20.500.12556/RUL-135343 Distribution of vascular plant communities in Slovenian watercourses Rivers and streams are heterogenous ecosystems that host a great number of vascular plant communities. The territory of Slovenia is highly diverse regarding geomorphologic, geologic, climatic, and edaphic conditions. We presumed that environmental variability will also affect the distribution of hygrophilous vascular plants in running waters and consequently the structure of plant communities they form. We analyzed macrophyte, spatial, and environmental parameters in 906 stretches of the watercourses occurring in the Dinaric, Pannonian, and Po lowland hydro-ecoregions. We determined 87 vascular plant taxa. The most abundant were Myriophyllum spicatum, Phalaris arundinacea, and Potamogeton nodosus. Submerged macrophytes presented about one third of total species abundance, while amphiphytes were somewhat less abundant. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) revealed that distance from the source explained 15.1% of the growth form type variability, and current velocity and latitude explained 4.1% each. With the assessed parameters, we explained 31.6% of the variability. When CCA was run with taxa, only 20.9% of their variability was explained with statistically significant parameters. We distinguished 25 different plant associations belonging to five classes and nine alliances. The majority of defined plant communities were distributed in different watercourses belonging to different hydro-ecoregions. Only seven communities had a narrower distribution range, three of them on karst poljes. Among them, the new association Mentho aquaticae-Oenanthetum fistulosae from the river Mali Obrh on the Loško polje was described in this contribution. hidrobiology rivers Slovenia macrophytes growth forms plant communities distribution streams hidrobiologija reke Slovenija makrofiti true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-03-08 12:46:43 2022-03-08 12:46:44 2022-09-14 04:12:53 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 26 str. iss. 8, art. 1071 Vol. 13 Apr. 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 574 2073-4441 10.3390/w13081071 60161539 RAZ_Zelnik_Igor_2021.pdf RAZ_Zelnik_Igor_2021.pdf 1 46CD6F8E7EBC5411D9D547E76B717C23 a22e40418d5c438be2e6f49bf3c3dfb2e9dc754da99eddfba99cd693f5dd2819 9a8905b8-9ed5-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=154367 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/8/1071 1 2661e418-9ed5-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=154366 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0