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https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.46.1.2
BIOSPELEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CAVES AND PITS OF THE NORTHERN VELEBIT NATIONAL PARK IN 2018
Petra Bregović
orcid.org/0000-0003-2849-5546
; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo
Tin Rožman
; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo
Jana Bedek
orcid.org/0000-0003-0746-2278
; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo
Tvrtko Dražina
; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo
Branko Jalžić
; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo
Ana Komerički
; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo
Marko Lukić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0067-4684
; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo
Martina Pavlek
orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-0581
; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo
Sažetak
Via the project ‘Biospeleological investigations and inventory of the fauna in the speleological
structures of the Northern Velebit National Park’ in collaboration with the Northern Velebit
National Park public institution and the Croatian Biospeleological Society, five speleological
structures have been biospeleologically investigated: The pit below Budina kosica, the pit in Kuk,
Sniježnica in Medvjeđa valley, the cave in Štirovača and Terca. In each structure the fauna was
collected, the microclimatic parameters were measured and the entrance, underground spaces
and fauna were photographed. Groups of spiders (Araneae), crustaceans (Isopoda), centipedes
(Chilopoda), millipedes (Diplopoda), springtails (Collembola) and beetles (Coleoptera) were
taxonomically processed in detail. In total, 27 taxa were recorded of which 13 are troglobion,
i.e. species completely adapted to life underground. Four species were noted in the park for
the first time, and one of them is new to science. The range of the measured air temperatures
started from 2.9 to 9.8°C and this shows a great diversity of the habitats of the speleological
structures of Northern Velebit, which is evident also by the number of recorded species. These
results have complemented significantly to the list of the underground fauna of the park, expanded
the knowledge of the recorded species and have highlighted the importance of the systematic
inventorying of the underground fauna of speleological structures of all dimensions, small and
large. Likewise, it has shown that the underground fauna of the Northern Velebit National Park is
extremely interesting and worthy of preservation.
Ključne riječi
biospeleological investigation; Northern Velebit; inventorying of fauna
Hrčak ID:
231851
URI
Datum izdavanja:
20.12.2019.
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