From: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies [office@pjoes.com]

Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:25 PM

To: "Branislav Rankovic"

Subject: Thanks for rewiewing MS-493/2013 - PJOES

Dera Professor,

Thanks a lot for reviewing ms 493-2013. We are very much obliged.

With kind regards,

Hanan Radecka

Dnia 2014-01-28 11:01 Branislav Rankovic napisał(a):

Editor "Polish Journal of Environmengtal Studies"

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Prof. Dr. Hanna Radecka

I accepted to be a reviewer of the manuscript entitled “Cyanobacterial blooms in oligosaline, alkaline microacumulation (Aleksandrovac lake, Serbia) – before and after rehabilitation ”. I filled and send review form by your Editorial System platform. In your subbmision system there is no place to add manuscript word document with my comments. For this reason I send it to you via email.

The manuscript provides clear and precise information about changes in the Cyanobacteria community in the alkaline, oligosaline lake before and after the rehabilitation. The paper shows a concrete example that the rehabilitation of the lake and the planning of the technical and technological solutions must take into consideration the community of organisms and the specifics of their life cycle. Rehabilitation has not yielded results in terms of improving water quality and elimination of conditions that are appropriate for the development of potentially invasive and toxic algae.

This paper presents data on the rare forms of blooming in Serbia (Cylindrospermum stagnale, Lyngby aestuarii, Cylindrospermopis raciborskii) and also shows the massive presence of the genus Glaucospira which is rarely found in Europe. Data on the development of potentially invasive and toxic species in Serbia was very rarely published and is lacking in the literature that shows their distribution in Europe and the world.

Therefore Iconcludethat the paper “Cyanobacterial blooms in oligosaline, alkaline microacumulation (Aleksandrovac lake, Serbia) – before and after rehabilitation”should beaccepted for printing inyour journal, honoring thesmall changesin the text.

Best regards,

Prof. dr Branislav Ranković

Department of Biology and Ecology

Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac

Serbia

> CONFIDENTIAL

> Ms. 493/2013

> Title: Cyanobacterial blooms in oligosaline, alkaline microacumulation

> (Aleksandrovac lake, Serbia) ? before and after rehabilitation

> Author(s): Sne??ana Simi??

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> Abstract:

> This work describes occurrence and blooming of some Cyanobacteria in

> an artificial, oligosaline, alkaline, microaccumulation in Serbia,

> which was formed on salines in 1963-1964, and rehabilitated in

> 2009-2010. The appearance and specific blooming of species common for

> tropical regions in the Aleksandrovac Lake (N 42?29?22?, E 21?53?54?)

> before the reconstruction (Cylindrospermum stagnale (K?tzing) ex

> Bornet et Flahault, Synechococcus lividus Copeland, Anabaena bergii

> Ostenfeld, Anabaenopsis elenkinii Miller, Lyngbia aestuarii (Mertens)

> Liebman ex Gomont) and after the reconstruction (Cylindrospermopsis

> raciborskii (Woloszi??ska) Seenayya et Subba Raju, Anabaena bergii,

> Anabaenopsis elenkini, as well as Glaucospira sp. Lagerheim) was

> recorded first time in Serbia. The work also demonstrate the potential

> hazard to the environment (fishkill) due to the presence of specific

> blooming of Cyanobacteria. Alkaline salt ponds and lakes with extreme

> ecological conditions are places suitable for the development of alien and potentially invasive species.

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