Natura Montenegrina No 3, 2004

^{UDK 351:502.172:594.8(497.1)(045)=111}

 ^{THE PRESENT STATUS, ENDANGERMENT AND CONSERVATION OF LARGE BRANCHIOPODS (CRUSTACEA) IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO}

^{Dragana CVETKOVIĆ – MILIČIĆ1, Brigita PETROV 2,}

^{Ivan PETROV 3 & Tamara KARAN – ŽNIDARŠIČ4}

^Synopsis

^{This review is prepared with the aim to check the present status and conservation efforts for large branchiopod species of Serbia and Montenegro. Most of presented data is based on our own investigations and on available literature. The internet and personal communications were also used. Nineteen species have been established. Four of them are listed in the world¢s IUCN Red List (IUCN 2004). Some of large branchiopods in Serbia and Montenegro are endemic. The majority of sites containing large branchiopods in Serbia and Montenegro are under significant anthropogenic pressure. The Red Data Book of Animals has not yet been published. There is only a List of protected animals of Serbia and Montenegro where large branchiopods are not included. Their habitats are mainly outside the borders of the protected areas, except for the Lake Skadar area and National Park Durmitor.}

^{Key words: Branchiopoda, conservation, diversity, Serbia and Montenegro, IUCN, Red List}

^Sinopsis

^{TRENUTNI STATUS, UGROŽENOST I ZAŠTITA BRANCHIOPODA (CRUSTACEA) U SRBIJI I CRNOJ GORI}

^{Ovaj rad daje uvid u trenutni status i aktivnosti na polju zaštite branhiopoda u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori. Većina podataka bazira na našim dosadašnjim istraživanjima i literaturi. Takođe su korišćeni podaci sa interneta, kao i komunikacije sa drugim istraživačima. Ustanovljeno je prisustvo 19 vrsta branhiopoda. Četiri od njih su na svetskoj Crvenoj Listi IUCN-a (IUCN 2004). Neke vrste branhiopoda su endemične u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori. Većina lokaliteta na kojima oni žive su pod značajnim antropogenim uticajem. Crvena knjiga ugroženih životinja još uvek nije publikovana. Postoji jedino Lista zaštićenih vrsta životinja Srbije i Crne Gore, ali Branchiopoda nisu na toj listi. Njihova staništa uglavnom se nalaze van zaštićenih područja, osim par lokaliteta na području Skadarskog Jezera i Nacionalnog parka Durmitor.}

^{Ključne reči: Branchiopoda, zaštita, diverzitet, Srbija i Crna Gora, IUCN, Crvena Lista}