TY  - JOUR
AU  - Žganec, Krešimir
AU  - Lajtner, Jasna
AU  - Ćuk, Renata
AU  - Crnčan, Petar
AU  - Pušić, Ivana
AU  - Atanacković, Ana
AU  - Kralj, Tomislav
AU  - Valić, Damir
AU  - Jelić, Mišel
AU  - Maguire, Ivana
PY  - 2020
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4079
AB  - Alien aquatic macroinvertebrates, especially invasive crustaceans and molluscs, have heavily impacted native species and ecosystem processes in freshwaters worldwide. Knowledge on alien species distribution is necessary to understand their dispersal dynamics and prevent future invasions, and to predict and reduce undesirable impacts. Literature data on alien macroinvertebrate species (AMS) in Croatia are sparse and a complete inventory of alien macroinvertebrates in Croatian freshwaters has never been conducted. The aim of this study was to present a database of AMS in Croatian freshwaters and to analyse their origin, pathways of introduction and distribution. The AMS database was built based on literature data and the authors' unpublished data, and included a total of 1,411 records from 689 sites across Croatia. In total, 29 AMS were recorded until 2019, belonging to five major taxonomic groups: subphylum Crustacea (16 species) and phyla Mollusca (7 spp.), Annelida (4 spp.), Cnidaria (1 sp.), and Platyhelminthes (1 sp.). The area of origin of most species is the European Ponto-Caspian region (19 spp., 66%), and the rest originate from North America (5 spp.), Asia (4 spp.) and New Zealand (1 sp.). The most important pathways of unintentional primary introductions were stowaway-shipping (20 spp., 69%) and contaminant-fish stocking (6 spp., 21%). All 29 AMS species were found in the Black Sea Basin (Danube Basin) and five of those were also recorded in the river catchments of the Adriatic Sea Basin. For most AMS, the Sava and Drava Rivers are the main river corridors for their westward spread from the Danube. Since studies of AMS dispersal mechanisms are lacking and only a few studies report the impacts of invasive AMS in Croatia, future studies should be focused on the dispersal dynamics and ecological impact of invasive macroinvertebrates in Croatian freshwaters. Citation: Žganec K, Lajtner J, Ćuk R, Crnčan P, Pušić I, Atanacković A, Kralj T, Valić D, Jelić M, Maguire I (2020) Alien macroinvertebrates in Croatian freshwaters. Aquatic Invasions 15(4): 593-615, https://doi.
T2  - Aquatic Invasions
T1  - Alien macroinvertebrates in Croatian freshwaters
IS  - 4
VL  - 15
DO  - 10.3391/ai.2020.15.4.04
SP  - 593
EP  - 615
ER  - 

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Žganec, K., Lajtner, J., Ćuk, R., Crnčan, P., Pušić, I., Atanacković, A., Kralj, T., Valić, D., Jelić, M.,& Maguire, I.. (2020). Alien macroinvertebrates in Croatian freshwaters. in Aquatic Invasions, 15(4), 593-615.
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Žganec K, Lajtner J, Ćuk R, Crnčan P, Pušić I, Atanacković A, Kralj T, Valić D, Jelić M, Maguire I. Alien macroinvertebrates in Croatian freshwaters. in Aquatic Invasions. 2020;15(4):593-615.
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Žganec, Krešimir, Lajtner, Jasna, Ćuk, Renata, Crnčan, Petar, Pušić, Ivana, Atanacković, Ana, Kralj, Tomislav, Valić, Damir, Jelić, Mišel, Maguire, Ivana, "Alien macroinvertebrates in Croatian freshwaters" in Aquatic Invasions, 15, no. 4 (2020):593-615,
https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2020.15.4.04 . .

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AU  - Kapetanović, Damir
AU  - Vardić Smrzlić, Irena
AU  - Valić, Damir
AU  - Teskeredžić, Emin
AU  - Kolarević, Stoimir
AU  - Sunjog, Karolina
AU  - Tomović, Jelena
AU  - Kračun-Kolarević, Margareta
AU  - Knežević-Vukčević, Jelena
AU  - Paunović, Momir
AU  - Gačić, Zoran
AU  - Vuković-Gačić, Branka
PY  - 2015
UR  - http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-44034-6_9
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2569
AB  - Data on the microbiological quality of the freshwater systems under the anthropogenic influence, such as the Sava River, are of the major importance for the water resource management. Furthermore, analyses of the microbial quality of fish meat provide information of the fish as a valuable food resource from the investigated river basin. The health status of the fish, including dynamics of infection and biodiversity of endoparasites, is important bioindicator of changes in the ecosystem structure and function. For the ecosystem-based approach to the Sava River management, investigations of microbiological quality of the Sava River water and the meat of the European chub as the bioindicator organism, as well as dynamics of infection/biodiversity of intestinal parasites Acanthocephala, were performed. The survey comprised the data collected in periods 2005, 2006 and 2012. Microbiological investigation of water was performed in 2006 and 2012, while microbiological analyses of fish meat and ichthyo-parasitological investigation took place during 2005–2006. A high number of heterotrophic bacteria were recorded during 2006 survey, confirmed by the distinctly higher values of the three faecal indicators (total coliform, E. coli and enterococci), and indicated poor water quality downstream of the cities Zagreb and Velika Gorica, as a result of the municipal sewage outlets. The results from 2012 survey indicated the existence of moderate to critical faecal and organic pollution in all samples. Accumulation of the bacteria in the European chub meat was mainly uniform along the watercourse within standards and limitations for the human consumption. Sampling sites downstream cities of Zagreb and Velika Gorica were characterised with the lower prevalence and abundance of two common species of the chub intestinal acanthocephalan parasites, Pomphorhynchus laevis and Acanthocephalus anguillae. Poor microbiological quality of the water and lower distribution of chub intestinal parasites were related to the anthropogenic influence, downstream of the urban areas.
PB  - Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg
T2  - The Sava River
T1  - Microbial Characterisation of the Sava River
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-662-44034-6_9
SP  - 201
EP  - 228
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44034-6_9 . .