Sadikaj
1
*, Edmond Panariti
2
& Dritan Arapi
3
1
University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Departament of Biotechnology, Tirana,
Albania;
2
Agricultural University of Tirana, Faculty of Veterinary, Tirana, Albania;
3
University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Museum of Natural Scienses, Tirana,
Albania
Data on the level of contamination in Albanian seashore with PSP biotoxins (saxitoxin and
derivates ) as well as heavy metals Hg and Cr are given.
Lysosome membrane destabilization test has been the method of choice in the present
study. A relatively low retention time of the used red neutral dye in some selected monitoring
areas was detected at the distance of 50 m offshore indicating a high level of the biological
stress. Whereas at 200-m distance the retention time sensibly increases. Comparably higher
levels of Hg and Cr were detected at 50-m offshore distance.
The high level of PSP biotoxins in some selected monitoring areas, where sampling of
water and bivalve molluscs was performed has impacts in the health.
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ENVIRONMENTAL URBAN MANAGEMENT IN ALBANIA
Luljeta Buza
1
& Ermira Xhunga
2
“Luarasi” Law University, Rr. Lidhja Prizrenit, Pallati 10/1, Ap. 7. Tirana. Albania
E-mail: luljetabuza@yahoo.com;
2
Urban Architect, Rr. Komuna e Parisit, Pallati 100/1 Nr
2/2 Tirana. Albania, E-mail: ermiraxhunga@gmail.com
The study aims to highlight the needs of urban management based on the construction of an
approach that responds to the specific environment, social, economic and institutional aspects
of the cities. The study is focused on integrated planning and management of environment of
the urban features, which tend to co-exist within the cities. Research data indicate the ways
how to improve these issues and provides answers to the following questions: Why is
environmental planning and its management important? What are the effects of the
environment in urban areas? What is their role in the improvement of quality of life? How do
people think of urban plan and the environment?
The study is based on the analysis of questionnaires about perception and beliefs on
such issues. This study highlights some of the urban environmental management initiatives
being taken by the Albanian government, the main constraints, and the results associated with
each environmental instrument and the opinions of the community.
The paper is divided into two parts. Part I outlines the key issues related to the
understanding of “the importance of urban environmental management and its elements”.
Part II analyzes constrains, conclusions and recommendations.
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POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF TULIPA HUNGARICA BORB..
Dušica Ćalić-Dragosavac
1
, Snežana Zdravković-Korać
1
, Jelena Milojević & Saša Nestorović
2
1
Institute for biological research ״Siniša Stanković,״ Belgrade, Serbia;
2
ðerdap National
Park, Donji Milanovac, Serbia.
Pollen morphology and in vitro androgenesis were investigated for the diversity protection
and conservation of endemic species- djerdap tulip (Tulipa hungarica Borb.).
Anthers were longitudinally resected and free microspores were stained with 1 %
orcein solution, prepared in 45 % acetic acid. A rapid method with fluorescein diacetate –
FDA and 4', 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole – DAPI was used to determine pollen viability as
well as a pollen dimorphism. FDA and DAPI- treated microspores were viewed with a BX 51
Olympus microscope fitted with an ultraviolet exciter filter B 12 or BP 340-380 for DAPI in
combination with barrier filter Y 50. The most of analyzed microspores were viability. A fifty
percent of investigated microspores had one nucleus, and other half had two nuclei.
Pollen of T. hungarica showed differences in size, shape, staining intensity, fluorescence and
viability after treating with fluorescein diacetate.
Small pollen grains were embryogenic, while large were nonembryogenic.
Embryogenic pollen has crucial role in androgenesis induction of T. hungarica. In future,
these in vitro androgenic T. hungarica plants will be reintroduced in natural enviroment.
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COMPOSITION AND DYNAMICS OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITY
IN THE LAKE PRESPA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
Lence Lokoska
Hidrobiological Institute, 6000 Ohrid, R. Makedonija, E-mail: lokoskalence@yahoo.com
The composition and dynamics of the heterotrophic, proteolytic, amilolytic, lipolytic, phospho-
mineralizing, phospho-mobilizing, nitrogen-fixing, urolitic, cellulolytic, and coliform bacteria
in the Lake Prespa and its tributaries were investigated during longer period of time (2000-
2009).
There have been determined important differences in the quality of the waters from
the analyzed localities, as well as in regard to the composition of the communities. In the
rivers there have been registered rather higher values of all analyzed groups of bacteria, with
maximums in the Golema River. According to the results, water quality of tributaries varied
from II-IV class, water of the littoral was I-III, and water quality of the pelagic region was I-
II class. Development of bacteria directly depends on the concentration of organic substances.
The investigations show deteriorated water quality due to the pressures of settlements and
human activities. The main sources of pollution are wastewaters produced by households,
industries and agriculture.
For prevention of the ongoing process of eutrophication of the Prespa Lake and to
enable its revitalization certain measures have to be undertaken, such as increased control of
the waters that flow into the lake, to be cautious of the biological minimum of the water in
the rivers, which also during the summer period are used for irrigation without any control.
The composition and dynamics of the microorganisms in the Lake Ohrid have been
monitored for longer period of time (1996-2006).
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MACROPHYTE COMPOSITION IN RESERVOIRS WITH DIFFERENT
TROPHIC STATUS
Tosheva A.
1
& Traykov I.
2
1
Sofia University "St. Klmient Ohridski", Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany, 8
Dragan Tzankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: atosheva@biofac.uni-sofia.bg
2
Sofia University "St. Klmient Ohridski", Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and
Environmental Protection, 8 Dragan Tzankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
The trophic status of 27 reservoirs from the two ecoregions in Bulgaria was assessed during
2009-2010. The main hydrochemical parameters (ТР, ТN) were used to arrange a trophic
state gradient. A list of species of submerged aquatic macrophytes was compiled for the
respective water bodies. The values of TP are in the range of 0,001-0,343mg/l and these of
ТN are 0,03-8,40 mg/l. Twenty-three species of macrophytes from twelve families were
described under the current study.
Based on the nutrients gradient, the reservoirs were divided according to the OECD
classification as follows: four hypereutrophic, five eutrophic, six mesotrophic and twelve
oligotrophic. This distribution is tentative and will be verified in the next phase of the study.
The majority of the aquatic macrophytes show no preference according to the trophic state of
the reservoirs (Myriophyllum spicatum, Ceratophyllum demersum, Potamogeton natans, P.
nodosus etc.). Species like Lemna gibba, Salvinia natans, Spirodela polyrrhisa, Trapa natans
are typical for hypereutrophic reservoirs, while the eutrophic species include Lemna minor, L.
trisulca, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, Ceratophyllum submersum etc. The species
Potamogeton berchtoldii, Chara spp., as well as Potamogeton gramineus, Najas marina,
Ranunculus trichophyllus etc. are typical for oligo- mesotrophic conditions. Some aquatic
macrophytes are observed along the span of the trophic gradient with increasing abundance
toward the eutrophic conditions (Myriophyllum verticillatum, Persicaria amphibia,
Potamogeton crispus, P. pectinatus etc.).
Acknowledgment:
The financial support through Project № MU-0114/2008 provided
by National Science Fund at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science in Sofia is
gratefully acknowledged.
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PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE STUDY OF FLORA AND
VEGETATION OF OHRID LAKE
Alma Imeri
1
, Alfred Mullaj
2
, Ermelinda Gjeta3, Julian Shehu
1
, Lirika Kupe
1
& Alkeda
Kalajnxhiu
1
1
Agricultural University of Tirana;
2
University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences;
3
University of Elbasan, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Ohrid Lake is a crossborder lake, shared between Albania and Machedonia. Lake vegetation
provides critical habitat structure for other taxonomic groups, such as epiphytic bacteria,
phytoplankton, and some species of algae, macroinvertebrates, amphibians, and fishs. The
composition and diversity of the plant community influences diversity in these other
taxonomic groups. Strong links exist between vegetation and lake water chemistry. Plants
remove nutrients through uptake and accumulation in tissues, but they also act as a nutrient
pump by moving compounds from the sediment. Vegetation influences the hydrology and
sediment regime through processes such as sediment and shoreline stabilization.
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Identification, assessment and mapping of vegetation types along the shores of the lake is a
first important step towards the implementation of traditional and new management practices
aiming at increasing of wet meadows area and the sustainable use of the habitats.
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COMPOSITION AND SEASONALITY OF THE ZOOPLANKTON
COMMUNITY OF LAKE PRESPA, MACEDONIA
Dafina Guseska, Goce Kostoski & Orhideja Tasevska
Hydrobiological Institute, 6000 Ohrid, Macedonia, email: guseska@yahoo.com
In this paper the rewiew of the qualitative and quantitative composition of Lake Prespa
pelagic zooplankton for the period October, 2008 – September, 2009 is presented.
During the investigated period, according the quantity, the Copepoda representatives were
dominant, especially calanoid Arctodiaptomus steindachneri and the larval nauplial and
copepodid stages which are presented with great numerical values. With significantly high
quantity in the summer period the representatives of Cladocera were present.
From the parallel between the present zooplankton state and the previous
investigations, the some changes in the biodiversity and in the quantity of the zooplankton
can be noticed. That direct to certain changes in the water quality of the Lake Prespa pelagic
zone
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CRYPTIC DIVERSITY OF GAMMARUS ROESELII GERVAIS, 1835
(CRUSTACEA, AMPHIPODA) IN THE BALKAN PENINSULA
Grabowski,
M.
1
, Bacela-Spychalska, K.
1
& Wattier, R.
2
1
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16,
90-237 Lodz, Poland; e-mail: michalg@biol.uni.lodz.pl;
2
Ecologie-Evolution UMR CNRS
5561 Biogéosciences Universite de Bourgogne 6 Boulevard Gabriel 21000 Dijon, France
Gammarus roeselii is distributed throughout the western and central Europe, western
Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. However the species was described from France,
hypothetically it originated from the Balkan Peninsula and has spread north in recent times
aided by man-made network of navigable canals. Based on the samples covering the species
entire distributional range in Europe we have analyzed geographic variability of COI and 16S
rRNA gene fragments. High genetic variability, mosaic distribution of haplotypes and
divergent populations were observed in the southern Balkan Peninsula, opposed to highly
reduced and relatively uniform variability pattern in populations sampled in western and
central Europe. To some extent the results were congruent with observed variability pattern
of morphological traits. Our proposed scenario of G. roeselii phylogeographic history in
Europe implies presence of glacial refugium in the Balkan Peninsula with speciation centre in
its southern part and cryptic species present in the area. A significant gene flow was observed
among waterbodies in the north part of the peninsula. Evidently, populations inhabiting
northern part of the refugium were the source for recent colonisation of the other parts of
Europe. Mysterious remains the position of G. roeselii from Asia Minor. Distribution pattern
of the species with a gap in the eastern Balkans suggests that the Asian population may
represent another phylogeographic unit and different glacial refugium as observed in several
other animal species.
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GAMMARUS BALCANICUS SCHÄFERNA, 1922 – ONE OR SEVERAL
SPECIES?
Mamos T
1
. & Grabowski M.
2
Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16,
90-237 Lodz, Poland;
1
tmamos@biol.uni.lodz.pl,
2
michalg@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Gammarus balcanicus is a species distributed widely from the southern foothills of Alps
through the Balkans and Carpathian region to Asia Minor. It is found predominantly in
montane/submontane streams and springs. The species is characterised by high level of
morphological diversity across its distribution range. This resulted in descriptions of large
number of forms, subspecies and species synonymised at some point to G. balcanicus. The
aim of our work was to analyse morphological and molecular variability of populations from
several regions along the Carpathian Arch and compare it to topotypical population from the
Balkan Peninsula. Morphometric studies encompassed 231 adult males from 9 sampling sites
located in Southern, Eastern Carpathians and in the Dobrogea Plateau as well as one
topotypical sample from Montenegro. Altogether 40 morphological features were measured,
7 of which significantly varied (Kruskal-Wallis test) across populations and were used for
further statistical analysis (PCA, ANOVA). The analysis enabled us to define four main
morphological types within the analysed samples. All populations from the Carpathians and
Dobrogea were significantly different from the topotypical one. This suggests high level of
taxonomic distinctness. Besides, three different morphological types could be differentiated
among in Eastern and Southern Carpathians what may suggest some allopatric speciation.
The results obtained with morphometric methods were also verified with use of molecular
markers (rRNA gene fragment, 310bp), which supported distinctness of Carpathian vs.
Balkan population, with several cryptic species occuring within the Carpathian Arch.
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MOTHOCYA TAURICA (CZERNIAVSKY, 1868) FEMALE
REDESCRIPTION ON ALOSA FALLAX FROM THE BLACK SEA COASTS
OF TURKEY
Ahmet Öktener
1
, Hatice Torcu-Koç
2
, Zeliha Erdoğan
2
& Jean-Paul Trilles
3
1
Istanbul Provencial Directorate of Agriculture, Directorate of Control, Kumkapı Fish
Auction Hall, 34130, Kumkapı, Đstanbul, Turkey;
2
University of Balıkesir, Faculty of Science
and Art, Department of Biology, Çağış Campus, 10145, Balıkesir, Turkey;
3
UMR 5119
(CNRS-UM2-IFREMER), Équipe Adaptation écophysiologique et ontogenèse, Université de
Montpellier 2, CC. 092, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex O5, France
In this study, the characteristic features such as mouth parts, pereopods, pleopods of female
Mothocya taurica (Czerniavsky, 1868) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) are given based
on the drawings made from collected specimens. Mothocya taurica specimens were collected
from Alosa fallax (Teleostei: Clupeidae) from the Black Sea Coasts of Turkey.
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UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY SCUBA DIVERS ARE
USEFUL FOR TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ABOUT
PARASITIC CYMOTHOIDS (CRUSTACEA, ISOPODA, CYMOTHOIDAE)
Hatice Torcu-Koç
1
, Zeliha Erdoğan
1
, Ahmet Öktener
2
& Jean-Paul Trilles
3
1
University of Balıkesir, Faculty of Science and Art, Department of Biology, Çağış Campus,
10145, Balıkesir, Turkey;
2
Istanbul Provencial Directorate of Agriculture, Directorate of
Control, Kumkapı Fish Auction Hall, 34130, Kumkapı, Đstanbul, Turkey;
3
UMR 5119
(CNRS-UM2-IFREMER), Équipe Adaptation écophysiologique et ontogenèse, Université de
Montpellier 2, CC. 092, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex O5, France
This study provides new records about the genus Anilocra and Nerocila from the Sea of
Marmara and the Aegean Sea Coasts of Turkey. Identifications at the species and mainly
genus level were performed using underwater photographs taken by scuba divers from 15
different hosts. At least, two species of Anilocra (A. frontalis and A. physodes) and one
species of Nerocila (N. bivittata) are identified. Anthias anthias, Apogon imberbis, Gobius
bucchichi, Pempheris vanicolensis, Symphodus mediterraneus, Tripterygion delaisi and T.
melanurus are determined as new hosts for the Anilocra genus. This study also first gives
Anilocra from the sweeper, Pempheris vanicolensis which is a lessepsian migrant. This study
emphasizes that underwater photography is useful as additional technique, for taxonomic and
ecological studies about parasitic cymothoids
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GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF CRUCIAN CARP, CARASSIUS
CARASSIUS (L., 1758) IN ĐKIZCETEPELER DAM LAKE, BALIKESIR,
TURKEY
Zeliha Erdoğan
1
, Fatih Üstün
1
, Serkan Güngör
1
, Hatice Torcu Koç
1
, Ahmet Öktener
2
1
University of Balıkesir, Faculty of Science and Art, Department of Biology, Çağış Campus,
10145, Balıkesir, Turkey;
2
Istanbul Provencial Directorate of Agriculture, Directorate of
Control, Kumkapı Fish Auction Hall, 34130, Kumkapı, Đstanbul, Turkey
In this study, the population structure and growth characteristics of 192 crucian carp
(Carassius carassius L., 1758) from the Đkizcetepeler Dam Lake were investigated monthly
between December 2008 and May 2009. Age groups ranged between II and V for this species
in the reservoir, with the third and fourth year-classes dominating. Sex ratio was 1 : 13.8
(M : F), corresponding to 6.77% males and 93.23% females. The von Bertalanffy growth
equation and length–weight relationship for all individuals were found as
L
t
= 34.75[1 −e
−0.20(t+4.29)
] and W=0.0013L
3.8533
, respectively.
The mean value of condition factor for all age groups was calculated as 3.97 and
significant statistical differences in condition factors between age classes were not found
(P > 0.05, t-test). It can be said that crucian carp population fed well in Đkizcetepeler Dam
Lake.
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TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL DATA ON THE
MACROZOOBENTHOS OF VAINI LAGOON (ADRIATIC SEA,
ALBANIA)
Entela Malkaj, Jula Selmani & Sajmir Beqiraj
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Bulevardi Zog I,
Tirana, Albania , emalkaj@hotmail.com
The study of the macrozoobenthos of the Vaini Lagoon has been carried out during 2007 -
2009. The purpose of this study was to assess species composition and quantitative
characteristics of macrozoobenthic community, as well as their seasonal variations within the
lagoon, between different sites, regarding substrate typology and sea influence. The samples
were taken in spring and fall at four sampling sites, two of which were in the southern part of
the lagoon and two in its northern part. In each site, it was intended to sample in substrate
with and without macrovegetation. 43 macrozoobenthic taxa were identified, which belong to
mollusks, annelids, crustaceans and larvae of insects. Besides species compositions and
quantitative characteristics for each site in each season, some simple ecological and
biodiversity indices were also calculated in order to evaluate the stability of the
macrozoobenthic community within the lagoon.
Five species, already known for Albanian fauna, have been reported for the first time
for this lagoon. The data of this paper compared to previous taxonomic and ecological data
on macrozoobenthos, show a deterioration of water quality and of the environmental situation
of the Vaini Lagoon. Continuous and regular ecological monitoring is recommended for this
lagoon.
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RAPID ASSESSMENT OF BENTHIC MACROFAUNA OF SARANDA BAY
(IONIAN SEA, ALBANIA)
1
Sajmir Beqiraj,
1
Lefter Kashta,
1
Migena Kuçi,
2
Denada Kasemi,
3
Doriana Kalamishi
&
4
Thomas T. Andersen
1
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Bulevardi Zog I, Tirana, Albania;
2
Faculty of Technical Sciences. University "Ismail Qemali", Vlora, Albania
3
Agricultural University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania;
4
COWI A/S Parallelvej 2, DK-2800,
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, e-mail: beqirajs@yahoo.com
A rapid assessment of benthic macrofauna of Saranda Bay has been done in February –
March 2007 within the framework of a survey for environmental impact assessment
regarding rehabilitation of the Saranda harbor. The study area was divided in 3 subzones and
sampling was done in a total of 11 transects and 23 sampling points, from 3 to 20 m depth, by
scuba diving and box corer. Underwater video-recording and photography have also been
used for qualitative characterization of the bottom.
176 macroinvertebrate species that have been recorded in Saranda Bay should be
considered as a relatively high number, taking into account the small size of the area, the high
environmental impact and the short sampling period. One of the reasons for this high species
number may be related to the high diversity of microhabitats, with Posidonia oceanica
meadows, developed algal cover, rocky, sandy and silt bottoms rich in detritus. On the other
hand, the abundance has resulted very small for majority of species.
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Predomination of occasional species in the total species number, the small abundance
of macroinvertebrates and degradation of Posidonia meadows are indicators for an unfavored
situation of benthic community in Saranda Bay. The main reason of this situation is the high
human impact in this area, through uncontroled urban and tourist development, as well as the
impact from the harbor.
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MALACOFAUNA FROM THE ROCKY COAST OF VLORA (ADRIATIC
SEA, ALBANIA)
1
Denada Kasemi,
2
Stela Ruci &
2
Sajmir Beqiraj
1
Faculty of Technical Sciences. University "Ismail Qemali", Vlora, Albania;
2
Faculty of
Natural Sciences. University of Tirana. Bulevardi Zog I, Tirana, Albania, e-mail:
kasemid@yahoo.com
This paper presents the results of a study on mollusks of shallow coast of Vlora (south – west
Albania), focusing on supralittoral, mediolittoral and upper infralittoral, that has been carried
out during 2006 – 2008. Species composition and quantitative characteristics of mollusk
community have been assessed in five sites and their seasonal variation has also been
evaluated. A total of 88 mollusks species has been reported, belonging to gastropods,
bivalves and polyplacophorans. Malacofauna of rocky coast of Vlora has resulted with a
relatively high species richness and a low abundance. Based on some ecological and
biodiversity indices, mollusk community of this area is characterized by a low stability.
Species composition and quantitative characteristics of mollusk population in Vlora rocky
coast seems to be related to the exposal degree of the coast, substrate type, vegetation cover
and the level of human impact along the coast.
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MIOCENE GASTROPOD FAUNA OF ÇORAKYERLER (ÇANKIRI,
TURKEY)
Ümit Kebapçi, Mehmet Zeki Yildirim & Ayla Sevim Erol
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Burdur, Turkey
In this study, the land snail assemblage is described from late Miocene hominoid locality
Çorakyerler (MN11-12), in the northern Çankırı-Çorum basin near the town of Çankırı. Often
fragmentary and highly depressed specimens of Gastropoda collected with vertebrate material
between 1997 and 2009 have been determined according to available literature. Accordingly,
it is determined that the fauna consists of 10 species belonging to 3 families. The faunal
assemblage, composed mainly of Helicoidean taxa, reflects the arid paleoecological
conditions in the area during Turolian.
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GASTROPODA FAUNA OF OLYMPOS NATIONAL PARK (ANTALYA,
TURKEY)
M. Zeki Yıldırım & Ümit Kebapçı
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Science and Arts, 15030, Burdur, Turkey
Due to its location, Olympos National Park is one of the most affected nature protected areas
by tourism in Turkey. To determine malacofauna and effects of environmental changes, a
field survey was carried out in 2005. Specimens of land and freshwater snails were collected
from present habitats within Olympos National Park. Totally, 3 species of freshwater snails
and 13 species of land snails were determined from the collected material. Increasing summer
tourism activities seem to be less effective on land snails, as compared to deforestation and
overgrazing. However, due to involvement of sport fishing and other recreative activities with
streams, freshwater gastropods are found to be affected negatively as tourism leads to the
deterioration of freshwater habitats and pollution.
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FIRST DATA ON BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN
MARSHES ON THE BELENE ISLAND (LOWER DANUBE, BULGARIAN
STRETCH) AFTER THEIR RENEWED FLOODING
Yanka Vidinova
1
, Violeta Tyufekchieva
1
& Luchezar Pehlivanov
1
1
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Research, BAS, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1000-
Sofia, Bulgaria, vidinova@yahoo.com
As a part of the investigation project, studying the effect of wetland restoration on the
Bulgarian stretch of Lower Danube River, a comprehensive research on three marshes on
Belene Island was carried out (including biological and hydro-chemical studies) in order to
provide an actual information about the benthic macroinvertebrate diversity. The present
study aimed at clarifying the species composition, distribution pattern and abundance of
macrozoobenthos in relation to several physico-chemical parameters of the water bodies.
Three restored marshes on Belene Island, a part of “Persina” Natural Park, were studied
seasonally in summer and autumn 2009 and in spring 2010. Totally 14 systematic groups of
bottom invertebrates (orders and classes) were established as the most diverse composition is
found in “Peschin” marsh (10 groups), followed by “Dyuleva bara” and “Murtvo” marshes (9
and 8 respectively). Main components of the bottom macroinvertebrate fauna are the
representatives of Oligochaeta, Gastropoda, Isopoda and Chironomidae (Diptera). The total
percentage, species evenness (e) and index of dominance (c) were calculated in order to
characterize the communities’ structure.
The minimum-variance clustering (Ward’s method) has been used to compare the
marshes. In terms of the renewed flooding and based on the benthic macroinvertebrates, the
ecological status of the marshes is discussed.
The study was supported by the Bulgarian Science Fund, Project DO 02-352/2009.
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PRELIMINARY DATA ON BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE
COMMUNITIES IN THE RESERVOIRS KOPRINKA AND ZHREBCHEVO
(AEGEAN SEA RIVER BASIN, SOUTH BULGARIA)
Violeta Tyufekchieva
1
, Yanka Vidinova
1
, Ivan Botev
1
, Teodora Trichkova
1
,
Lubomir
Kenderov
1
, Dimitar Kozuharov
2
, Yordan Uzunov
1
, Zdravko Hubenov
1
& Stefan Stoichev
1
1
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BAS, 2 Gagarin Str., 1113- Sofia,
Bulgaria, Email: vtyufekchieva@yahoo.com,
2
Biological Faculty, Sofia University, 8 Dragan
Tsnakov Blvd., 1164- Sofia, Bulgaria
The reservoirs Koprinka and Zhrebchevo are located at a distance of about 40 km
downstream on the Tundzha River (East Aegean Sea River Basin, South Bulgaria). The goal
of study is to make a comparison between the benthic macroinvertebrate communities species
composition in relation to some environmental parameters in the two reservoirs.
In August 2009 and May 2010, quantitative samples were collected at different sites in
the dam lake, and qualitative - in the littoral zones of the reservoirs. Totally, 29 taxa
belonging to 9 benthic systematic groups were recorded in the Zhrebchevo Reservoir and 20
taxa from 7 benthic groups in the Koprinka Reservoir. The main components of the bottom
macroinvertebrate fauna were the representatives of Oligochaeta and Chironomidae
(Diptera). In the Zhrebchevo Reservoir, abundant population of the invasive zebra mussel
(Dreissena polymorpha) was recorded, while in the Koprinka Reservoir, the species was not
found.
Physicochemical parameters were analyzed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to
summarize major pattern of variation within environmental data. Most of the variance was
explained by alkalinity, electroconductivity, and concentrations of calcium and bicarbonates.
The influence of zebra mussel on the diversity and structure of the benthic macroinvertebrate
community is discussed.
The study was supported by the Bulgarian Science Fund, Project DO02-283/2008.
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COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE CHIRONOMID
ASSEMBLAGES OF THE DANUBE RIVER IN THE BELGRADE REGION
Natasa Popovic, Snezana Ostojic, Maja Rakovic, Vladimir Kalafatic & Vesna Martinovic-
Vitanovic
University of Belgrade, Sinisa Stankovic Institute of Biological Research, 142 Despot Stefan
Blvd, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia, natasa.popovic@ibiss.bg.ac.rs,snezana.ostojic@ibiss.bg.ac.rs,
rakovicmaja@ibiss.bg.ac.rs, kale@ibiss.bg.ac.rs, vmartino@ibiss.bg.ac.rs
Detailed limnological study of the Danube River in the Belgrade region performed at six sites
along 66 km of river flow: Stari Banovci (1192 km); Zemun (1171.5 km); Visnjica (1162
km); Vinca (1144.5 km) and Brestovik (1126 km). Research was carried out during the high
(May) and low (October) water level conditions from 2007 to 2008.
Participation of chironomid larvae in the bottom fauna community of the investigated
sites ranged from 8 ind/m² at Visnjica site to 1,554 ind/m² at Zemun site.
Many species of this group manifest a distinct response to the presence of different
pollutants in the water and bottom sediments, thus serving as indicators of the degree of the
water body pollution
.
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The qualitative, quantitative and saprobiological analyses of macrozoobenthic
communities with special emphasis on chironomid larvae, as well as investigations of basic
physical and chemical water quality parameters were used for the water quality assessment
classifying thus the Danube water (in the Belgrade region) in the limits of II-III and III class.
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OCCURENCE OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CONTROL REGION
HAPLOTYPE ADCS11 IN BROWN TROUT (SALMO TRUTTA L. 1758)
FROM THE RESTELIČKA RIVER (ADRIATIC DRAINAGE - KOSOVO -
SERBIA)
Saša Marić, Vera Nikolić & Predrag Simonović
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Brown trout (Salmo trutta L. 1758) is from cultural, sociological, economic and evolutionary-
biological aspect, one of the most important fish species. Molecular-genetic researches which
were intensively done in the past 30 years have shown that the brown trout is one of the
genetically most structured species of vertebrates. Significant part of intraspecies diversity is
presented on the population level, which clearly implies that exactly on this level
conservation measures and strategies must be focused on. Analysis of control region of the
mtDNA of 24 geographically distant populations of brown trout from the Atlantic, Danube,
Adriatic and Mediterranean basin, have established the existence of seven main evolutionary
lineages: the Danubian, Atlantic, Adriatic, Mediterranean, Duero, marmoratus, and Balkan -
cluster. In Serbia are described 15 haplotypes so far of which eight are from the Danubian
lineage, five from the Adriatic lineage, one from the Balkan cluster and one from the Atlantic
lineage. In the Adriatic basin we have analyzed so far only four localities of which three are
in the drainage of Pećka Bistrica River and one in the drainage of the Prizrenska Bistrica
River. Sample analysis from new localities from the Adriatic basin contributes to more
complete knowledge of the genetic structure of brown trout populations. By sequencing the
561 bp 5'-end of the mtDNA control region of three individuals originating from upland part
of Restelička River (tributary of Ljuma River), ADcs11 haplotype is detected (GenBank
number AY836340). Haplotype Adcs11 is previously detected in Salmo spp. in the drainage
of the White Drin in Serbia and Albania, drainage of the Skadar Lake in Albania and
Montenegro, drainage of the River Shkumbin in Albania and the Alfios River drainage in
Greece. Future genetic research of Salmo spp. populations structure in Serbia - the Adriatic
basin will contribute to the preservation of genetic diversity of the genus Salmo at the
territory of southern Balkans.
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ECOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF THE BENTHIC FAUNA OF SHKUMBINI
RIVER
Bledar Pepa
1
& Anila Paparisto
2
1-University ”Aleksander Xhuvani”, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Elbasan, Albania;
2- Tirana University , Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana, Albania, E-mail:
bled_pepa@hotmail.com
Macro invertebrates are sensitive to different chemical and physical conditions. If there is a
change in the water quality, perhaps because of a pollutant entering the water, or a change in
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the flow downstream of a dam, then the macro invertebrate community may also change.
Therefore, the richness of macro invertebrate community composition in a water body can be
used to provide an estimate of water body health. Macro invertebrate communities vary
across the State and different water bodies often have their own characteristic communities.
Use of macro invertebrates for assessing the water quality of rivers and lakes is one of
the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Beside that Albania is not a
member of EU, the steps towards integration are a complex one and environmental
monitoring is challenging issue. Countless groups of organisms have been used to establish
indices for water quality assessment. There are several reasons why macro invertebrates are
systematically used: sampling techniques are very simple; the group is heterogeneous and
numerous; they have long life cycles when compared to other organisms; they provide
information during long periods of time; and thus they are very reliable for water quality
assessment.
During our survey the Shkumbini River was considered as important and adequate
water course for the macro invertebrate approaches. The river is spread in the central part of
the country and owns typical vegetation with Mediterranean and continental character. To
that fact it is predictable that the species diversity to be high.
During our investigation based on the collection of samples in 5 different stations we
identified out of 1125 specimens, 27 taxons, where the most dominating with 98% were
Arthropods (mainly insects), and 2% of them belonged to Mollusca and Nematoda.
From insects, the order Ephemeroptera was present with 4 taxon, order Trichoptera
with 6 taxon, order Diptera with 7 taxone and order Plecoptera with 3 taxone. Along with that
the group of insects known as EPT (Ephemeroptera –Plecoptera - Trichoptera) constitutes
91.3% of the total number of individuals.
We note that the taxon of EPT- group have although the highest value of Dominance
and Constants in ecological statistics.
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FIRST FINDING OF THE INVASIVE BIVALVE MOLLUSC DREISSENA
BUGENSIS (ANDRUSOV, 1897) IN THE SERBIAN DANUBE
Maja Rakovic, Snezana Ostojic, Natasa Popovic, Vladimir Kalafatic & Vesna Martinovic-
Vitanovic
University of Belgrade, Sinisa Stankovic Institute of Biological Research,
142 Despot Stefan Blvd, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia, rakovicmaja@ibiss.bg.ac.rs,
snezana.ostojic@ibiss.bg.ac.rs, natasa.popovic@ibiss.bg.ac.rs, kale@ibiss.bg.ac.rs,
vmartino@ibiss.bg.ac.rs
First finding of the invasive bivalve mollusc Dreissena bugensis in Serbia is reported.
Systematic limnological investigations of the Danube were performed from April 2002 to the
June 2010 at eight standard locations in 261 km long sector of the Danube (from 1112 r-km
to 851 r-km). Samples were collected seasonally (April, June, September and November).
The species was recorded only at two localities in the Danube River, first is the town
of Kladovo sampling site (934 r-km), and second is the town of Veliko Gradiste sampling site
(1059 r-km). D. bugensis identification and a comparison with D. polymorpha based on shell
morphology.
The data on the Danube water physical and chemical characteristics as well as those
relating to its saprobiological status are also presented. Water quality based on benthic
communities’ saprobic analysis was to be generally in the class II range with some gradation
to class III.
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Findings of D. bugensis in Serbian part of the Danube are evidence that this Ponto-
Caspian species as invasive species move the limit of distribution upstream in the Danube
River, which is the one of the main corridor for its spreading from the East (Bulgaria,
Romania) to Central Europe.
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NEW RECORD OF MANAYUNKIA CASPICA Annenkova, 1929
(POLYCHAETA) IN SERBIAN DANUBE STRETCH
Snezana Ostojic, Natasa Popovic, Maja Rakovic, Vladimir Kalafatic & Vesna Martinovic-
Vitanovic
University of Belgrade, Sinisa Stankovic Institute of Biological Research,
142 Despot Stefan Blvd, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia, snezana.ostojic@ibiss.bg.ac.rs,
natasa.popovic@ibiss.bg.ac.rs, rakovicmaja@ibiss.bg.ac.rs, kale@ibiss.bg.ac.rs,
vmartino@ibiss.bg.ac.rs
Detailed limnological study of the Serbian Danube stretch at eight standard locations in 261
km long sector of the Danube (from 1112 r-km to 851 r-km) was performed from April 2002
to April 2010. Samples were collected seasonally in April, June, September and November.
In April 2010 Manayunkia caspica Annenkova, 1929 was recorded for the first time
in Iron Gate I reservoir, at the town of Veliko Gradiste sampling site (1059 r-km). Substrate
was mainly consisted of gravel and sand with large number of empty mollusc shells, where
Manayunkia caspica was dominant species in the benthocoenosis of this site (57.2% of
participation). New finding of this Ponto-Caspian element is 125 km upstream from the site
where it was firstly found in the Serbian Danube stretch (Kladovo, 934 r-km). This finding is
the most upstream registered in the Serbian Danube stretch, and it is the evidence that this
species is shifting the limit of its distribution upstream in the Danube as the main corridor for
its spreading from Eastern to Central Europe.
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WATER QUALITY IN CARSTIC LAKES IN ALBANIA
Frederik Cane, Belinda Hoxha & Manola Avdolli
Department of Biology and ChemistryDepartamenti Biologji-Kimise, “A. Xhuvani”
University, Elbasan. Albania, e-mail: belindahoxha@hotmail.com, a_manola@hotmail.com
Water quality has become a very important issue nowadays. Different anthropogenic sources
of water pollution in lakes might include the run-off from agricultural fields, untreated or
partially treated sewage, etc. These result in deterioration of water quality and enrichment
with nutrients, and consequently in algal blooms.
The purpose of this study is to estimate the water quality, including nutrient levels in
some carstic lakes in Belshi region in Albania. In order to estimate the water quality in
Belesh lakes, water samples are taken periodically. These samples are analyzed for physico-
chemical parameters, such as temperature, pH, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates
content, dissolved oxygen, etc. Laboratory results are then compared with standards of
nutrients in water systems. Comparisons of above mentioned parameters in time within a lake
and between lakes are presented through graphs and tables, in order to give a general
estimation of nutrient levels and water quality in these lakes as a consequence of human
activities.
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EVALUATION OF HEAVY METALS CONTENT IN SOME SPRING
WATER SOURCES OF KOSOVO
I. Krasniqi
a
, P. Lazo
b
, & M. Vasjari
b
a
FSHMN, Department of Chemistry, Republic of Kosovo;
b
University of Tirana, Faculty of
Natural Sciences, Dep. of Chemistry, Tirana, Albania, e-mail: mvasjari@yahoo.com
Concentrations of Fe, Zn, Mn,Cr Cu, Ni, Cd, Pb were measured in 29 different water sources
during period 2008-2009 in the area of Republic of Kosovo. This work is aimed to study the
quality of their use as potable water in emergent cases without preliminary treatment by the
Community; to discriminate natural and anthropogenic contributions and to identify possible
sources of pollution. The concentration of Fe, Zn, Cr, Mn, Cd and Cu in the investigated
water samples do not exceed EU's drinking water standards. The mean concentrations are
43.2, 12.4, 9.4, 5.3, 2.6 and 16.9µg l
-1
respectively. While in several of water samples the
concentrations of Ni and Pb exceed 2-3 times the maximum level recommended from EU’s
standards. A cluster analysis and principal component analysis was performed to define the
sources of the heavy metal contents in water samples. Based on clustyer analyses the water
souerces under investigation result to be classified in three groups with similarity higher then
60% on heavy metal distributions. Thus the origine of heavy metals in the water sources can
be attributed to anthropogenic pollution (mineral –metalurgical activity; vehicle traffic), and
naturally pollution as geological components.
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CURRENT STATUS OF TOURISM AND WATER QUALITY IN THE
ALBANIAN PART OF LAKES PRESPA
Dorina Grazhdani
Agricultural University of Tirana, Tirana-Albania, e-mail: d.grazhdani@ yahoo.com
The Prespa Lakes region (Southeast Europe) is a globally significant ecological and cultural
landscape comprising two interconnected Wetlands (Macro and Micro Prespa Lakes) of
International Importance, designated under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. In addition
to that, versatile cultural and traditional elements, valuable ecological sites, good food,
picturesque villages and historical layers of Byzantine and Ottoman monuments spread
across the basin. Unsustainable agricultural, fisheries, water and forest management practices
as well as unsustainable use of non-timber forest products is causing stresses on the
ecosystem health of the Prespa Basin. In an area like Prespa, endowed with a variety of
unique values – natural and cultural – tourism is often seen as the universal solution for
economic development. The present study describes the current tourism level in the Lake
Prespa region and the estimated tourism impacts on the lakes water quality. Survey has been
found by us to be almost the only practical means of collecting data. This study is built also
on the collection of secondary data pertaining to the study area. Domestic guests dominate
the Prespa tourism market, with less than five percent of foreign tourists. Tourism in the lakes
area is small-scale rural and family tourism, based on a few small hotels, private
accommodation and restaurants. Tourism is expected to increase over the next 20 years,
calling for the development of communal and traffic infrastructure, and regional planning to
encourage increased tourism. Presently, tourism does not have a particularly severe impact on
resources/biodiversity except for the inadequate management of solid waste and uncontrolled
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wastewater discharge. This, in turn, requires the improvement of the wastewater and solid
waste treatment which currently do not suffice even for the needs of the inhabitants. The
stresses on the environmental health have started to take their toll on tourism too, like the
challenged appeal of the lakes as swimming resort due to eutrophication and increased
pollution. The preparation of tourism development plans should take full advantage of the
valuable features of the entirety of Prespa Park, and should deal with each national section
separately, while at the same time treating the region as a unitary tourism resource. This can
be achieved by combining the advantages of each part while undermining any disadvantages
with a view at a balanced distribution of the benefits.
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MONITORING OF HG CONTENT IN DIFFERENT PLANT SPECIES
GROWN IN A HEAVILY CONTAMINATED REGION IN ALBANIA
Julian Shehu
1
, Fatos Harizaj
1
, Ardian Maci
1
& Alma Shehu
2
1
Department of crop production, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Agricultural
University of Tirana, Kamez, Tirana, Albania;
2
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural
Sciences, University of Tirana, Blv “ZogI”, Tirana, Albania, e-mail:
shehujulian@yahoo.com
Plants can easily absorb mercury from solution and studies have shown that increased content
of Hg in soil is associated with increasing of Hg content in plant tissues. The aim of this
paper was the monitoring of Hg accumulation in plant species grown in one of the most
mercury contaminated areas in Albania, during the period from 2005 to 2009.
Fourteen plant species were chosen for this reason, sampled in three field expeditions,
whereas the content in soil was monitored as well. The content of mercury in plants resulted
to be reduced during the years and varied from 14.12 to 5.14 mg.kg
-1
and from 9.81 to 0.19
mg.kg
-1
for Dittrichia viscosa (L.) W. Greuter and Echium plantagineum L., respectively,
while the content of mercury accumulated remained almost the same for other plant species.
The highest level of mercury was found in species Medicago sativa L., with an average of
12.97 mg.kg
-1
and for which the content of Hg resulted to be almost the same during the
period of study.
There was no evidence of any increased content of mercury in plants except of the
reduction level in most plants which showed higher accumulation ability for mercury.
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SPRING ASSESSMENT OF ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY IN BUTRINTI
LAGOON (IONIAN SEA, SOUTHERN ALBANIA)
Osmani Fundime
1*
& Peja Nikolla
2
1
Museum of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Natural sciences, University of Tirana
*
e-mail: fundime_osmani@yahoo.it, *Corresponding author;
2
Department of Biology,
Faculty of Natural sciences, University of Tirana
The structure of zooplankton community in Butrinti lagoon was assessed for the first time
during spring 2010 (February – April, 2010). Zooplankton samples and some physic-
chemical parameters continue to be collected monthly at three stations in the lagoon. The
zooplankton was represented by five holoplankton groups, such as Protozoa, Copepoda,
Rotifera, Cnidaria, Molusca and Amphipoda. Protozoa prevailed over other taxonomic
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groups, both in abundance and species diversity. Highest zooplankton abundance was
observed during March (50’158 ind/m
3
), with the tintinnids being most numerous (51.3%),
followed by copepods (22.8%). Favella ehrenberg was the dominant species among other
species of Tintinnida and responsible for the high abundance of zooplankton in March; its
density rose evidently in March (up to 20’414 ind/m
3
), but it disappeared totally in April.
Juvenile stages were the major component of copepod populations, represented about 17.9%
of total zooplankton. The cyclopoid Oithona sp. and Oithona nana were the most abundant
copepoda species; they reached the highest abundance in March (up to 1205 ind/m
3
and 342
ind/m
3
, respectively); other copepod species were relatively scarce, occurred only
accidentally. Meroplankton showed high abundance, contributing about 21.5% of total
zooplankton; larvae of Bivalva constitute 20.41% of total zooplankton, influenced probably
by the mussel farm which is already active in the lagoon.
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ADRENOMEDULLIN IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN THE AMPHIBIAN
INTESTINE
LuminiŃa Mariana Olaru
1
& Mihail Dragoş Ştefanescu
2
1
University of Craiova, Faculty of Biology, Al.I.Cuza 13, 200 585, Craiova, Romania
luminitaolaru@yahoo.com;
2
University of Craiova, Faculty of Biology, Al.I.Cuza 13, 200
585, Craiova, Romania, mihailstefanescu@yahoo.com
Overall, our personal research objectives aimed at demonstrating the presence, nature (neural
and / or endocrine) and spreading area of the immunoreactive structures for the
adrenomedullin in the gastroenteric tract of several species of urodeles and anurans. Within
this research our attention was focused on the quantitative distribution of the endocrine and
neural imunomarked elements in various regions of the stomach and intestine, in order to
shape some functional models of the gastroenteric tract specific to the newts and frogs
studied. Constant AM identification only in the neural structures (nerve fibers and rarely
terminals) which innervates the enteric wall layers has been interpreted as a proof of the
neuropeptide’s participation in the modulating of blood influx from the stomach and intestine
and of these organs’ motility. In this context, the increased density of neural immunoreactive
structures found in anuran’s intestine, has been attributed to a more pronounced degree of
manifestation of both activities.
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THE OCCURENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEROTONIN
IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN THE PANCREAS OF SEVERAL AMPHIBIAN
SPECIES
LuminiŃa Mariana Olaru
1
& Mihail Dragoş Ştefanescu
2
1
University of Craiova, Faculty of Biology, Al.I.Cuza 13, 200 585, Craiova, Romania
luminitaolaru@yahoo.com;
2
University of Craiova, Faculty of Biology, Al.I.Cuza 13, 200
585, Craiova, Romania, mihailstefanescu@yahoo.com
5 - Hydrohitryptamine appears widespread in GEP (gastro-entero-pancreatic) neuroendocrine
system of the poikiloterm mammals and vertebrates, where it
fulfills complex functions related to endocrine and exocrine secretion of
pancreas, as well as of endocrine secretion and of gastrointestinal tract motility. Both in the
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pancreas and in the gastrointestinal tract of some amphibians, it has been observed the
coexistence of nervous elements and endocrine immunoreactive for 5-HT. Primary
antiserum used by us, regardless of origin, and immunohistochemical procedure applied, have
allowed the sporadic identification of some unique endocrine, immunopositive elements for
5-HT in the pancreas of some amphibians. Also, the results described in this paper are
covered by evidence showing good preservation of the molecule of serotonin during
development.
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TRACE ELEMENTS DISTRIBUTION IN BUNA RIVER SYSTEM
Alma Shehu
1
& Pranvera Lazo
1
1
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, Blv. “Zog I”,
Tirana, Albania, a.shehu@adanet.com.al
The Buna River flows from the Shkodra (Scutari) Lake and is grossly influenced by the
discharges of numerous chromite and nickel mineral deposits existing in this area. It is
located in the northern part of Albania and represents one of the biggest and most important
rivers of the Mediterranean basin.
To ascertain the extent of heavy metal pollution in the river, total concentrations of
Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn, Ni, Cr, Cd and Fe in sediment samples collected along the river as well as in
the sea was determined. Sediments were collected at several locations representing different
geochemical environments (river and adjacent coastal zone). Statistical analyses were
employed to determine the interrelations among the elements and to investigate sources and
factors influencing their distribution in sediments. It enabled recognition of anthropogenic
influence (elements Cr, Ni, Co, Fe, Zn) reflecting the vicinity of minerals deposits and
mining activities. As can be expected, geochemistry of the Buna River sediments is
dominantly influenced by terrigenic component, which declines towards the mouth of the
Buna River. Sediments contaminated mainly by Cr and Ni are transported by river to the
coastal zone, in the vicinity of outlet of the Buna river.
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ADSORPTION OF COPPER FROM WATER USING NEUTRALIZED RED
MUD
V.V. Grudić
1
,
S. Pejanović
2
,
N. Z. Blagojević
1
, V.L. Vukašinović-Pešić
1
1
Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology, Bulevar Džordža Vašingtona bb, 81000 Podgorica,
Montenegro, e-mail address: grudicv@ac.me;
2
Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy,
Karnegijeva 4, Belgrade, Serbia
A significant increase of the Cu
2+
- ion concentration in nature is becoming an increasingly
serious problem. Therefore great number of papers on the subject of purification of water
contaminated with various copper sorbents was published.
In this paper as a sorbent it was used neutralized red mud, obtained in the Aluminum Factory
Podgorica.
The investigations were performed within the concentration range from 1
.
10
-4
to
5.5
.
10
-3
mol dm
-3
. It was shown that the sorbed metal content over time increased until the
moment of the establishment of equilibrium, which depends on the concentration of metals.
Only 60 minutes are enough to establish equilibrium in the most concentrated solution, while
in the most diluted solutions it takes less than 15 minutes.
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Adsorption isotherm belongs to the L-type isotherm. The maximum sorption capacity marked
as the sorbed amount determined on the plateau of the curve was 0.98 mmol g
-1
.
It is shown that the experimental results are best described by Langmir’s isotherm.
The maximum sorption capacity (q
m
) calculated using this isotherm (0.998 mmol g
-1
) is close
to the experimentally determined capacity (0.98 mmol g
-1
).
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Biodiversity
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BIODIVERSITY OF AQUATIC VASCULAR MACROPHYTES ON THE
WEST COASTLINE OF LAKE PRESPA
Marina Talevska
Hydrobiological Institute, Naum Ohridki str. 50, 6000 Ohrid, R.Macedonia, еmail:
mtalevska2000@yahoo.com
In the littoral region of Lake Prespa are distributed different populations of macrophyte
vegetation which always represents zonal position.
In this paper are presented researches of biodiversity of aquatic vascular macrophytes
from 3 localities on the west coastline of Lake Prespa (Stenje, Konjsko and Otesevo).
Results of researches show that in the researched localities were evidenced 24
different aquatic vascular macrophytes. The diversity of aquatic vascular macrophytes varied
from 9 (locality Konjsko), 15 (locality Otesevo), to 23 macrophytic species (locality Stenje).
These differences in the number of macrophyte species are result of different
ecological conditions present in researched localities: configuration of the lake bottom
(littoral's slope), type of soil, exposition of winds and intensity of waves, temperature, light,
and especially from level of nutrients.
Based in the obtained data it can conclude that researched localities Stenje, Konjsko
and Otesevo are under different anthropogenic influence.
Due to significant role of macrophytes in the littoral zone of Lake Prespa in the following
period it is necessary to undertake measures for its protection from negative anthropogenic
influence.
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MEDICINAL PLANTS BIODIVERSITY AND THEIR RESOURCES OF
ONE SERPENTINE SITE IN THE RHODOPE MTS. (BULGARIA)
Anely Nedelcheva
1*
, Dolja Pavlova
1
, Ilina Krasteva
2
& Stefan Nikolov
2
1
Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Sofia,
Bulgaria;
2
Departament of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Sofia,
Bulgaria, *E-mail:
anely@biofac.uni-sofia.bg
This study is basic situation analysis about medicinal plants in one of the largest serpentine
outcrops in the Eastern Rhodope Mts. and is the first necessary level of research about
complete medicinal plants resources assessment. Total number of medicinal plants is
established (66), their biodiversity and the subsequent multi-criteria analysis (biological type,
modes of reproduction, collection for personal use, commercial purposes, and their use for
specific healing, used part, main chemical compounds, economical importance) enabled the
determination of groups of “effective medicinal plants” and group of “target medicinal
plants”, including fourteen medicinal plants: Juniperus oxycedrus, Sanguisorba minor,
Hypericum perforatum, Rosa canina, Sedum acre, Thymus spp. diversa, Cotinus coggygria,
Fragaria vesca, Fraxinus ornus, Plantago lanceolata, Digitalis lanata, Teucrium
chamaedrys, Teucrium polium and Filipendula vulgaris. This number represents 21.2% from
total registered medicinal plants at study area and 41.2% from “effective herbs”. According
to available resources, their ability to use and their potential, these species divided into
several subgroups.
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Present results provide a foundation for later steps in the resource assessment process
and correspond to the modern state, trends and perspectives of medicinal plants researches
and usages in Bulgaria.
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DIOSCOREA BALCANICA KOŠANIN FROM DISCOVERY TO DATE
- PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION -
Ljubinka Ćulafić
1
, Dragoljub Grubišić
1,2
, Katarina Šavikin-Fodulović
3
& Marija Perić
1
1
Faculty of Biology ,University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3, Belgrade;
2
Institute for
Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Bul. despota Stefana 142, Belgrade;
3
Institute of
Medicinal Plant Research “Dr Josif Pančić”, Tadeuša Košćuška 1, Belgrade
Dioscorea balcanica was discovered by Košanin (1914.), in northern Albania, at 900-1200m
above the sea level. Subsequently a few more localites were found in Montenegro and south-
west Serbia (Košanin, 1929.; Blečić and Lakušić, 1962.; Lakušić, 1966.) and Macedonia
(Rozovski, 1977.). D. balcanica is an endemic, endangered species and has been therefore
put under protection (Pulević, 1973.). Since harvesting from nature is not permited, field-
grown plants from in vitro cultures could provide a stabile sorce of plant material.
The amount of steroidal compounds was investigated in different organs of plant
species Dioscorea balcanica grown in nature and cultured in vitro with the aim to select the
material containing the greatest amounts of examined secundary metabolites. We have
established protocols for three systems of plant in vitro propagation: shoot multiplication
and rooting, somatic embiogenesis and microtuber formation. Because the calli and
regenerated plants also produce diosgenin and related steroid compounds, like the Dioscorea
plants grown in nature, the projects for utilizing in vitro culture as a sorce of these
pharmaceuticals sound feasible.
There are several approaches, that may possibly increase diosgenin production. The
five D. balcanica callus lines were tested for the ability to grow in liquid culture, in order to
obtain a larger biomass yield, and/or to enable addition of varios agents that could influence
their syntetic capacity.
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APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT METHODS IN VITRO CULTURES IN
MICROPROPAGATION OF ENDEMIC AND HORTICULTURAL SPECIES
Ljiljana Radojević
1
, Dušica Ćalić-Dragosavac
1
, Branka Stevanović
2
& Vladimir Stevanović
2
1
Institute for Biological Research ''Siniša Stanković'', Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11 000
Belgrade, Serbia, e-mail: ljradojevic@sbb.rs;
2
Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden,
Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
The micropropagation and in vitro plant regeneration were managed with the aim of
protection and conservation of several endemic species of the genera: Dianthus (Dianthus
ciliatus subsp. dalmaticus, D. giganteus subsp. croaticus, Iris (Iris pumila L., I. setosa Pall.),
Paeonia (Paeonia tenuifolia L.) and Ramonda (Ramonda serbica Panč.).
Embryogenic, organogenic calli and in vitro plantlets of these species were formed
from anthers, embryos, meristems and stem segments cultures on MS mineral solution
(Murashige and Skoog, 1962) with different plant growth regulators and vitamins. The
appropriate regulators were specific for each plant species. The cultivated plants were left to
grow in greenhaus and/or ‘’rocky place’’ of Botanical Garden ‘’Jevremovac’’ where they
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also came into flower. The micropropagated plants of endemic species will be reintroduced in
their natural environment.
The special attention was paid to these plants as an important resources for
horticultural employment e.g. two species of the genus Iris, the species D. giganteus and 18
cultivars of D. caryophyllus .
The successful in vitro propagation of ornamental plants ( such as cvs. D.
caryophyllus ) are now used for commercialization by many commercial laboratories and
national institutes worldwide using in vitro culture systems for rapid plant multiplication.
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RIPARIAN VEGETATION OF MONTENEGRO: REVIEW OF PREVIOUS
RESEARCHES, IMPORTANCE AND VULNERABILITY OF THESE
HABITATS
Mijat S. Božović
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Montenegro,
Džordža Vašingtona bb, 20000 Podgorica, Montenegro, e-mail: mijatboz@t-com.me
Riparian zone possess an unusually diverse array of species and environmental conditions
and riparian vegetation is characterized by frequent disturbance, spatial and temporal
environmental heterogeneity and abundant water supply. The ecological diversity is
related to variable flood regimes, geographically unique channel processes, altitudinal
climate shifts, and upland influences on the fluvial corridor. The resulting dynamic
environment supports a variety of life-history strategies, expressed through a series of
morphological and reproductive adaptations by which organisms avoid disturbance over
broad spatial and temporal scales.
This paper gives a description of the riparian zone and the ecological importance of
riparian vegetation, and provides a detailed review of literature date on riparian plant
communities of Montenegro, with special reference to the vulnerability of this type of
habitat.
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RIPARIAN TALL HERB FRINGE COMMUNITIES IN A SMALL
LOWLAND RIVER VALLEY: SPECIES-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
Monika Myśliwy
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University
of Szczecin; Wąska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland; e-mail: nikabot@univ.szczecin.pl
Nitrophilous fringe communities of herbaceous flora (the order Convolvuletalia sepium, the
class Arthemisietea) which grow along lowland water courses are a natural component of a
typical riparian landscape and are protected by the EU Habitat Directive (Code 6430-3). In
Poland, those interesting and floristically diverse plant communities are still poorly known.
No relevant habitat survey has been conducted so far.
This work was aimed at exploring habitat conditions of riparian herbaceous
communities and at analysing environmental effects on species composition of those
communities. The study was conducted in the River Piaśnica valley, the Piaśnica being a
small, lowland river in northern Poland (54°49'1''N; 18°6'16''E). The materials analysed
consist of 39 phytosociological relevees carried out in 2009 using the classic Braun-Blanquet
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technique, and supplementary habitat data (e.g., geomorphology, distance from the riverbed,
soil moisture content, pH, water regime, land use type, anthropogenic effects). The
CANOCO 4.5 for Windows software was used to perform DCA, with which to explore
variability of species distribution along environmental gradients. In addition, a direct gradient
analysis (CCA) was performed to explore relationships between species composition and
habitat variables.
The study was supported in 2008-2011 by a Ministry of Science and Higher
Education grant No. N N305231935.
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DYNAMICS OF XEROTHERMIC PLANT SPECIES IN THE UPPER RIVER
PŁONIA VALLEY (NW POLAND)
Monika Myśliwy
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University
of Szczecin; Wąska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland; e-mail: nikabot@univ.szczecin.pl
Xerothermic calcareous steppe-like grasslands occasionally found in Pomerania, below to the
most endangered habitats. During floristic surveys conducted in 1998-2002 in the Barlinek-
Gorzów Landscape Park (Pomerania), a particular attention was paid to a group of
xerothermic species in the northern part of the Park. This work was aimed at analysing the
dynamics of xerothermic species present in the upper Płonia River valley, that is at exploring
their current distribution compared to the historical data, identifying their habitat preferences,
and unravelling their responses to environmental changes.
More than 35% of xerotherms consists at present of very rare and rare species, some
of the most sensitive species disappeared. As few as 7 species can be regarded as wide-spread
and common. In addition to dry meadows on forest-free slopes and, less frequently so, in
forests, those species inhabit also anthropogenically altered habitats, such as the Prunetalia-
spinosae, balks, forest fringes, road sides, and railroad fringes. The analysis of the habitat
spectra of rare species showed that, in some cases, anthropogenic habitats are the only sites of
those species, e.g., Stachys recta, Ononis repens, Cruciata glabra. There are also species
which are found almost exclusively, in dry grasslands, e.g., Carex caryophyllea, Campanula
sibirica, Saxifraga tridactylites, Veronica spicata.
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THE DISPERSION OF PINACEAE AND OLEACEAE FAMILIES IN
ELBASAN REGION DURING QUATERNARY PERIOD
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Admir Jançe &
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Gëzim Kapidani
1
University”Aleksander Xhuvani” Elbasan, Albania, E-mail: adi_jance@yahoo.it;
2
Tirana
University, Tiranë, Albania
Elbasan city is situated in the central part of Albania. It is one of the largest cities in Albania,
with a population of around 100,000 and an area of 1,290 km². It is located on the Shkumbini
River in the District of Elbasan at 41.1°N 20.067°E and the elevation 150 m. Many biological
studies are carried out in this area these two last decades. In this paper are presented some
paleopalynological data about the dispersion of Oleaceae and Pinaceae families during
Quaternary period in the area where is situated Elbasan city. This study is the first of this
kind. It is carried out during the year 2006. Our study is focus on quantitative and qualitative
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dispersion of spores and pollens of some genus of these two families. The goal of our study is
to present the correlation between depth and dispersion on different period of times. In order
to achieve that some samples from surface to four meters of depth are collected and analyzed.
The data