Overview
- Provides a comprehensive and illustrative overview of small aquatic habitats in the Western Balkans
- Points to the most important anthropogenic pressures that endanger small water bodies
- Includes case studies that illustrate endangerment of small water bodies in Western Balkans
Part of the book series: Springer Water (SPWA)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof., Dr. Vladimir Pešić is a full professor at the Department of Biology, University of Montenegro. His research interest covers: taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography of freshwater macroinvertebrates; ecological research of spring ecosystems and intermittent streams; environmental monitoring. He discovered more than 350 species new for science from all parts of the world. Publications: He is the author of over 350 peer-reviewed papers, author and/or editor of several books including “Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa. Bd. 7/2-3 Chelicerata”, “The Skadar/Skodra Environment”, and “The Rivers of Montenegro” published by "Springer". He is the editor-in-chief of “Ecologica Montenegrina” and a member of the editorial board of several international journals.
Prof., Dr. Djuradj Milošević is an associate professor at the Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics University of Niš. His specific areas of interest are community ecology and bioindication and biomonitoring, as well as the ecology of the Chironomidae family. He is using sophisticated multivariate techniques (an artificial neural network) in modelling community structure of aquatic biota including both local and spatial processes. Using the integrative approach, he is working on defining the bioindicatiors and biomonitors with increased sensitivity, enable to response in a fine-tuned manner. During his time as a lecturer at the University of Niš, he has been the coordinator and main instructor of unique courses in ecology, conservation biology, and bioindication and biomonitoring. He has also supervised a number of M.Sc. and Ph.D. dissertation students. To date, he has published 41 peer-reviewed contributions and reviewed more than 40 papers for 11 journals, including Scientific Reports – Nature, Science of Total Environment, Ecological Indicators, Fundamental and applied limnology, CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water. He is awarded “Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing” from Science of total Environment (2017). Finally, he is a principle investigator of one national (III43002) and co-principal investigator in one international (ECOBIAS) project.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Small Water Bodies of the Western Balkans
Editors: Vladimir Pešić, Djuradj Milošević, Marko Miliša
Series Title: Springer Water
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86478-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86477-4Published: 19 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86480-4Published: 20 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-86478-1Published: 18 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2364-6934
Series E-ISSN: 2364-8198
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 451
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 107 illustrations in colour
Topics: Water, general, Earth Sciences, general, Ecology