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Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 26 No.2

Prvo sistematsko istraživanje adulta i drugi popis tulara (Insecta, Trichoptera) za područje Nacionalnog parka Plitvička jezera s osvrtom na povijest istraživanja, bioraznolikost, rasprostranjensot i ekologiju

Authors: Mladen Kučinić, Ana Previšić, Mladen Vajdić, Monika Tunjić, Iva Mihoci, Sanja Žalac, Sanja Sviben, Ivan Vučković, Maja Trupković, Ivan Habdija

Authors and affiliation

  • Mladen Kučinić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Ana Previšić ; Department of Biology (*Laboratory for Entomology), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Mladen Vajdić Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Croatia
  • Monika Tunjić Center for Research and Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology, Rockefellerova 10, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Iva Mihoci Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Sanja Žalac ZSC ”Dr. Ivo Pevalek”, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Josipa Jovića 19, 53231 Plitvička jezera, Croatia
  • Sanja Sviben Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
  • Ivan Vučković Elektroprojekt d.d., Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Water Resources, Nature and Environmental protection, Alexandera von Humboldta 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Maja Trupković School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Šalata 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Ivan Habdija Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The Plitvice Lakes National Park is a unique area in the world with a great variety of aquatic habitats, including tufa barriers. UNESCO has protected this area since 1979. In this paper, detailed faunistic results of the first research on Trichoptera species conducted from 1997 to 2001 are shown. Sampling was done using both light and emergence traps, and 77 caddisfly species were determined using the two methods. Furthermore, a brief overview of the Trichoptera research history in the Plitvice Lakes area is given along with a detailed presentation of caddisfly fauna and an extended second checklist of Trichoptera species in the NP. In the Plitvice Lakes 89 Trichoptera species have been recorded so far. Flight periods are given for each species. Also, the reasons of such a high degree of Trichoptera biodiversity (the highest in Croatia) in the Plitvice Lakes are highlighted. A comparison of species assemblages collected from the 12 localities was made along with the comparison of Trichoptera fauna composition in different aquatic habitats in the Plitvice Lakes NP: springs, streams, lakes and tufa barriers.

Keywords

aquatic insects, caddisflies, Plitvice Lakes, biodiversity, ecology, nature protection, UNESCO, Croatia Kučinić, M., Previšić, A., Vajdić, M., Tunjić, M., Mihoci, I., Žalac, S., Sviben, S., Vučković, I.,

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