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2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 837-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasa Barisic-Klisaric ◽  
Danijela Miljkovic ◽  
Stevan Avramov ◽  
Uros Zivkovic ◽  
Aleksej Tarasjev

In light of the increasing need for appropriate, cost-effective detection methods of anthropogenic pollution, we evaluated the biomonitoring potential of flower developmental instability (DI) on a widely planted decorative species, Iris germanica, under in situ conditions. DI was measured by fluctuating and radial asymmetries of parts of Iris germanica perianth (810 fall lengths and widths), from clones already growing in two distinct types of habitats with contrasting levels of anthropogenic pollution: in unpolluted (rural) areas, Novi Banovci, Stari Banovci and Belegis (flowers from 137 clones sampled), and in a polluted (urban) Belgrade metropolitan area (flowers from 133 clones sampled). Our results revealed significantly higher flower radial asymmetry in the polluted habitats compared to unpolluted ones (for three out of four univariate indices, as well as both multivariate ones), but failed to detect a similar effect on fluctuating asymmetry indices. The results of our study therefore demonstrate the potential of DI (when estimated by flower radial asymmetry) in Iris germanica as a cost-effective biomonitoring method for in situ pollution detection based on readily measurable flower parts and moderate sample sizes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoland Savriama ◽  
Leif Christian Stige ◽  
Sylvain Gerber ◽  
Thierry Pérez ◽  
Paul Alibert ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 303 (1) ◽  
pp. 941-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Jednorog ◽  
M. Paduch ◽  
K. Szewczak ◽  
E. Laszynska

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azam Dehgani ◽  
Ali Dolati ◽  
Manuel Úbeda-Flores

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 418-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
e. bardan ◽  
m. kern ◽  
s. torrico ◽  
r. c. arndorfer ◽  
b. t. massey ◽  
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