Original scientific paper

The mayfly fauna (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) of the Plitvice lakes National park, Croatia

Marina Vilenica orcid.org/0000-0003-2053-2461 ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Department in Petrinja, Trg Matice hrvatske 12, 44250 Petrinja, Croatia
Jean-Luc Gattolliat ; Musée cantonal de zoologie, Palais de Rumine – Place de la Riponne 6, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
Marija Ivković ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Mladen Kučinić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vlatka Mičetić Stanković ; Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zlatko Mihaljević ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Michel Sartori ; Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

The mayfly fauna of Plitvice Lakes NP was investigated at 14 sampling sites representing different types of karstic freshwater habitat (springs, streams, tufa barriers and lakes). Specimens were sampled from February 2007 to February 2009 using different methods and 19 taxa were identified. Lotic habitats supported more mayfly species than lentic habitat types. The recorded species, four of which are new for the Croatian fauna, encompass 27 % of the total number of Croatian mayfly fauna. This study represents an important contribution to the knowledge of mayfly fauna of karst habitats in Croatia.

Keywords

Plitvice Lakes NP; mayfly fauna; Ephemeroptera; species richness; karst habitats; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

130858

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/130858

Publication date:

31.12.2014.

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