Notes and new data on the distribution of a non-native oligochaete: Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) in Croatia

The freshwater oligochaete Branchiura sowerbyi is indigenous to southeast Asia, but can be found inhabiting most of Europe. This tubificid was even described for the first time outside of its natural area of occurrence: in the garden of the Royal Botanic Society in London. It has spread over all con...

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Main Authors: Vučković, Natalija, Pozojević, Ivana, Kerovec, Mladen, Dorić, Valentina, Mihaljević, Zlatko
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spelling fthrcak:oai:hrcak.srce.hr:231426 2023-05-15T13:46:05+02:00 Notes and new data on the distribution of a non-native oligochaete: Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) in Croatia Pregled istraživanja i novi nalazi rasprostranjenosti alohtonog maločetinaša Branchiura sowerbyi u Hrvatskoj Vučković, Natalija Pozojević, Ivana Kerovec, Mladen Dorić, Valentina Mihaljević, Zlatko 2019 application/pdf https://hrcak.srce.hr/231426 https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/336569 eng eng Croatian Natural History Museum info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.20302/NC.2019.28.30 https://hrcak.srce.hr/231426 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All content is made freely available for non-commercial purposes, users are allowed to copy and redistribute the material, transform, and build upon the material as long as they cite the source. Natura Croatica : Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici ISSN 1330-0520 (Print) ISSN 1848-7386 (Online) Volume 28 Issue 2 invasive species tubificid distribution Dinaric Western Balkan Ecoregion Pannonian Lowland Ecoregion invazivna vrsta rasprostranjenost tubificida Dinaridska ekoregija Panonska ekoregija text info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 fthrcak https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2019.28.30 2020-01-01T23:55:40Z The freshwater oligochaete Branchiura sowerbyi is indigenous to southeast Asia, but can be found inhabiting most of Europe. This tubificid was even described for the first time outside of its natural area of occurrence: in the garden of the Royal Botanic Society in London. It has spread over all continents except Antarctica, and in Europe it has been found in 23 countries. The presence of this non-native species may affect other species' relationships in the benthic community and thus have substantial effects on food webs of aquatic ecosystems. Our goal was to present the first comprehensive overview of the distribution of this potentially invasive species in Croatia as a basis for the future monitoring of the species distribution. In Croatia, B. sowerbyi was found for the first time in 1954 in Varaždin’s thermal stream and the following year in the lake of the Botanical garden, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. To date, B. sowerbyi individuals were found on 64 different sites in Croatia, mostly occupying the Pannonian Lowland Ecoregion (ER 11) with only two findings in the Dinaric Western Balkan Ecoregion (ER 5). Prirodni areal rasprostiranja vrste Branchiura sowerbyi je jugoistočna Azija, no ovaj se maločetinaš može pronaći u slatkovodnim ekosustavima diljem Europe. Čak je i prvi opis ove vrste tubificida bio izvan njegovog prirodnog areala rasprostiranja, točnije u botaničkom vrtu „Royal Botanic Society“ u Londonu. Ova vrsta danas je prisutna na svim kontinentima osim Antartike, a u Europi je zabilježena u 23 zemlje. Prisustvo ove alohtone vrste može imati još neutvrđene implikacije na zajednice slatkovodnih makroskopskih beskralježnjaka, kao i na funkcioniranje hranidbenih mreža unutar ovih zajednica. Cilj ovog rada bio je izraditi sveobuhvatan pregled distribucije ove vrste na području Hrvatske kao bazu za buduće nadziranje širenja te vrste. U Hrvatskoj je vrsta B. sowerbyi nađena prvi put 1954. godine u termalnom potoku u Varaždinu, a već sljedeće godine pronađena je u Botaničkom vrtu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Dosad je vrsta zabilježena na 64 različite lokacije na području Hrvatske, većinom u Panonskoj ekoregiji (ER 11), dok je u Dinaridskoj ekoregiji (ER 5) dosad zabilježena na samo dvije lokacije. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Hrčak - Portal of scientific journals of Croatia Natura Croatica 28 2 457 464
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topic invasive species
tubificid distribution
Dinaric Western Balkan Ecoregion
Pannonian Lowland Ecoregion
invazivna vrsta
rasprostranjenost tubificida
Dinaridska ekoregija
Panonska ekoregija
spellingShingle invasive species
tubificid distribution
Dinaric Western Balkan Ecoregion
Pannonian Lowland Ecoregion
invazivna vrsta
rasprostranjenost tubificida
Dinaridska ekoregija
Panonska ekoregija
Vučković, Natalija
Pozojević, Ivana
Kerovec, Mladen
Dorić, Valentina
Mihaljević, Zlatko
Notes and new data on the distribution of a non-native oligochaete: Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) in Croatia
topic_facet invasive species
tubificid distribution
Dinaric Western Balkan Ecoregion
Pannonian Lowland Ecoregion
invazivna vrsta
rasprostranjenost tubificida
Dinaridska ekoregija
Panonska ekoregija
description The freshwater oligochaete Branchiura sowerbyi is indigenous to southeast Asia, but can be found inhabiting most of Europe. This tubificid was even described for the first time outside of its natural area of occurrence: in the garden of the Royal Botanic Society in London. It has spread over all continents except Antarctica, and in Europe it has been found in 23 countries. The presence of this non-native species may affect other species' relationships in the benthic community and thus have substantial effects on food webs of aquatic ecosystems. Our goal was to present the first comprehensive overview of the distribution of this potentially invasive species in Croatia as a basis for the future monitoring of the species distribution. In Croatia, B. sowerbyi was found for the first time in 1954 in Varaždin’s thermal stream and the following year in the lake of the Botanical garden, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. To date, B. sowerbyi individuals were found on 64 different sites in Croatia, mostly occupying the Pannonian Lowland Ecoregion (ER 11) with only two findings in the Dinaric Western Balkan Ecoregion (ER 5). Prirodni areal rasprostiranja vrste Branchiura sowerbyi je jugoistočna Azija, no ovaj se maločetinaš može pronaći u slatkovodnim ekosustavima diljem Europe. Čak je i prvi opis ove vrste tubificida bio izvan njegovog prirodnog areala rasprostiranja, točnije u botaničkom vrtu „Royal Botanic Society“ u Londonu. Ova vrsta danas je prisutna na svim kontinentima osim Antartike, a u Europi je zabilježena u 23 zemlje. Prisustvo ove alohtone vrste može imati još neutvrđene implikacije na zajednice slatkovodnih makroskopskih beskralježnjaka, kao i na funkcioniranje hranidbenih mreža unutar ovih zajednica. Cilj ovog rada bio je izraditi sveobuhvatan pregled distribucije ove vrste na području Hrvatske kao bazu za buduće nadziranje širenja te vrste. U Hrvatskoj je vrsta B. sowerbyi nađena prvi put 1954. godine u termalnom potoku u Varaždinu, a već sljedeće godine pronađena je u Botaničkom vrtu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Dosad je vrsta zabilježena na 64 različite lokacije na području Hrvatske, većinom u Panonskoj ekoregiji (ER 11), dok je u Dinaridskoj ekoregiji (ER 5) dosad zabilježena na samo dvije lokacije.
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author Vučković, Natalija
Pozojević, Ivana
Kerovec, Mladen
Dorić, Valentina
Mihaljević, Zlatko
author_facet Vučković, Natalija
Pozojević, Ivana
Kerovec, Mladen
Dorić, Valentina
Mihaljević, Zlatko
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title Notes and new data on the distribution of a non-native oligochaete: Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) in Croatia
title_short Notes and new data on the distribution of a non-native oligochaete: Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) in Croatia
title_full Notes and new data on the distribution of a non-native oligochaete: Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) in Croatia
title_fullStr Notes and new data on the distribution of a non-native oligochaete: Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) in Croatia
title_full_unstemmed Notes and new data on the distribution of a non-native oligochaete: Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) in Croatia
title_sort notes and new data on the distribution of a non-native oligochaete: branchiura sowerbyi (beddard, 1892) in croatia
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