Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 28 No.2

Pregled istraživanja i novi nalazi rasprostranjenosti alohtonog maločetinaša Branchiura sowerbyi u Hrvatskoj

Authors: Natalija Vučković, Ivana Pozojević, Mladen Kerovec, Valentina Dorić, Zlatko Mihaljević

Authors and affiliation

  • Natalija Vučković Department of Biology - Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Ivana Pozojević Division of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Mladen Kerovec Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Valentina Dorić Eko-monitoring Ltd., Kučanska 15, 42000 Varaždin, Croatia
  • Zlatko Mihaljević Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

To date, B. sowerbyi individuals were found on 64 different sites in Croatia, mostly occupying the Pannonian Lowland Ecoregion (ER 11) with only two findings in the Dinaric Western Balkan Ecoregion (ER 5).

Keywords

invasive species, tubificid distribution, Dinaric Western Balkan Ecoregion, Pannonian Lowland Ecoregion