Table 2 An overview of delineated Natura 2000 habitats and habitats by the Croatian National Classification of Habitats (NCH) that are more or less associated with or dependent on groundwater, indicating the range of susceptibility to quantitative and qualitative groundwater change
From: Groundwater and connected ecosystems: an overview of groundwater body status assessment in Croatia
Natura 2000 code | Type of habitat (Natura 2000) | NCH code | Type of habitat (NCH) | Type of ecosystems | Sensitivity to quantitative groundwater change | Sensitivity to qualitative groundwater change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6410 | Molinia meadows (Molinion caeruleae) | C.2.2. | Wet meadows of Central Europe | GWDTE | Low–moderate | Low–moderate |
6430 | Wet and nitrophilous tall herb edge communities, along water courses and woodland borders (Convolvulion sepii, Filipendulion, Senecion fluviatilis) | C.5.4. | Lowland communities of high green | GWDTE | Moderate | Moderate |
7140 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | C.1.2. | Acidophilic fans (transient and uplifted fans) | GWDTE | High | High |
7220 | Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) | A.2.1.1.3. | Helocrene spring | GWDAE | Very high | Very high |
8310 | Caves and pits not open to the public | H.1.3. | Aquatic (freshwater) karst cave habitats | GWDAE | Very high | Very high |
8310 | Caves and pits not open to the public | H.1.3.1. | Underground streams | GWDAE | Very high | Very high |
8310 | Caves and pits not open to the public | H.1.3.2.1. | Underground lakes | GWDAE | Very high | Very high |
9160 | Sub-Atlantic and medio-European oak or oak-hornbeam forests of the Carpinion betuli | E.3.1.1. | Common oak and common hornbeam forest (typical sub-association) | GWDTE | High | Moderate |
91EO | Alluvial forests (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) | E.2.1. | Flooded forests of Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus angustifolia | GWDTE | Moderate | Low–moderate |
91F0 | Riparian mixed forests (Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis, Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia) | E.2. | Flooded forests of Common oak, Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus angustifolia | GWDTE | High | Low–moderate |
No code | – | A.2.1. | Springs | GWDAE | Very high | Very high |
No code | – | A.2.1.1.1. | Rheocrene springs | GWDAE | Very high | Very high |
No code | – | A.2.1.1.2. | Limnocrene springs | GWDAE | Very high | Very high |
No code | – | H.3.2.1.2. | Hyporheic zone | GWDAE | Moderate | Moderate–high |
No code | – | H.4.2. | Anthropogenic aquatic underground habitats (mines) | GWDAE | Very high | Very high |