The Sava River, 2015 The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Series, Vol. 31

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of environmental aspects of the Sava River, which is the greatest tributary to the Danube River and the major drainage river system of South Eastern Europe. Hydroelectric power plants, river traffic, intensive agricultural activities, heavy industry and floods have considerable influence on the environment and biota in the basin. Summarizing the results that were gathered in the course of EU, bilateral and national projects, the book highlights the most important stressors and helps readers to better understand the impact of anthropogenic activities on the function of river basins. Topics include: transboundary water cooperation between the riparian countries; climate change projection, including its impact on flood hazards; evaluation of anthropogenic pollution sources; pollution of sediments, metal bioavailability and ecotoxicological and microbiological characterization of the river. The biological part also addresses quality aspects related to wildlife in river aquatic ecosystems (algae, macrophytes, zooplankton, macroinvertebrates and fish) and riparian ecosystems (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals). The general state of biodiversity and pressures caused by invasive aquatic species are also discussed.

Transboundary water cooperation for sustainable development of the Sava River Basin
Dejan Komatina and Samo Grošelj

Climate change impact on flood hazard in the Sava River Basin
Mitja Brilly, Mojca Šraj, Andrej Vidmar, Miha Primožič and Maja Koprivšek 

Climate projections for the Sava River Basin
Andrej Ceglar and Jože Rakovec

Integrated approach to the evaluation of chemical dynamics and anthropogenic pollution sources in the Sava River Basin
Nives Ogrinc, Tjaša Kanduč and David Kocman

Elements and persistent organic pollutants in the sediments of the Sava River
Janez Ščančar, Ester Heath, Tea Zuliani, Milena Horvat, Jože Kotnik, Silva Perko and Radmila Milačič

 Metal bioavailability in the Sava River water
Zrinka Dragun, Vlatka Filipović Marijić, Marijana Vuković and Biserka Raspor

 Potentiometric determination of anionic and nonionic surfactants in surface waters and wastewaters
Milan Sak-Bosnar, Dubravka Madunić-Čačić, Zorana Grabarić and Božidar Grabarić

 Ecotoxicological characterization of the Sava River – biomarker responses and biological assays
Tvrtko Smital and Marijan Ahel

 Microbial characterization of the Sava River
Damir Kapetanović, Irena Vardić Smrzlić, Damir Valić, Emin Teskeredžić, Stoimir Kolarević, Karolina Sunjog, Jelena Tomović, Margareta Kračun-Kolarević, Jelena Knežević-Vukčević, Zoran Gačić, Branka Vuković-Gačić

 Algal communities along the Sava River
Snežana B. Simić, Vesna R. Karadžić, Mirko V. Cvijan and Vasiljević M. Božica

 Aquatic and wetland vegetation along the Sava River
Karadžić Branko, Snežana Jarić, Pavle Pavlović and Miroslava Mitrović

 Zooplankton community along the Sava River
Aleksandar M. Ostojić, Ivana D. Radojević, Anita Galir Balkić

 Aquatic macroinvertebrates of the Sava River
Andreja Lucić, Momir Paunović, Jelena Tomović, Simona Kovačević, Katarina Zorić, Vladica Simić, Ana Atanacković, Vanja Marković, Margareta Kračun,Sandra Hudina, Jasna Lajtner, Sanja Gottstein, Đurađ Milošević, Stefan Anđus, Krešimir Žganec

 Ichthyofauna of the River Sava System
Predrag Simonović, Metka Povž, Marina Piria, Tomislav Treer, Avdul Adrović,Rifat Škrijelj, Vera Nikolić, Vladica Simić

 Fauna of the Riparian Ecosystems – Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals
Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailović, Avdul Adrović, Marko Ćaleta, Nada Ćosić, Dušan Jelić, Dražen Kotrošan, Duje Lisičić, Saša Marinković, Katja Poboljšaj, Primož Presetnik, Goran Sekulić

 Genotoxicological studies of lower stretch of the Sava River
Branka Vuković-Gačić, Stoimir Kolarević, Karolina Sunjog, Jelena Tomović, Margareta Kračun, Jelena Knežević-Vukčević, Momir Paunović, Zoran Gačić

 Indicative status assessment, biodiversity conservation and protected areas within the Sava River Basin
Vladica Simić, Ana Petrović, Boris Erg, Duška Dimović, Jarmila Makovinska, Branko Karadžić, Momir Paunović

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