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Small Water Bodies of the Western Balkans

The small waters bodies such as headwater streams, springs, ditches, small lakes and ponds are critical to maintaining freshwater biodiversity. This is especially true for Dinaric karst where they are often the only water bodies present. However, despite their importance they remain widely overlooked and excluded from government policies like the EU Water Framework Directive. There is no recent publication that provides comprehensive knowledge on small water bodies in the Western Balkan. Therefore, the aim of the proposed volume is to provide information on different aspects of our knowledge of these important but still neglected habitats in one place. Publishing of this Book would be interesting and useful for wide range of audience, from researchers and conservationist to the public and decision makers.

aquatic ecosystems ; small water bodies ; freshwater diversity ; water protection ; anthropogenic pressures

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