Limnology of streams in the Poloniny National Park (the East Carpathians, Slovakia)

• Authors: NOVIKMEC Milan; SVITOK Marek; BULÁNKOVÁ Eva; ČIAMPOROVÁ-ZAŤOVIČOVÁ Zuzana; DERKA Tomáš; HALGOŠ Jozef; HAMERLÍK Ladislav; ILLÉŠOVÁ Daniela; ILLYOVÁ Marta; KRNO Iľja; LUKÁŠ Jozef; HARUŠTIAKOVÁ Danka; PASTUCHOVÁ Zuzana; STAŠIOV Slavomír; ŠPORKA Ferdinand; ŠTEFKOVÁ Elena; TIRJAKOVÁ Eva; TOMAJKA Jozef; BITUŠÍK Peter
• Year of publication: 2007
• Type: Monograph
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Description: Structure of hydrocoenoses of the streams in the Poloniny National Park were studied during the years 1999 and 2000. Composition of epilithic diatom communities, microzoobenthos, interstitial communities, all the main groups of macrozoobenthos (permanent fauna, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Coleoptera, Trichoptera, Diptera) and basic hydrological, abiotic (water chemistry) and biotic (organic matter) factors were studied within two model streams during two years sampling procedure in order to compare hydrocoenoses of streams with different catchment management. We have compared a near pristine East Carpathian stream with a nearby-situated stream with similar stream channel characteristics, but heavily logged catchment.

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