Natura Croatica, Vol. 23 No. 1, 2014.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Contribution to the morphology of the Balkan Loach, Cobitis elongata Heckel & Kner, 1858 in Croatia
Antun Delić
; Faculty of Education, University of Zagreb, Department of Petrinja, Trg Matice Hrvatske 12, 44 250 Petrinja, Croatia
Mato Bučar
; Faculty of Education, University of Zagreb, Department of Petrinja, Trg Matice Hrvatske 12, 44 250 Petrinja, Croatia
Mladen Kučinić
; Department of Biology (Laboratory for Entomology), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Mihoci
; Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marina Vilenica
; Faculty of Education, University of Zagreb, Department of Petrinja, Trg Matice Hrvatske 12, 44 250 Petrinja, Croatia
Darinka Kiš-Novak
; Faculty of Education, University of Zagreb, Department of Čakovec, Dr. Ante Starčevića 55, 40 000 Čakovec, Croatia
Zdravko Dolenec
; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
In Croatia, the Balkan loach, Cobitis elongata inhabits the Sava River basin. We found significant morphological differences between specimens inhabiting the Kupa River and those from its right tributary the Petrinjčica River. Results of ANOVA analysis were statistically significant for 17 measurements and all statistically significant parameters were considerably higher at the Petrinjčica River sites. These differences are probably caused by the spatial isolation of these two populations due to artificial and natural barriers on the Petrinjčica River and different ecological features of habitats in the Kupa and the Petrinjčica River.
Ključne riječi
Cobitis elongata; morphometric; meristic; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
122670
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2014.
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