Using Coleoptera and Odonata as a monitoring tool for improving protected lake habitat characterisation: a case study from Ireland
Giovanni Cappelli,
Emma Gray,
Martin Gammell
et al.
Abstract:“Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains” (code 3110) and “Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds” (code 3160) are two protected lake habitats under Annex I of the European Union Habitats Directive, despite this, their conservation condition is considered unfavourable in most European biogeographic regions. The available classifications rely heavily on water chemistry and phytosociology while leaving other taxa under described. This study used Coleoptera and Odonata communities as a monito… Show more
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