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Alkaline soda Lake Velika Rusanda (Serbia): the first insight into diatom diversity of this extreme saline lake

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Alkaline soda lakes are unique habitats found in specific geographic regions, usually with dry climate. The Carpathian Basin is one of those regions very important for habitat and biodiversity conservation in Europe, with natural soda lakes found in Austria, Hungary and Serbia. In comparison to other two countries from Central Europe, algal biodiversity studies of saline soda lakes in Serbia are scarce. Lake Velika Rusanda has the highest measured salinity of all saline lakes in the Carpathian Basin and there were no reports of its diatom species richness and diversity till now. We conducted 2-year investigation programme to study biodiversity and seasonal dynamics of diatoms in this lake. A total of 27 diatom taxa were found, almost all of them attached to reed and much less in benthos and plankton. Five new diatom species for Serbia were recorded, Craticula halopannonica, Navicymbula pusilla, Hantzschia weyprechtii, Nitzschia thermaloides and Navicula staffordiae. The last mentioned is new for Europe as well. Lake Velika Rusanda is inhabited mostly by alkaliphilous and halophilic diatoms. Since diatoms are used as bioindicators in soda lakes, our results will improve their further application in ecological status assessment of these fragile habitats in the Carpathian Basin.

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Acknowledgements

This study was financially supported by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development (Grant No. OI172001). Finally, we would like to thank to Ranko Perić and dr Aleksandra Vesić for their assistance in the field and dr Zlatko Levkov on identification help.

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  1. University of Belgrade, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Chemistry, Njegoševa 12, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Danijela Vidaković

  2. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden ‘‘Jevremovac’’, 43 Takovska, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Jelena Krizmanić

  3. University of Belgrade, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Njegoševa 12, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Biljana P. Dojčinović & Miloš Ćirić

  4. University of Belgrade, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Centre of Excellence in Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Njegoševa 12, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Ana Pantelić

  5. Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić”, Department of Physical Geography, Djure Jakšića 9, Belgrade, Serbia

    Bojan Gavrilović

  6. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Studentski trg 3/3, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Milica Živanović

  7. The Serbian Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Republic of Serbia, Ruže Jovanovića 27a, Belgrade, 11160, Serbia

    Boris Novaković

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Vidaković, D., Krizmanić, J., Dojčinović, B.P. et al. Alkaline soda Lake Velika Rusanda (Serbia): the first insight into diatom diversity of this extreme saline lake. Extremophiles 23, 347–357 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-019-01088-6

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