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Biologia | 2009

Seasonal dynamics of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Osijek (Croatia) for the period 1995-2004.

Mirta Sudarić Bogojević; Enrih Merdić; Nataša Turić; Željka Jeličić; Željko Zahirović; Ivana Vrućina; Sanja Merdić

The ten year research (1995–2004) of adult mosquitoes in the area of Osijek by dry ice baited CDC traps has provided significant information on mosquito species, species prevalence, their dynamics and seasonal activity. A total of 207,136 adult mosquitoes comprising twenty species belonging to the following genera: Anopheles, Ochlerotatus, Aedes, Culex, Coquillettidia, Culiseta and Uranotaenia were collected. The seven most common species collected during this study were: Aedes vexans (75.6%), Ochlerotatus sticticus (13.3%), Culex pipiens complex (5.9%), Anopheles maculipennis complex (1.9%), Oc. cantans (0.9%), Oc. caspius (0.6%) and Oc. excrucians (0.6%). The temporal changes in the relative abundance of the twenty mosquito species in the Osijek area were reflected in three peaks: in May, July and September. Seasonal population dynamics differed between years and between mosquito species in relation to wetland, urban and forest habitats and was influenced by water level of the Drava and the Danube rivers.


Aquatic Insects | 2012

Structure of aquatic assemblages of Coleoptera and Heteroptera in relation to habitat type and flood dynamic structure

Nataša Turić; Enrih Merdić; Branimir Kutuzović Hackenberger; Željka Jeličić; Goran Vignjević; Zoltán Csabai

The abundance and taxonomic composition of the aquatic insect fauna were investigated, with focus on adult water bugs, water beetles and water scavenger beetles (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha, and Coleoptera: Hydradephaga and Hydrophilidae) in two different freshwater habitats: (1) a periodically flooded area of the Special Zoological Reserve in Kopački rit Nature Park, Croatia; and (2) melioration canals in the wider area of the Nature Park during 2005. Aquatic insects are generally abundant in various water systems, including floodplains that are exposed to water level fluctuations. Our aims were (1) to determine abundance and species richness in relation to habitat type; (2) to determine the influence of high flood peaks and oscillations during high water levels on the diversity of aquatic Coleoptera and Heteroptera in the flooded area; and (3) to identify characteristic species associated with each habitat type. We collected 71 species; 41 were captured at canals and 64 at the flooded area. Diversity of the two habitat types varied depending on the months but there were remarkable differences in species pool and their abundance. Both high and low water levels as well as oscillations during high water levels had major influence on species assemblages at the flooded area. Diversity of aquatic Coleoptera and Heteroptera was higher when the water level decreased after high water level peaks. A total of 11 species fulfilled the criteria for specificity and were sufficiently abundant to be suitable species characteristic for these two habitats. A higher proportion of significant characteristic species was present in the flooded area than in the canals. The presence of two Red List species of water beetles (Graphoderus bilineatus De Geer, 1774 and Berosus geminus Reiche et Saulcy, 1856) and nine significant characteristic species at the flooded area clearly indicates that the contribution of floodplains in maintaining freshwater biodiversity is not only important regionally but also at the international level. Also, our results suggest that the power of high water levels is an important factor that can be used in analyses on aquatic Coleoptera and Heteroptera assemblages, showing the uniqueness of large floodplain areas.


Biologia | 2010

Efficacy of mosquito attractants in various habitats of a floodplain

Enrih Merdić; Željka Jeličić; Stjepan Krčmar; Branimir Hackenberger-Kutuzović; Nataša Turić; Mirta Sudarić Bogojević; Željko Zahirović

Efficacy of different mosquito attractants was invesigated at four sites in three plant communities (Galio-Salicetum albae, Populetum nigro-albae, Genisto elatae-Quercetum roboris) of flooded and forest habitats in Kopački rit Nature Park, Croatia. The attractants were: dry ice, horse urine, horse urine + acetone, acetone, 1-octen-3-ol and ammonium hydroxide baited CDC traps. A total of 11,441 mosquito specimens of 12 species were collected. Aedes vexans (91.43%) was the most numerous species. A statistically significant difference between the efficacy of dry ice and the other attractants was shown, whereas there was no difference between the other attractants. A greater number of specimens and species number were noted in the flooded plant communities (Populetum nigro-albae). The response of Ae. vexans to dry ice was higher in flooded sites, and it was significantly lower in forest habitat (Genisto elatae-Quercetum roboris) according to fuzzy c-means cluster analysis. The same analysis shows a higher efficacy of other attractants (horse urine, horse urine + acetone, acetone, octenol and ammonium hydroxide) in forest habitat when compared to the flooded area habitats.


Natura Croatica : Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici | 2016

The first record of the rare and threatened saproxylic Coleoptera, Cucujus cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763), Rhysodes sulcatus (Fabricius, 1787) and Omoglymmius germari (Ganglbauer, 1891) in Kopački rit Nature Park

Matej Šag; Nataša Turić; Goran Vignjević; Boris Lauš; Martina Temunović

In 2014 research was carried out into saproxylic beetle fauna in different forest communities in Kopački rit Nature park. There were 64 species of saproxylic beetles found in the area. among them Cucujus cinnaberinus (scopoli, 1763) and rhysodes sulcatus (fabricius, 1787) are protected by the european habitats Directive (annex II and IV of Council Directive 92/43/eeC) as well as by the bern Convention (annex II), and are listed in the IuCN red list of Threatened species. r. sulcatus and omoglymmius germari (Ganglbauer, 1891), which was also determined, are also virgin forest relict species of europewide importance. additionally, we have used intercept traps, pitfall traps and air traps with attractants to estimate the relative abundance and seasonal activity of adults as well as to estimate trapping efficiency. some morphological, biological and distributional features of these three species are discussed.


Freshwater Biology | 2015

Flood pulses drive the temporal dynamics of assemblages of aquatic insects (Heteroptera and Coleoptera) in a temperate floodplain

Nataša Turić; Martina Temunović; Andreja Radović; Goran Vignjević; Mirta Sudarić Bogojević; Enrih Merdić


Collegium Antropologicum | 2013

West Nile virus outbreak in humans in Croatia, 2012

Enrih Merdić; Ljiljana Perić; Nenad Pandak; Ivan Christian Kurolt; Nataša Turić; Goran Vignjević; Ivna Štolfa; Josip Milas; Mirta Sudarić Bogojević; Alemka Markotić


Entomologia Croatica | 2010

Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Kopački rit Nature Park - Results of preliminary research

Goran Vignjević; Željko Zahirović; Nataša Turić; Enrih Merdić


Periodicum Biologorum | 2010

Determined and estimated mosquito (Diptera, Culicidae) fauna in the city of Osijek, Croatia, using dry-ice baited CDC traps

Enrih Merdić; Mirta Sudarić Bogojević; Ivana Boca; Nataša Turić


9th European Congress of Entomology | 2010

DIVERSITY OF AQUATIC INSECTS (HETEROPTERA: NEPOMORPHA, GERROMORPHA AND COLEOPTERA: HYDRADEPHAGA, HYDROPHILIDAE) IN THE KARST AREA OF GORSKI KOTAR, CROATIA

Nataša Turić; Enrih Merdić; Zoltán Csabai; Branimir Hackenberger Kutuzović; Željka Jeličić


Entomologia Croatica | 2008

FIRST RECORD OF Berosus geminus ( Reiche et Saulcy, 1856) AND Enochrus affinis (Thunberg, 1794) FOR CROATIAN FAUNA (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)

Nataša Turić; Enrich Merdić; Zoltán Csabai

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Enrih Merdić

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

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Goran Vignjević

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

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Ivana Vrućina

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

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Mirta Sudarić Bogojević

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

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Željko Zahirović

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

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Željka Jeličić

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

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Ivan Kurtek

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

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Enrich Merdić

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

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