Collaboration
Dr. Vlatka Mičetić Stanković
Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
Dr. Branka Bruvo Mađarić
Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Elmis rietscheli
Elmidae are the dominant beetle family in running waters. Elmid species are widely used as bioindicators for assessing water quality, and for monitoring running water ecosystems. Yet, many species are difficult to identify morphologically, and preliminary molecular studies have shown that there is a considerable number of cryptic species in various genera of Elmidae.
In Austria, 21 elmid species have been recorded so far. During this project, numerous samples of altogether 17 species from six genera, collected in seven states of Austria, were barcoded. The DNA barcodes of Austrian Elmidae will contribute to the knowledge of potentially rare, endemic and/or endangered species of water beetles in Central Europe, being essential in establishing projects on conservation of lotic biotopes.
Furthermore, through the cooperation with CROBOL better insight will be gained into the processes of speciation of water beetles in the Dinaric Karst, which represents one of the most ecologically and hydromorphologically interesting areas of Europe. Additionally, important taxonomic questions will be solved via molecular and morphological analyses of Elmidae samples from various European countries.
Dr. Vlatka Mičetić Stanković
Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
Dr. Branka Bruvo Mađarić
Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Under the title Days of Biodiversity 2020, the ABOL meeting took place this year together with the 3rd Austrian Forum on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services as an online event. During the pre-phase, various topics were discussed in workshops, the results of which, together with other interesting lectures, were presented in the Biodiversity Forum on December […]
Dear ABOL Community, the conference program for the ABOL meeting is now complete. We are happy about the many interesting contributions that have been submitted! Registration for the ABOL meeting is possible until the meeting! We look forward to an interesting event in a format that is new to us! Your ABOL coordination team […]
Dear ABOL Community, probably not surprising to anyone, we decided to hold the Days of Biodiversity ONLINE. We kindly ask for contributions for the 7th ABOL meeting – either for talks of 20 minutes (+ 10 minutes discussion) or for flash talks of 5 minutes (+ 3 minutes of discussion). Please register and send your […]