DNA barcoding for biodiversity assessment: Croatian stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The hemi-metabolous aquatic order Plecoptera (stoneflies) constitutes an indispensable part of terrestrial and aquatic food webs due to their specific life cycle and habitat requirements. Stoneflies are considered one of the most sensitive groups to environmental changes in freshwater ecosystems and anthropogenic changes have caused range contraction of many species. Given the critical threat to stoneflies, the study of their distribution, morphological variability and genetic diversity should be one of the priorities in conservation biology. However, some aspects about stoneflies, especially a fully resolved phylogeny and their patterns of distribution are not well known. A study that includes comprehensive field research and combines morphological and molecular identif

SUBMITTER: Hlebec D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9034701 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature