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Checklist of fresh and brackish water free-living copepods (Crustacea: Calanoida and Cyclopoida) from Croatia

The freshwater, free-living copepod fauna of Croatia has been sporadically investigated during last two hundred years. The first investigations were carried out by Sostanc (1888, 1899), Car (1901, 1902, 1906, 1911) and Krmpotic (1913a & b, 1914, 1924). Since then, Petkovski (1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1978, 1983), from Macedonia, has made significant contributions to the knowledge of copepod systematics and taxonomy, including the description of new species from Croatia. Sket (1986, 1988, 1994) and Brancelj (1991, 2001) from Slovenia have undertaken research on subterranean copepod species, while several Croatian scientists have also contributed to the knowledge of the copepod fauna (e.g. Matonickin & Pavletic 1967 ; Matonickin 1971 ; Misetic 1975, 1990a & b, 1992, 1993, 1995a & b ; Vrebcevic 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991a & b, 1992 ; Primc-Habdija 1982, 1993, 1995). The present paper is based on detailed analysis of all publications on Copepoda known to the authors, as well as personal communications. The first author has also contributed additional records, related to the distribution of Croatian copepods, which resulted from research conducted in the last decade (Bukvic 1996, 1998a & b ; Bukvic et al. 1997, 1998, 1999 ; Bukvic-Ternjej 2001 ; Terajej 1999, 1999/2000, 2001, 2002a & b, 2004 ; Ternjej & Tomec 2005 ; Tomec & Ternjej et al. 2002).

Copepoda; Croatia; Crustacea; checklist

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