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.

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

Climate change impact on flood hazard in the Sava River Basin Mitja Brilly, Mojca sraj, Andrej Vidmar, Miha Primozic and Maja KoprivSek

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

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

Elements and persistent organic pollutants in the sediments of the Sava River Janez scancar, Ester Heath, Tea Zuliani, Milena Horvat, Joze Kotnik, Silva Perko and Radmila Milacic

Metal bioavailability in the Sava River water Zrinka Dragun, Vlatka Filipovic Marijic, Marijana Vukovic and Biserka Raspor

Potentiometric determination of anionic and nonionic surfactants in surface waters and wastewaters Milan Sak-Bosnar, Dubravka Madunic-Cacic, Zorana Grabaric and Bozidar Grabaric

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

Microbial characterization of the Sava River Damir Kapetanovic, Irena Vardic Smrzlic, Damir Valic, Emin Teskeredzic, Stoimir Kolarevic, Karolina Sunjog, Jelena Tomovic, Margareta Kracun-Kolarevic , Jelena Knezevic-Vukcevic, Zoran Gacic, Branka Vukovic-Gacic

Algal communities along the Sava River Snezana B. Simic, Vesna R. Karadzic, Mirko V. Cvijan and Vasiljevic M. Bozica

Aquatic and wetland vegetation along the Sava River Karadzic Branko, Snezana Jaric, Pavle Pavlovic and Miroslava Mitrovic

Zooplankton community along the Sava River Aleksandar M. Ostojic, Ivana D. Radojevic, Anita Galir Balkic

Aquatic macroinvertebrates of the Sava River Andreja Lucic, Momir Paunovic, Jelena Tomovic, Simona Kovacevic, Katarina Zoric, Vladica Simic, Ana Atanackovic, Vanja Markovic, Margareta Kracun,Sandra Hudina, Jasna Lajtner, Sanja Gottstein, Ðurad MiloSevic, Stefan Andus, KreSimir Zganec

Ichthyofauna of the River Sava System Predrag Simonovic, Metka Povz, Marina Piria, Tomislav Treer, Avdul Adrovic, Rifat skrijelj, Vera Nikolic, Vladica Simic

Fauna of the Riparian Ecosystems - Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Avdul Adrovic, Marko Caleta, Nada Cosic, DuSan Jelic, Drazen KotroSan, Duje Lisicic, SaSa Marinkovic, Katja PoboljSaj, Primoz Presetnik, Goran Sekulic

Genotoxicological studies of lower stretch of the Sava River Branka Vukovic-Gacic, Stoimir Kolarevic, Karolina Sunjog, Jelena Tomovic, Margareta Kracun, Jelena Knezevic-Vukcevic, Momir Paunovic, Zoran Gacic

Indicative status assessment, biodiversity conservation and protected areas within the Sava River Basin Vladica Simic, Ana Petrovic, Boris Erg, DuSka Dimovic, Jarmila Makovinska, Branko Karadzic, Momir Paunovic