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Periphyton Developed on Artificial Substrates: Effect of Substrate Type and Incubation Depth

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The aim of this study was to assess the effect of substrate type and incubation depth on periphyton that had developed on artificial substrates. Uniform rectangular tiles made out of artificial substrates: glass, ceramic, willow tree and yew tree, were fixed on a floating buoy and deployed at three different depths in a photic zone of the Sava Lake (Belgrade, Serbia). Non-taxonomic attributes in the developed biofilm were estimated week-by-week from the start of the experiment in July, until its end in September 2014. Through assessment of substrate type and depth of incubation effect we concluded that these parameters for the fact influence periphyton development and composition. Glass was preferred by autotrophic component over ceramic and wooden substrates. In general, substrate type effect was diminished by increasing incubation depth. When non-taxonomic parameters are to be used in biomonitoring studies, our results suggest that glass substrate and shallow layer of water column (up to 50 cm) for incubation should be preferred.

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  1. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Ivana Trbojević, Dragana Predojević & Gordana Subakov Simić

  2. Jaroslav Černi Institute for the Development of Water Resources, Belgrade, 11226, Serbia

    Dušan Kostić

  3. Department of Ecology and Technoeconomics, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Slađana Popović

  4. Institute of Public Health of Serbia “Dr Milan Jovanović Batut“, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Jelena Jovanović & Vesna Karadžić

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Trbojević, I., Jovanović, J., Kostić, D. et al. Periphyton Developed on Artificial Substrates: Effect of Substrate Type and Incubation Depth. Russ J Ecol 49, 135–142 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413618020145

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