TY  - JOUR
AU  - Andjus, Stefan
AU  - Nikolic, Nadja
AU  - Dobricic, Valerija
AU  - Marjanović, An
AU  - Gačić, Zoran
AU  - Branković, Goran
AU  - Aković, Maja R.
AU  - Paunović, Momir
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1134
AB  - Sponges in the large rivers within the Danube River Basin (DRB) have not been adequately studied. Hence. the aim of this work was to undertake an investigation on the distribution of sponge species in the Danube and Sava rivers. Out of SS localities covered by the study, sponges were found at 25 sites only (46 samples in total). By using morpholotical (light and scanning electron microscopy) and genetic (28S rDNA sequencing) analysis. four species were determined: Ephydatia fluviaulis (Linnaeus, 1759), Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759), Eunapius fragilis (Leidy, 1851), Trachospangilla horrida Weltner, 1893. In the Danube.. the predominant species was found to be E. fluviatilis making approximately 80% of collected samples, while in the Sava River S. lacustris dominated, representing 46% of the river sponges. Our work represents one of the few studies on freshwater sponges within the DRB from long stretches of the large lowland rivers (more than 2500 km of the Danube River and about 900 km of the Sava River). Moreover, molecular analysis for the identification of freshwater sponges was applied on the material collected from a wide area. thus contributing to the systematic studies on the distribution and abundance of the European freshwater invertebrate fauna in general.
PB  - Pagepress Publ, Pavia
T2  - Journal of Limnology
T1  - Contribution to the knowledge on the distribution of freshwater sponges - the Danube and Sava rivers case study
EP  - 208
IS  - 2
SP  - 199
VL  - 77
DO  - 10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1677
ER  - 

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author = "Andjus, Stefan and Nikolic, Nadja and Dobricic, Valerija and Marjanović, An and Gačić, Zoran and Branković, Goran and Aković, Maja R. and Paunović, Momir",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Sponges in the large rivers within the Danube River Basin (DRB) have not been adequately studied. Hence. the aim of this work was to undertake an investigation on the distribution of sponge species in the Danube and Sava rivers. Out of SS localities covered by the study, sponges were found at 25 sites only (46 samples in total). By using morpholotical (light and scanning electron microscopy) and genetic (28S rDNA sequencing) analysis. four species were determined: Ephydatia fluviaulis (Linnaeus, 1759), Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759), Eunapius fragilis (Leidy, 1851), Trachospangilla horrida Weltner, 1893. In the Danube.. the predominant species was found to be E. fluviatilis making approximately 80% of collected samples, while in the Sava River S. lacustris dominated, representing 46% of the river sponges. Our work represents one of the few studies on freshwater sponges within the DRB from long stretches of the large lowland rivers (more than 2500 km of the Danube River and about 900 km of the Sava River). Moreover, molecular analysis for the identification of freshwater sponges was applied on the material collected from a wide area. thus contributing to the systematic studies on the distribution and abundance of the European freshwater invertebrate fauna in general.",
publisher = "Pagepress Publ, Pavia",
journal = "Journal of Limnology",
title = "Contribution to the knowledge on the distribution of freshwater sponges - the Danube and Sava rivers case study",
pages = "208-199",
number = "2",
volume = "77",
doi = "10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1677"
}

Andjus, S., Nikolic, N., Dobricic, V., Marjanović, A., Gačić, Z., Branković, G., Aković, M. R.,& Paunović, M.. (2018). Contribution to the knowledge on the distribution of freshwater sponges - the Danube and Sava rivers case study. in Journal of Limnology
Pagepress Publ, Pavia., 77(2), 199-208.
https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1677

Andjus S, Nikolic N, Dobricic V, Marjanović A, Gačić Z, Branković G, Aković MR, Paunović M. Contribution to the knowledge on the distribution of freshwater sponges - the Danube and Sava rivers case study. in Journal of Limnology. 2018;77(2):199-208.
doi:10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1677 .

Andjus, Stefan, Nikolic, Nadja, Dobricic, Valerija, Marjanović, An, Gačić, Zoran, Branković, Goran, Aković, Maja R., Paunović, Momir, "Contribution to the knowledge on the distribution of freshwater sponges - the Danube and Sava rivers case study" in Journal of Limnology, 77, no. 2 (2018):199-208,
https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1677 . .