Acta Adriatica, Vol. 62 No. 2, 2021.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.62.2.2
Unusual records of marine organisms in the Neretva River (Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Pero Tutman
; Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, Split, Hrvatska
Jakov Dulčić
; Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, Split, Hrvatska
Branko Dragičević
orcid.org/0000-0002-8159-2364
; Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, Split, Hrvatska
Luka Glamuzina
; Sveučilište u Dubrovniku, Odsjek primjenjene ekologije, Ćira Carića 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Hrvatska
Višnja Bukvić
; University of Herzegovina, Blajburških žrtava 100, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Josip Vekić
; Nature Park „Hutovo blato“, Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sažetak
This paper presents a review of the unusual occurrences of various marine species found upstream in the Neretva River and its wider delta zone in the last two decades. The occurrences of at least eight different marine species were reported by local fishermen, representing very rare records of these species in the upstream areas of rivers. Although some of these species generally inhabit both saltwater and brackish waters, their occurrences high upstream are probably the consequence of changes in hydrological conditions in Neretva River. Namely, more intense saltwater intrusion into the river observed in the last two decades provides suitable conditions for mass penetration of euryhaline organisms high into the Neretva River. In this biodiversity rich area which hosts a significant number of endemic species, such phenomena can threaten the local freshwater communities.
Ključne riječi
saltwater intrusion; indicator species; east Adriatic watershed
Hrčak ID:
271920
URI
Datum izdavanja:
22.12.2021.
Posjeta: 949 *